About this course: This capstone project course for the Recommender Systems Specialization brings together everything you've learned about recommender systems algorithms and evaluation into a comprehensive recommender analysis and design project. You will be given a case study to complete where you have to select and justify the design of a recommender system through analysis of recommender goals and algorithm performance. Learners in the honors track will focus on experimental evaluation of the algorithms against medium sized datasets. The standard track will include a mix of provided results and spreadsheet exploration. Both groups will produce a capstone report documenting the analysis, the selected solution, and the justification for that solution.
Created by: University of Minnesota
Taught by: Michael D. Ekstrand, Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science, Boise State University
Taught by: Joseph A Konstan, Distinguished McKnight Professor and Distinguished University Teaching Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
| Basic Info | Course 5 of 5 in the Recommender Systems Specialization |
| Commitment | 1-3 weeks of study, 3-5 hours per week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Capstone Project
2 videos, 2 readings
- Video: Capstone Course: Introduction
- Reading: Capstone Assignment (all versions combined)
- Video: Capstone Wrap-Up
- Reading: Thank you!
Graded: Capstone Project Parts I and II: Design, Measure
Graded: Capstone Project Parts III and IV: Mix, Propose and Justify
Graded: Certification for honors track
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