Summer School on Algorithms for Big Data and Machine Learning Hosted by Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Sponsored by Microsoft Research India
Dates: 28 June to 18 July 2020
Course coordinators:
- Academic: Saket Saurabh [email protected]
- Local (from host institute): Venkatesh Raman [email protected] and Saket Saurabh
Description of school:
The school is about theoretical algorithms used for problems arising in Big Data. In particular it will cover algorithms with guarantees that are used in Machine Learning and other Big Data applications.
List of subtopics:
- Basics of Linear Algebra
- Basics of Probability Theory and Randomized Algorithms
- Theoretical Foundations of Machine Learning
- Streaming Algorithms
- Sketching
Partial list of speakers:
- Fahad Panolan, IIT Hyderabad
- Venkatesh Raman, IMSc
- Saket Saurabh, IMSc
- List of speakers from other academic institutions and Microsoft Research TBA
Background/prior courses recommended:
- Algorithms
- Probability Theory