COMS 4773 Fall 2026

COMS 4773 is a graduate-level introduction to machine learning theory.

Course information

Time: Tue/Thu 1:10pm–2:25pm
Venue: 413 Kent Hall
Instructor: Daniel Hsu
Teaching assistants: Noah Bergam, Nikhil Mudumbi
Office hours:
- Mon 1:00pm–3:00pm (Noah, 407 Mudd)
- Tue 2:35pm–4:35pm (Daniel, 426 Mudd)
  - Exception: Tue 9/22 office hours moved to Mon 9/21 3:00pm–5:00pm
- TBD (Nikhil, TBD)
Links: Syllabus, Courseworks, EdStem, Gradescope

The course waitlist is managed by CS Advising. See the CS Course Registration Policy.

09/08: Course overview; Using expert advice
- PS0, due 9/17 at 11:59pm
09/10: Using expert advice
- Reading: Avrim Blum’s survey article (Section 2)
09/15: Online allocation
- Reading: Freund and Schapire’s paper on Hedge (Sections 2 and 3)
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09/29:
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10/27:
10/29:
11/03: Holiday (no lecture)
11/05: Midterm exam (in-class)
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11/24:
11/26: Holiday (no lecture)
12/01:
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12/08:
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12/22: Final exam (at noon; registrar’s projection)