Lecture 9: Margins and Loss Minimization

Part 4 · Ensemble Learning

Lecture: Monday, November 9, 2026

Topics

• Functional margins and margin distributions
• Margin-based generalization bounds
• Exponential loss and coordinate descent

Materials

• 📄 Learning Sheet
• 📝 Validation Sheet
• 📋 Cheatsheet

Next class: Part 4 Test

The Part 4 Test covers Lectures 8–9, is worth 120 marks, and lasts 30 minutes. It contributes 14% of the course grade.

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