Are you an EPFL student looking for a semester project?
Work with us on data science and visualisation projects, and deploy your project as an app on top of Graph Search.
This lecture covers the concept of Bayes risk, the smallest probability of misclassification, and generalization in machine learning. It explains the importance of choosing odd values for k, the impact of degrees of freedom on complexity, and the interpretation of geometric terms in error calculations. The instructor discusses the relationship between error rates and the number of dimensions and data points, highlighting the challenges of error increase with fixed dimensions and data points. The lecture challenges common beliefs about interpolation methods and emphasizes the significance of minimizing misclassification probabilities.
This video is available exclusively on Mediaspace for a restricted audience. Please log in to MediaSpace to access it if you have the necessary permissions.
Watch on Mediaspace