Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

(Formerly West Bengal University of Technology)

Syllabus and Curricular Mapping for B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
Effective from Academic Session 2023-24

SEMESTER – VII
THEORY

Course Title: Machine Learning Code: PEC-CS701E

Type of Course: Theory Course Designation: Elective
Semester: 7th Contact Hours: 3L/week
Continuous Assessment: 25 Marks Final Exam: 70 Marks
Writer: Course Coordinator Approved by HoD (convenor of DAB)

COURSE OUTCOMES (COs)

On completion of the course students will be able to

Details Knowledge
Course Outcomes Action Verb
Level
Explain the basic concepts of Regression/ Classification.
PEC-CS701E.CO1 Extend the concepts of statistical learning theory of various Explain K2
Regression/ Classification methods.
Analyze the linear discriminant, logistic regression, non-linear K4
PEC-CS701E.CO2 Analyze
SVM, Kernel methods.
Analyze the varoius concepts of unsupervised learning,
Generative Models (mixture models and latent factor K4
PEC-CS701E.CO3 Analyze
models) , Dimension reduction, Kernel PCA, Matrix
factorization.
Explain Sparse Modeling and Estimation, Modeling
PEC-CS701E.CO4 Sequence/Time-Series Data, Deep Explain K2
Learning and Feature Representation Learning
Evaluate Machine Learning algorithms and Model Selection,
Introduction to K5
PEC-CS701E.CO5 Evaluate
Statistical Learning Theory, Ensemble Methods (Boosting,
Bagging, Random Forests)
Explain the concepts of Scalable Machine Learning (Online
and Distributed Learning), Inference in Graphical Models,
PEC-CS701E.CO6 Introduction to Bayesian Learning and Inference, the recent Explain K2
trends in various learning techniques of machine learning and
classification methods.

Mapping of COs with POs and PSOs (Course Articulation Matrix):

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2
CO1 3 3 3 3 3 - - - 2 - - 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 2 3 3 - - - 2 1 - 3 3 3
CO3 3 2 2 3 3 - - - 2 1 - 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 - - - 2 1 - 3 3 3
CO5 2 2 2 2 3 - - - 1 - - 3 3 3
CO6 3 1 1 1 - - - - 1 - - 3 3 3
AVG. 2.83 2.33 2.167 2.5 3 0 0 0 1.67 1 0 3 3 3

University Syllabus :

Unit Content Hrs/unit

1 Supervised Learning (Regression/Classification) 10
Basic methods: Distance-based methods, Nearest-Neighbours, Decision Trees, Naive Bayes
Linear models: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Generalized Linear Models
Support Vector Machines, Nonlinearity and Kernel Methods

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 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
(Formerly West Bengal University of Technology)
Syllabus and Curricular Mapping for B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
Effective from Academic Session 2023-24

Beyond Binary Classification: Multi-class/Structured Outputs, Ranking

2 Unsupervised Learning 7
Clustering: K-means/Kernel K-means
Dimensionality Reduction: PCA and kernel PCA
Matrix Factorization and Matrix Completion
Generative Models (mixture models and latent factor models)
3 Evaluating Machine Learning algorithms and Model Selection, Introduction to Statistical 6
Learning Theory, Ensemble Methods (Boosting, Bagging, Random Forests)
4 Sparse Modeling and Estimation, Modeling Sequence/Time-Series Data, Deep Learning and 9
Feature Representation Learning
5 Scalable Machine Learning (Online and Distributed Learning) A selection from some other 9
advanced topics, e.g., Semi-supervised Learning, Active Learning, Reinforcement Learning,
Inference in Graphical Models, Introduction to Bayesian Learning and Inference
6 Recent trends in various learning techniques of machine learning and classification methods 5

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