MSE Master of Science in Engineering

The Swiss engineering master's degree


Jedes Modul umfasst 3 ECTS. Sie wählen insgesamt 10 Module/30 ECTS in den folgenden Modulkategorien:

  • ​​​​12-15 ECTS in Technisch-wissenschaftlichen Modulen (TSM)
    TSM-Module vermitteln Ihnen profilspezifische Fachkompetenz und ergänzen die dezentralen Vertiefungsmodule.
  • 9-12 ECTS in Erweiterten theoretischen Grundlagen (FTP)
    FTP-Module behandeln theoretische Grundlagen wie die höhere Mathematik, Physik, Informationstheorie, Chemie usw. Sie erweitern Ihre abstrakte, wissenschaftliche Tiefe und tragen dazu bei, den für die Innovation wichtigen Bogen zwischen Abstraktion und Anwendung spannen zu können.
  • 6-9 ECTS in Kontextmodulen (CM)
    CM-Module vermitteln Ihnen Zusatzkompetenzen aus Bereichen wie Technologiemanagement, Betriebswirtschaft, Kommunikation, Projektmanagement, Patentrecht, Vertragsrecht usw.

In der Modulbeschreibung (siehe: Herunterladen der vollständigen Modulbeschreibung) finden Sie die kompletten Sprachangaben je Modul, unterteilt in die folgenden Kategorien:

  • Unterricht
  • Dokumentation
  • Prüfung
Bayesian Machine Learning (TSM_BayMachLe)

Bayesian statistics provides an alternative viewpoint to the classical ‘frequentist’ statistics by using a different, more subjective interpretation of probability. This brings various advantages in solving typical industry problems, such as the inclusion of prior knowledge, more intuitive hypothesis tests or modeling uncertainty given small amounts of data. With increasing computational power, the popularity of Bayesian statistics and machine learning has grown significantly over the past decade. This course provides students with a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts of Bayesian statistics, introduces various computational methods required in Bayesian statistics and Bayesian machine learning, and discusses numerous examples and applications of Bayesian machine learning. Bayesian as well as Gaussian process regression models are introduced and explored, with a particular focus on graphical models and Bayesian networks to model relationships and to infer causality. In addition, advanced topics and their applications are covered, such as Bayesian optimisation, non-parametric mixture models for clustering, and Bayesian neural networks.

Eintrittskompetenzen

 

Basic probability and statistics, basic programming skills (R and/or Python), linear algebra and multivariate calculus, basic concepts of machine learning.

 

Lernziele

Students are able to formulate their problem setting on the basis of Bayesian models and to include their prior understanding. They are able to explain how Bayesian models balance between prior understanding and data towards a posterior understanding of a problem. They are aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the Bayesian approach and know in which situation it is better suited than standard frequency statistics. Since Bayesian models can rarely be computed in closed form, they are experienced in approximating posterior distributions by means of sampling-based approaches

Modulkategorie

 

Fundamental concepts of Bayesian statistics: Reasoning under uncertainty, probability theory, Bayes theorem, prior, likelihood, posterior, conjugate families (beta-binomial, gamma-poisson, normal-normal), sequential learning, inference, prediction

 

Sampling methods: Markov chains, Metropolis algorithm, Gibbs sampling, Hamiltonian MC, sequential MC

 

Bayesian and Gaussian Process regression: kernels, model selection, state-space models, variational inference

 

Bayesian networks: graphical models, causality

 

Selection of advanced topics: Bayesian optimisation, Bayesian non-parametric mixture modeling, Bayesian neural networks, physics-informed ML models

 

Lehr- und Lernmethoden

Lecture and practical work on computer.

Bibliografie

 

Lecture notes and notebooks will be available in addition to recommended book chapters.

 

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