name: title class: title, middle ## IFT 3710/6759 ## Projets (avancés) en apprentissage automatique ### .gray224[February 16th, 2022 - Session 11] ### .gray224[Project guidelines] .center[ <a href="http://www.umontreal.ca/"><img src="../../../assets/images/slides/logos/udem-white.png" alt="Mila" style="height: 6em"></a> ] <br><br> Alex Hernández-García (he/il/él) .footer[[alexhernandezgarcia.github.io](https://alexhernandezgarcia.github.io/) | [alejandro.hernandez.garcia@umontreal.ca](mailto:alex.hernandez-garcia@mila.quebec) | [@alexhdezgcia](https://twitter.com/alexhdezgcia)] [](https://twitter.com/alexhdezgcia) --- ## Format of the class and objective This class will start with a short overview of the project guidelines and recommendations and the rest will be dedicated to questions and answers. Outline: * Overview of the projects. * Timeline * Evaluation * Plan for the rest of the course * Deliverable 2. * General recommendations and guidelines for the projects. --- ## Projects * Downscaling Global Climate Models * Portfolio management using deep reinforcement learning * Detection and segmentation of breast cancer tumors * Photovoltaic power and solar radiation forecasting (x2) * WILDS: Distribution shifts in the wild (x2) * Conversational Question Answering Bot * Transformers vs. CNNs * DNA aptamers modelling * Comparison of image classification methods * Animal classification and detection (x2) * EEG * eBird: Biodiversity monitoring (tentative) --- ## Timeline * .highlight1[Week 4, February 1st 2022-February 4th 2022]: review of proposed projects, expression of project preferences and proposal of own projects. * .highlight1[Week 5, February 7th 2022-February 11th 2022]: project assignments, teams formation, first meeting with instructors. * By the end of the week, all teams should be formed and registered, every student should be in a team. * **Deliverable 1** (February 11th 2022): team registration: working title and members. * .highlight1[Week 6, February 14th 2022-February 18th 2022]: project planning, literature review. * **Deliverable 2** (February 18th 2022): project plan: one-pager containing a brief description of the project, foreseen steps, goals and tentative distribution of work among team members. * .highlight1[Week 7, February 21st 2022-February 25th 2022]: literature review, first steps. * **Deliverable 3** (February 25th 2022): literature review: one-pager containing a review of relevant, related literature. --- count: false ## Timeline * .highlight1[Week 8, February 28th 2022-March 4th 2022]: break (_période d'activités libres_) * .highlight1[Weeks 9-10, March 7th 2022-March 18th 2022]: project development (phase 1) * **Deliverable 4** (March 18th 2022): methods and preliminary results: one-pager containing a description of the methods developed and planned, relevant changes to the original plan, and preliminary results and/or challenges. * .highlight1[Weeks 11-12, March 21st 2022-April 1st 2022]: project development (phase 2) * **Deliverable 5** (April 1st 2022): results and conclusions: preliminary report of results and conclusions (two pages). * .highlight1[Weeks 13-14, April 4th 2022-April 13th 2022]: project development (phase 3), preparation of presentations and final report. * **Deliverable 6** (April 13th 2022, tentative): presentations in class * .highlight1[Weeks 15-16, April 19th 2022-April 29th 2022]: preparation of final reports. * **Deliverable 7** (April 29th 2022, tentative): final report --- ## Evaluation You will be evaluated entirely according to their work on projects and the final grade will be based on the following criteria, all with equivalent weight: * .highlight1[Difficulty] of the project * .highlight1[Quality and performance] of the developed algorithms: suitability of the chosen methods, technical rigour, results, etc. * .highlight1[Written report] completeness, clarity, technical soundness, analysis, etc. * .highlight1[Oral presentation] effectiveness, clarity of the presentation, etc. * .highlight1[Code] clarity, documentation, modularity, extendability, etc. The evaluation will be at the project level, that is we will consider that the results, the report, the presentation, and the code are the output of the whole team. Nonetheless, the grades may be adjusted individually if necessary in the case of participation imbalance. --- ## What happens the remaining weeks? * Teams work on their projects: take into account the overall objective and the **deliverables**. * The sessions will be in person in general and dedicated for: * General questions and answers. * Project-specific questions (20-30 minutes) but open to all. * Every team has an assigned .highlight1[mentor] (Mélisande Teng, Victor Schmidt or Alex Hernández-García): you can meet about 30 minutes per week with the mentor, but participating in the open sessions is encouraged. * Some sessions may be dedicated to relevant topics. ??? * not mandatory * may not take the whole session --- ## Deliverable 2 ### Project plan * Due Friday February 18th (soft deadline; hard deadline on Sunday) * To be submitted on StudiUM (?) * One page (soft limit; hard limit two pages) * Content: * Working title * Team (first name, second name, email) * Description of the project: motivation and goals (1-2 paragraphs) * Plan: important steps or milestones (1-2 paragraphs or bullet points) * Distribution of the work: tasks for each team member. --- ## Recommendations and guidelines Make it easier for your mentor and you will get the most of out them: * Prepare a small slide deck for each meeting: * Progress * Who made what * Figures * Challenges * Communication: agree with your mentor on the best communication channel. * A private Discord channel can be created for your team and your mentor * Discord channels can be created for specific topics --- name: title class: title, middle ## IFT 3710/6759 ## Projets (avancés) en apprentissage automatique ### .gray224[February 16th, 2022 - Session 11] ### .gray224[Project guidelines] .bigger[.bigger[.highlight1[Questions, doubts, concerns, comments?]]] .center[ <a href="http://www.umontreal.ca/"><img src="../../../assets/images/slides/logos/udem-white.png" alt="Mila" style="height: 6em"></a> ] Alex Hernández-García (he/il/él) .footer[[alexhernandezgarcia.github.io](https://alexhernandezgarcia.github.io/) | [alejandro.hernandez.garcia@umontreal.ca](mailto:alex.hernandez-garcia@mila.quebec) | [@alexhdezgcia](https://twitter.com/alexhdezgcia)] [](https://twitter.com/alexhdezgcia)