1. Feature Engineering Studio April 29, 2015

2. Assignment Problem Shift “The Fresh Mind”

3. Assignment Each of you who did this assignment How did you attempt to improve your colleague’s model? Was it successful?

4. Everyone close your eyes Who found the help from a colleague useful? Who did not find the help useful? Who was obstructed in completing this assignment?

5. Open your eyes Results

6. Questions? Comments?

7. Suggestions for your classmates?

8. Assignment for Wednesday, May 6 The Slog – An Assignment in Two Parts

9. The Slog, Part One You need to draw a picture of “The Slog” – Any interpretation of those words you like, from quicksand, to trudging through the snow, to Jabba the Hut You can freehand it (and scan it) or draw it in a paint program You need to email this to me with your assignment You don’t have to be a professional artist, but please take this part of the assignment seriously

10. The Slog, Part Two You need to make your model better in any way you can Next week in class, be ready to discuss how you improved your feature set, algorithm, etc. – And write a brief report for me The goal is to get a better number than the best number you have so far!

11. Upcoming Classes 5/4 Special Session: Pythong 5/6 The Slog 5/11 Final Project Presentations – Required Assignment

12. Final Project Presentations Talk with powerpoint Don’t go over whole process you followed Instead discuss the problem, the features in your final model, the final model, and how good it is Also talk about what you think your model means/tells the field 10 minutes for talk Graded on both the work & presentation

13. Questions? Comments?

14. Thank you!