Teaching Key Machine Learning Principles Using Anti-learning Datasets

Chris Roadknight; Prapa Rattadilok; Uwe Aickelin

doi:10.1109/TALE.2018.8615252

Teaching Key Machine Learning Principles Using Anti-learning Datasets

Chris Roadknight, Prapa Rattadilok, Uwe Aickelin

School of Computer Science

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

Much of the teaching of machine learning focuses on iterative hill-climbing approaches and the use of local knowledge to gain information leading to local or global maxima. In this paper we advocate the teaching of alternative methods of generalising to the best possible solution, including a method called anti-learning. By using simple teaching methods, students can achieve a deeper understanding of the importance of validation on data excluded from the training process and that each problem requires its own methods to solve. We also exemplify the requirement to train a model using sufficient data by showing that different granularities of cross-validation can yield very different results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
Editors	Mark J.W. Lee, Sasha Nikolic, Montserrat Ros, Jun Shen, Leon C. U. Lei, Gary K.W. Wong, Neelakantam Venkatarayalu
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	960-964
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538665220
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615252
Publication status	Published - 2 Jul 2018
Event	2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018 - Wollongong, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2018 → 7 Dec 2018

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Name	Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018

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Conference	2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Wollongong
Period	4/12/18 → 7/12/18

Keywords

anti-learning
exclusive-or
hadamard
machine learning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Engineering (miscellaneous)

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Roadknight, C., Rattadilok, P., & Aickelin, U. (2018). Teaching Key Machine Learning Principles Using Anti-learning Datasets. In M. J. W. Lee, S. Nikolic, M. Ros, J. Shen, L. C. U. Lei, G. K. W. Wong, & N. Venkatarayalu (Eds.), Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018 (pp. 960-964). Article 8615252 (Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615252

Roadknight, Chris ; Rattadilok, Prapa ; Aickelin, Uwe. / Teaching Key Machine Learning Principles Using Anti-learning Datasets. Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018. editor / Mark J.W. Lee ; Sasha Nikolic ; Montserrat Ros ; Jun Shen ; Leon C. U. Lei ; Gary K.W. Wong ; Neelakantam Venkatarayalu. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. pp. 960-964 (Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018).

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Roadknight, C, Rattadilok, P & Aickelin, U 2018, Teaching Key Machine Learning Principles Using Anti-learning Datasets. in MJW Lee, S Nikolic, M Ros, J Shen, LCU Lei, GKW Wong & N Venkatarayalu (eds), Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018., 8615252, Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 960-964, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018, Wollongong, Australia, 4/12/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615252

Teaching Key Machine Learning Principles Using Anti-learning Datasets. / Roadknight, Chris; Rattadilok, Prapa; Aickelin, Uwe.
Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018. ed. / Mark J.W. Lee; Sasha Nikolic; Montserrat Ros; Jun Shen; Leon C. U. Lei; Gary K.W. Wong; Neelakantam Venkatarayalu. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 960-964 8615252 (Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018).

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Roadknight C, Rattadilok P, Aickelin U. Teaching Key Machine Learning Principles Using Anti-learning Datasets. In Lee MJW, Nikolic S, Ros M, Shen J, Lei LCU, Wong GKW, Venkatarayalu N, editors, Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. p. 960-964. 8615252. (Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018). doi: 10.1109/TALE.2018.8615252

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