Sept Grad - Hamilton, Canada - McMaster University
Description
NOTICE OF POSTING
For Sessional Faculty
Course Name:
SEP786/787 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Fundamentals/Machine Learning : Classification Models
Term:
Term 1, Fall 2023: September - December 6, 2023
Sections Available:
SEP 78- C02 : SEP 787 C02
Units per Section: 1.5 per section
Projected Enrollment:
N/A
Projected TA Support:
N/A
Wage Rate:
SEP 786 C02 - $4,362 : SEP 787 C02 - $4,362
Start Time and Duration:
SEP 786 C0- Tuesday 6:30-9:30pm : SEP 787 C0- Tuesday 6:30-9:30pm
Course Description/Relevant Employment Duties
Solving Problems using AI:
Searching, optimization, online search agents. Constraint satisfaction.
Knowledge, Reasoning and Planning:
Logic and Inference, Planning and Acting, Knowledge Representation. Knowledge and Reasoning with Uncertainty. Machine learning problems, training and testing, overfitting.
Modelling strategies:
data preprocessing, overfitting and model tuning. Measuring predictor importance. Factors that Can Affect Model Performance. Feature selection. Measuring performance of classification models.
Discriminant analysis and other linear classification. Linear Support Vector Machine. Nonlinear classification models. Classification Trees and Rule based models. Remedies for severe class imbalance.
REQUIRED:
- PhD and MBA or equivalent
- Extensive Leadership Experience
- Significant experience coaching founders of technology companies
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD
- Prior Teaching Experience
- Supplemented Fees
The actual rate of pay when in excess of the base rate of pay is deemed to include any supplemented fees owing, to the extent of the excess amount.
If the actual rate of pay is less than the sum of the base rate of pay and the supplemented fees owing, then the employee shall receive the difference.
Application Procedure
Please submit the following through the Mosaic Portal as indicated in Mosaic:
- A resume listing your academic qualifications and relevant employment experience.
or current or previous McMaster sessional faculty, information necessary to determine your current and aggregate seniority (as defined by Article 20 of the Unit 2 Collective Agreement).
Questions may be directed to CUPE Ext- Names and contact information of two references
If you require this information in an alternate/accessible format, please contact Nina Bovair, Employee/Labour Relations Administrator at extension 23850.istrator at extension 23850.
Employment Equity Statement
McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and, within the lands protected by the "Dish with One Spoon" wampum agreement.
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