EE

103/CME 103 Introduction to Matrix Methods

Syllabus and Schedule Spring 2018
The following provides a guideline for the topics we’ll cover and the schedule. It’s a tentative
approximation, not a contract.

Week Lecture Date Topic Chapter
1 1 Tue, April 3 Introduction 1, 2
Vectors
2 Thu, April 5 Linear functions, norm, and distance 2, 3
2 3 Tue, April 10 Norm and distance, cont’d 3
4 Thu, April 12 Clustering 4
3 5 Tue, April 17 Linear independence 5, 6, 7
Matrices
6 Thu, April 19 Linear equations 8, 9
4 7 Tue, April 24 Linear dynamical systems 9, 10
8 Thu, April 26 Matrix multiplication 10, 11
Matrix inverses
5 9 Tue, May 1 Midterm (in class)
10 Thu, May 3 More on matrix inverses 11
6 11 Tue, May 8 Least squares 13, 14
Least squares data fitting
12 Thu, May 10 Least squares data fitting 14

7 13 Tue, May 15 Least squares classification 15

14 Thu, May 17 Multi-objective least squares 15

8 15 Tue, May 22 Regularization 15

16 Thu, May 24 Tomography 15

9 17 Tue, May 29 Constrained least squares 16

18 Thu, May 31 Portfolio optimization 17
10 19 Tue, June 5 Control, Dynamic system estimation 17

Monday June 11 Final Exam, 12:15 – 3:15