CMSC848E: Machine Learning for Data Management Systems

Amol Deshpande;        Tue-Thu 12:30pm-1:45pm

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Critiques

This is a research-oriented class and hence the main work in this class is independently reading and evaluating research papers in the field of machine learning + databases. For each class, there will typically be two assigned papers, that you have to read before the class. However, we are not expecting you to fully read and understand the papers before the class -- but skim through them to get familiar with the basic ideas.

For each assigned reading, you are required to submit a short critique focusing on the questions we will post (along with a brief summary of the paper that provides additional context on the paper). This will be done through Slack, so we ask that you not read the previous responses before creating your own.

Late submissions or no submissions: Missing up to four readings is fine. Beyond that: 5 missed or late submissions will result in 5/20 points deducted, 6 missed submissions will result in 10/20 deducted, and beyond that, 20/20 deducted.

Assignments

There will be a few assignments through the semester, that will include a combination of programming and written questions (including a "literature survey" assignment discussed below). The programming components will be short, and designed primarily to give you some hands-on experience with the technologies. More details shortly.

Literature Survey/Review, Due March 25, 2023

In the first half of the semester, you should do a critical survey on one of the topics relevant to the class as one of the written assignments. This should be done individually. The output of this should be a 4-5 page document that summarizes the prior work, identifies issues with it, and lays out potential future reserach directions that have been identified in those research papers. We will provide more specific guidelines later.

We may use the reports as readings for the second half of the semester, and we would also like to publicly post them in the form of a blog or something similar to that.

Mini Project

The project will be a mini research project that will be conducted by groups. The dates are guidelines and are flexible.

Group Members and the Project Idea/Proposal (Due: February 28, 2023)

A one-page proposal stating and motivating the problem. Ideally this builds upon the literature survey that you did, but doesn't have to.

Intermediate Progress Report (Due: April 15, 2023)

A 4-5 page progress report.

Final Report (Due: May 13, 2023)

Final report (about 8-10 pages) should follow a research paper format. There may be a poster presentation.