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If your post satsifies the requirements (1), (2), you will receive 0.5 points for the post.
📗 UCB (Upper Confidence Bound) type algorithms have applications in large-scale crowd-sourcing, for example, the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, see Link for an example (KL-LUCB). Read about the contest: Link, and (1) make a submission yourself for this week's contest, and/or (2) look at a few other people's submissions and vote Link. Find a caption that you think is funny (yours or other people's) and share a screenshot on Piazza. You can find the list of past contest winners at Link. Note that winners get significantly more votes: the reason is that the captions they ask you to vote are selected by an multi-armed bandit algorithm, so in theory, you should find possibly unfunny captions (exploration) less often than funny captions (exploitation). Comment if you think that is the case on Piazza.
📗 You can read about the related news article: Link and paper Link.
Image from The Primary Digit by Sarvesh Saran.
If your post satisfies the requirements (1), (2), (3), one of the course staff will "like" your post and you will receive 0.5 points for the post. Remember to use the correct Piazza tag in d1 to d12.
The past exams can be found on pages X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8,
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# D Discussion Topic
📗 Please create a follow-up discussion post on the Piazza (it is okay to post anonymously). No Canvas submissions are required. The grades will be updated at the end of the week on Canvas: Link| Requirement | Discussion | Note |
| Topic | see below | |
| Due Date | suggested: July 24 | no points after: August 13 |
| Max per Week | 2 | 1 per topic |
| Type of Post | Piazza follow-up | |
| Include | (1) Image or screenshot | |
| - | (2) Brief discussion or explanation | (one or two sentences) |
If your post satsifies the requirements (1), (2), you will receive 0.5 points for the post.
📗 UCB (Upper Confidence Bound) type algorithms have applications in large-scale crowd-sourcing, for example, the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, see Link for an example (KL-LUCB). Read about the contest: Link, and (1) make a submission yourself for this week's contest, and/or (2) look at a few other people's submissions and vote Link. Find a caption that you think is funny (yours or other people's) and share a screenshot on Piazza. You can find the list of past contest winners at Link. Note that winners get significantly more votes: the reason is that the captions they ask you to vote are selected by an multi-armed bandit algorithm, so in theory, you should find possibly unfunny captions (exploration) less often than funny captions (exploitation). Comment if you think that is the case on Piazza.
📗 You can read about the related news article: Link and paper Link.
Image from The Primary Digit by Sarvesh Saran.
# D Sharing Solutions on Piazza
📗 Use the sign-up sheet: Google Sheet. You can sign up and post anonymously (anonymous Piazza posts are not anonymous to instructors).| Requirement | Past Exam Questions | Note |
| List of Questions | X5 | 5 |
| Due Date | suggested: July 24 | no points after: August 7 |
| Name of Post | X?Q? | |
| Max per Week | suggested: 2 | no points if more than 4 |
| Piazza Tag | d5 | |
| Type of Post | public Piazza note | |
| Include | (1) Screenshot of the question | |
| - | (2) Detailed step-by-step solution | |
| - | (3) Brief explanation of each step |
If your post satisfies the requirements (1), (2), (3), one of the course staff will "like" your post and you will receive 0.5 points for the post. Remember to use the correct Piazza tag in d1 to d12.
The past exams can be found on pages X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8,
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