Announcement

• HW4 (due 6/12) and HW5 (due 6/15) are posted.

• TA is out of town. She’ll be available via Skype (ID: hanlingguo@hotmail.com) during her office hours Thu @ 2p-4p.

• I am holding office hours on
  • Mon 6/4 @ 2p-3p
  • Wed 6/6 @ 2p-3p
  • Thu 6/7 @ 2p-3p
  • Mon 6/11 @ 2p-3p
  • Wed 6/13 @ 2p-3p

• IDRE workshops:

  • Parallel Computing Using Julia, API Discussion – Part 1, 6/5 @ 10a-11a.
  • Parallel Computing Using Julia, API Discussion – Part 2, 6/12 @ 10a-11a.
• Sign-up sheet.

Today

• Newton and Fisher scoring algorithm (cont’d).

• EM algorithm.

• Quasi-Newton method.