Machine learning is about computational methods that enable machines to learn concepts from experience. Many of the successful results of machine learning rely on supervised learning with massive amount of data labels. However, in many real problems we do not have enough labeled data, but instead have access to other forms of experience, such as structured knowledge, constraints, feedback signals from environment, auxiliary models from related tasks, etc. This course focuses on those learning settings with few labels, where one has to go beyond supervised learning and use other learning methods. This course is designed to give students a holistic understanding of related problems and methodologies (such as zero/few-shot learning, self/weakly-supervised learning, transfer learning, meta-learning, reinforcement learning, adversarial learning, knowledge constrained learning, panoramic learning), different possible perspectives of formulating the same problems, the underlying connections between the diversity of algorithms, and open questions in the field. Students will read, present, and discuss papers, and complete course projects.

  • Lectures
    • Time: Mon/Wed/Fri 3:00pm-3:50pm
    • Location: SOLIS 105
    • Recordings: Podcast (Please login with your UCSD ID)
  • Discussion forum: Piazza
  • HW and write-up submission: Gradescope (Entry Code: BBX582)
  • Contact: Students should ask all course-related questions on Piazza, where you will also find announcements. For personal matters or in emergencies, you can email the instructor.