Graduate Student Reading Seminar

Spring 2025 | RPI Math

A student-led seminar on the applications of mathematics in various fields. Discussions will be interactive, with problem-solving and exploration of different topics. Students and faculty are welcome to attend. 🍕 Pizza will be provided!

Seminar Details

📍 Location: Amos Eaton 436
🕓 Time: Tuesday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
🔹 Organized by: Muhammad Talha Aziz, Dr. Kangbo Li & Prof. Fabian M. Faulstich
📚 Affiliation: This seminar is part of the SIAM RPI Chapter.

Schedule

Date	Topics for Discussion
02/04	Introduction to Topics Click below to view the slides from our first meeting: 📄 View Presentation (PDF)
02/11	Introduction to AI and Machine Learning We will be following the book: Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville
02/18	An Introduction to Machine Learning Algorithms Slides presentation of today's session: 📄 View Presentation (PPT)
02/25	Worked on Example of Back Propagation Helping material: How to compute gradients with backpropagation for arbitrary loss and activation functions
03/11	TBA
03/18	TBA
03/25	TBA
04/01	TBA
04/08	TBA
04/15	TBA

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Graduate Student Reading Seminar

Spring 2025 | RPI Math

Seminar Details

Schedule

Introduction to Topics

Introduction to AI and Machine Learning

An Introduction to Machine Learning Algorithms

Worked on Example of Back Propagation