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

Schedule

Date Topics for Discussion
02/04

Introduction to Topics

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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:

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02/25

Worked on Example of Back Propagation

Releated material:

How to compute gradients with backpropagation for arbitrary loss and activation functions
03/11/25

Monte Carlo Methods

Chapter 17 of

Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville
03/18

Understanding Backpropagation Through Examples
03/25

Matrix Calculus
04/01

Neural Network

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04/15

Robust Optimization

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