{"id":687,"date":"2009-08-29T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T20:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=687"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:49:46","slug":"cs767","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs767\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Machine Learning and Neural Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<style> p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} .button{width:125px;}<\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Advanced Machine Learning and Neural Networks<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 767 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p>Prerequisites: MET CS 521 and at least one of MET CS 577, MET CS 622, MET CS 673 or MET CS 682; or consent of instructor. Theories and methods for learning from data. The course covers a variety of approaches, including Supervised and Unsupervised Learning, Regression, k-means, KNN's, Neural Nets and Deep Learning, Transformers, Recurrent Neural Nets, Adversarial Learning, Bayesian Learning, and Genetic Algorithms. The underpinnings are covered: perceptron's, backpropagation, attention, and transformers. Each student creates a term project.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS767A1, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>R<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>MET<\/td>\n\t<td>101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS767O2, Mar 10th to Apr 27th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>ARR<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Format &amp; Syllabus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"btn-group\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">On Campus<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/12\/CS767-A1-Spring-2025-Advanced-ML-Neural-Networks-Chertushkin.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/CS767-A1-Spring-2025-Advanced-ML-Neural-Networks-Chertushkin-v2.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/CS767-A1-Spring-2025-Advanced-ML-Neural-Networks-Chertushkin-v2-1.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/04\/CS767S-C1-Summer-2025-Advanced-ML-Neural-Networks-Chertushkin.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/08\/MET-CS-767-Syllabus.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/11\/SyllabusCS767_FA.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/CS_767_Syllabus_2026.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/05\/SyllabusCS767_FA.pdf\">CS767 SUM26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/CS_767_Syllabus_2026.pdf\">767 A1 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/11\/SyllabusCS767_FA.pdf\">767 A2 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/08\/MET-CS-767-Syllabus.pdf\">767 A1 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/04\/CS767S-C1-Summer-2025-Advanced-ML-Neural-Networks-Chertushkin.pdf\">CS767 SUM25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/CS_767_General_Information_2025.pdf\">CS767 A2 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/CS767-A1-Spring-2025-Advanced-ML-Neural-Networks-Chertushkin-v2.pdf\">CS767 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/08\/767-A1-MET_Fall_2024_SyllabusCS.pdf\">CS767 FA24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/08\/767-A2-MET-CS-Syllabus.docx\">CS767 FA24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/05\/CS767-SC1-Advanced-ML-Neural-Networks-Chertushkin.pdf\">CS767 SUM1 24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/03\/CS-767-SP24.pdf\">CS767 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2023\/01\/MET-CS-767-Syllabus.pdf\">CS767 SPRG23<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/06\/CS767-A2-Rawassizadeh-Fall-2022.pdf\">CS767A2 FA22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/02\/CS767-A1.pdf\">CS767 SPRG21<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/09\/METCS767_AlizadehShabdiz_FALL20.docx\">CS767 FALL20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/01\/Syllabus-Machine-Learning-Spring-2020.docx\">CS767 SPRG20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2019\/12\/CS767-Fall-2019.pdf\">CS767 FALL19<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/11\/CS767_Fall_2018.pdf\">CS767 FALL18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS767_Spring-2018.pdf\">CS767 SPRG18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS767_D1_Fall-2017.pdf\">CS767 FALL17<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2015\/08\/CS767_D1_Fall-20151.docx\">CS767 FALL15<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Online<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/05\/CS767-SUM25.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/10\/METCS767_Syllabus_2025FallO2.pdf\">CS767 O2 Fall25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/05\/CS767-SUM25.pdf\">CS767 SUM25<\/a> <a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/08\/767-O2-Syllabus-08-19-24.docx\">CS767 O2 FA24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/06\/CS767-SUM22.pdf\">CS767 SUM22<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Blended<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; 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