Teaching
Learning by investigating
Courses at Istanbul Technical University. This term: a course that turns machine-learning foundations into a genuine research project.
MYZ 310E · Fall 2026 · English
Machine Learning in Physics
Six weeks of foundations — statistical learning, regression, classification, neural networks and representations — followed by a research project in mechanistic interpretability with two presentations and a final paper.
Timetable, room and office hours: to be announced. Permanent page for this term: /teaching/myz-310e/2026-fall/
Assessment
- Midterm examination
- 30 points
- Project presentation I* (provisional split)
- 15 points
- Project presentation II* (provisional split)
- 15 points
- Final project paper
- 40 points
- Total
- 100 points
Final-paper eligibility: at least 12/30 (40% of the midterm itself) and completion of both project presentations.
Fourteen weeks
- Foundations
- Midterm & scoping
- Project presentations
- Project clinics
- Paper development
Indicative schedule — Foundations: weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Midterm & scoping: week 7; Project presentations: weeks 8, 9, 12, 13; Project clinics: weeks 10, 11; Paper development: week 14.