一、課程說明(Course Description)

The goal of pattern recognition is to classify unknown patterns into a
number of categories, to automatically detect patterns in data, and to make data-
driven decisions.
This course will teach students basic pattern recognition procedures as well as
some selected techniques.


二、參考書籍(References)
- S. Theodoridis and K. Koutroumbas, Pattern Recognition, 4th
Edition, Academic Press, 2009.
- C.M. Bishop, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Springer, 2006.
- R.O. Duda, P.E. Hart, D.G. Stork, Pattern Classification, 2nd Edition, John
Wiley, 2001.
- E. Alpaydin, Introduction to Machine Learning, 3rd Edition, The MIT Press,
2014.



三、教學方式(Teaching Method)
- Lecture
- In-class discussion





四、教學進度(Syllabus)
1. Introduction
2. Supervised pattern recognition
- Bayesian decision theory
- Linear classifiers
- Nonlinear classifiers
- Feature selection
- Dimension reduction
- Context-dependent classification
3. Unsupervised pattern recognition
- Basic concepts
- Selected topics



五、成績考核(Evaluation)
- Assignments
- Projects & reports
- Oral presentation




六、可連結之網頁位址
https://elearn.nthu.edu.tw/