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Machine Learning, Modeling, and Simulation Principles

Machine Learning, Modeling, and Simulation Principles


Schedule

All Graded Assignments are due the last day of the course.
Items preceded by a star (✭) are graded.

MODULE 1: GET STARTED (15 min)

• Entrance Survey (2 min)


• Welcome (3 min)
• The New Computational Paradigm (4 min)
• Schedule (1 min)
• Introduce Yourself (3 min)
• Teaching Team (2 min)

MODULE 2: MODELING AND SIMULATION FUNDAMENTALS (4 hrs)

• Key Takeaways (5 min)


• Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) (30 min)
• The Forward Euler Method (45 min)
• Higher-Order Methods (45 min)
• Implicit Methods (45 min)
• ✭ Graded Assignment (60 min)
• Module 2 Content Questions / Discussion Forum (10 min)

MODULE 3: SPATIAL MODELING (4 hrs)

• Key Takeaways (5 min)


• Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) (5 min)
• Spatial Discretization and Design Considerations (25 min)
• Explicit and Implicit PDE Solutions (30 min)
• Boundary Conditions (5 min)
• Linear Systems: Direct and Indirect Methods (30 min)
• Nonlinear Systems and Root Finding (40 min)
• ✭ Graded Assignment (90 min)
• Module 3 Content Questions / Discussion Forum (10 min)

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MODULE 4: OPTIMIZATION AND DATA-DRIVEN MODELING (4 hrs)

• Key Takeaways (5 min)


• Introduction to Modeling (15 min)
• Least Squares Problems (15 min)
• Gradient Descent (40 min)
• Newton's Method (40 min)
• Parameter Estimation and Nonlinear Least Squares (25 min)
• ✭ Graded Assignment (90 min)
• Module 4 Content Questions / Discussion Forum (10 min)

MODULE 5: FROM OPTIMIZATION TO MACHINE LEARNING (4 hrs)

• Key Takeaways (5 min)


• Regression Problems (15 min)
• Regression Methods and Least Squares (10 min)
• Regularization (30 min)
• Classification Problems (5 min)
• Logistic Regression (40 min)
• Stochastic Gradient Descent (15 min)
• Assessing Model Fit (20 min)
• ✭ Graded Assignment (90 min)
• Module 5 Content Questions / Discussion Forum (10 min)

MODULE 6: PROBABILISTIC METHODS (4 hrs)

• Key Takeaways (5 min)


• Introduction to Probabilistic Methods (5 min)
• Monte Carlo Simulation (45 min)
• Probabilistic Forecasting (15 min)
• Sensitivity Forecasting (45 min)
• Simulating Rare Events (25 min)
• ✭ Graded Assignment (90 min)
• Module 6 Content Questions / Discussion Forum (10 min)

MODULE 7: CASE STUDIES (5 hrs)

• ✭ Aurora Flight Sciences (2.5 hrs)


• ✭ Schlumberger (90 min)
• ✭ BASF (90 min)
• Module 7 Content Questions / Discussion Forum (10 min)

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MODULE 8: CONCLUSION (10 min)

• Where to Go Next (2 min)


• Exit Survey (2 min)
• Module 8 Content Questions / Discussion Forum (10 min)

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