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Previous Student Evaluations of this unit

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Required Resources

You will need access to a Neural Network tool such as:

  • Matlab 2009a with Neural Network Toolbox
  • Emergent (available free from http://grey.colorado.edu/emergent/index.php/Main_Page)
  • SNNS (available free from www.ra.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/SNNS)

All the above softwares are available in the 24 hour labs B3.45, B3.46, B3.46b at the Caulfield Campus.  Submit an online IT request to gain access to these labs at http://www1.infotech.monash.edu.au/webservices/servicedesk/requestform/

Examination material or equipment

Scientific Calculator

Unit Schedule

Week Date* Activities Assessment
0 21/02/11 FIT5167 Moodle site is open for "guests". There is a self-assessed test on basic maths and statistics on Moodle. Please check this out before enrolling in this unit.  
1 28/02/11 Introduction Self-assessed test on basic maths and statistics
2 07/03/11 Artificial Neural Networks: an Overview  
3 14/03/11 Perceptron for Linear Pattern Classification  
4 21/03/11 Neural Networks for Non-linear Pattern Recognition 1  
5 28/03/11 Neural Networks for Non-linear Pattern Recognition 2  
6 04/04/11 Generalisation and Improving Neural Networks Performance  
7 11/04/11 Unsupervised Classification with Self Organising Maps  
8 18/04/11 Unit Test (in the lecture time slot - tute still on) Unit Test during Week 8 lecture
Mid semester break
9 02/05/11 Associative Memory Networks Assignment Stage 1 due Week 9 (hurdle)
10 09/05/11 Neural Networks for Time series Forecasting  
11 16/05/11 Recurrent Networks for Time series Forecasting Assignment Stage 2 due start Week 11 lecture
12 23/05/11 Revision  
  30/05/11 SWOT VAC No formal assessment is undertaken SWOT VAC

*Please note that these dates may only apply to Australian campuses of Monash University. Off-shore students need to check the dates with their unit leader.

Assessment Policy

To pass a unit which includes an examination as part of the assessment a student must obtain:

  • 40% or more in the unit's examination, and
  • 40% or more in the unit's total non-examination assessment, and
  • an overall unit mark of 50% or more.

If a student does not achieve 40% or more in the unit examination or the unit non-examination total assessment, and the total mark for the unit is greater than 50% then a mark of no greater than 49-N will be recorded for the unit

Assessment Tasks

Participation

  • Assessment task 1
    Title:
    Unit Test
    Description:
    Closed book
    Weighting:
    20%
    Criteria for assessment:

    Details will be provided.

    Due date:
    Week 8 lecture
    Remarks:
    The unit test will be conducted during the Week 8 lecture time slot.  Week 8 tutorials will still run as per normal.
  • Assessment task 2
    Title:
    Applications of Neural Network Algorithms
    Description:
    Students are to build neural network models for a given data set and provide analysis thereof.
    Weighting:
    20%
    Criteria for assessment:

    Details will be provided.

    Due date:
    Stage 1 due Week 9 (hurdle), Stage 2 due start Week 11 lecture
    Remarks:
    The assignment is to be submitted at the start of the Week 11 lecture.  Penalty for late submission applies.

Examinations

  • Examination 1
    Weighting:
    60 %
    Length:
    3 hours
    Type (open/closed book):
    Closed book
    Electronic devices allowed in the exam:
    Scientific Calculator

Assignment submission

Assignment coversheets are available via "Student Forms" on the Faculty website: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/
You MUST submit a completed coversheet with all assignments, ensuring that the plagiarism declaration section is signed.

Extensions and penalties

Returning assignments

Policies

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http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/academic/education/index.html

Key educational policies include:

Student services

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Recommended Reading

  • S. Samarasinghe, Neural Networks for Applied Sciences and Engineering: From Fundamentals to Complex Pattern Recognition, Auerbach Publications, 2007 (e-book from Monash Library)
  • G. Dreyfus, Neural Networks: Methodology and Applications, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2005 (e-book)
  • R. Beale, Neural Computing: an Introduction, Institute of Physics Pub., Bristol, 1991 (e-book)
  • S. Haykin, Neural Networks and Learning Machines, 3rd edition, Prentice Education , Inc., New Jersey, 2009
  • C. Bishop, Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition, Oxford University Press, 2005
  • J. Freeman and D. Skapura, Neural Networks: Algorithms, Applications, and Programming Techniques, Addison-Wesley, Massachussets, 1991
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