CISC 271  Linear Methods for Artificial Intelligence  Units: 3.00  
Elements of linear algebra for artificial intelligence, including: vector spaces; matrix decompositions; principal components analysis; linear regression; hyperplane classification of vectorial data; validation and cross-validation.
Learning Hours: 120  (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite   Level 2 or above and a minimum grade of C- (obtained in any term) or a 'Pass' (obtained in Winter 2020) in ([CISC 101/3.0 or CISC 110/3.0 or CISC 151/3.0 or CISC 121/3.0] and [MATH 110/6.0 or MATH 111/6.0* or MATH 112/3.0]).
Exclusion   MATH 272/3.0.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Select and implement algorithms for vectorial data.
- Synthesize data and solution methods for principal-component analysis.
- Implement, test and evaluate methods for linear regression.
- Interpret and explain methods and solutions in data classification.
- Evaluate and critique performance of algorithms in data classification.
