Feedback for Reinforcement Learning
Dear student
We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.
We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.
In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.
The link to give your feedback is :
https://docs.google.com/a/nptel.iitm.ac.in/forms/d/1r3Bcl_Bpb5S6ASH7lpPPZPpwK2ipaNGR4Pve3lCSOGk/edit
We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team
Hall ticket for Oct 16/Oct 23rd NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.
Dear Candidate:
If you have registered for the Oct 16/Oct 23rd NPTEL Online certification exam
We
have sent the hall tickets to your registered email id and also sms
regarding the same is also sent out from our exam partner.
You can also download it from the below link:
https://www3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/50508/login.html
Please
login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to
access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam)
and its password to access and download the hall ticket(s) for the Oct
16/Oct 23rd exams, from the link.
Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on Oct 16/Oct23rd 2016.
Please
download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a valid ID card,
carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the
hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket
carefully and follow them.
Note:-
If you are writing 2 exams - 1 on Oct 16th and another on Oct 23rd,
please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets.
NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam(s).
For any other queries: please write to nptel@iitm.ac.in.
Reminder 1:REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!
Dear Student:
Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the October 2016 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.
Registration is open from now - 31st AUGUST 2016 (Wednesday) until 19th SEPTEMBER 2016 10.00 AM (Monday).
The certification exam registration URL is : http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
(If
you want to register for the exam for this course that started on July
18th or September 05th, login here using the same email id used to
enroll to the course)
Dates of exam: 16th October 2016 / 23 October 2016 (You can choose either date according to your convenience for writing the exam)
Exam Session time: 2 PM - 5 PM
Examination
Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India
whose list is available on the registration form. Click here to access
the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/resources/List%20of%20examcities_October%202016.pdf
Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students
belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please
select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct certificate)
Mode
of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or
cash/spoc (if the college has agreed to collect the money and pay it to
NPTEL)
Type of exam: Online (on the computer - MCQ/MSQ,Fill in the blanks)
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively from 7th October 2016. We will confirm the same through an announcement.
Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate: Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%
The
final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the
certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc),
where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available
for verification (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do
regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.
IMPORTANT NOTES
1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:-
Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like
adding or removing the chosen course, exam date, city is possible. So,
if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make
the payment for both courses at the same time. It’s not possible to pay
later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration
form will be non-editable.
2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: -
Students
who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay
individually using the above form. While doing so, the reduced fee will
automatically apply.
3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-
If you are paying fee via Local chapter of your college:
a)
If your SPOC has given us your photo & signature then your
registration is complete but please login to verify the details given
are correct using this form.
b) If the SPOC has asked you to fill the
details, Please login and fill all the details in the form and select
payment as "via SPOC of my college".
If
there are any changes/issues/concerns, please write to nptel@iitm.ac.in
giving your Application number, email id, course registered for, name
and mention the change required. No changes will be entertained in these details after September 22 2016 – 12 Noon.
- NPTEL TEAM
Release of assignment 5
Dear Students,
Assignment 5 has been released. The deadline for the assignment is Sunday, 04 September. Due to the delay in the release of this assignment, we are running a little behind schedule. We will try to get back on track by next week.
We have also updated the solutions to assignment 4 to rectify an error in the solution to Q3. Thanks to Biswajit for bringing this to our attention. We will soon be re-evaluating assignment 4 so you can expect some change in marks depending upon your answer to Q3.
Regards,
Priyatosh
Regarding assignment 4
Dear Students,
We would like to make a clarification with regards to the first question of assignment 4. It ca be assumed that all ways to keep the house quiet in the next step are specified in the description provided in the letter.
Thanks to Olivier for bringing up this issue.
Regards,
Priyatosh
Release of assignment 3 solutions.
Dear Students,
The solutions to assignment 3 have been released.
Regards,
Priyatosh
Release of assignment 4
Dear Students,
Assignment 4 is now available on the course home page.
Regards,
Priyatosh
Release of week 4 content
Dear Students,
Week 4 lectures are now available on the course home page.
Regards,
Priyatosh
Sample Announcement
Dear Students,
The solutions to assignment 2 have been released. You can access the solutions by the link given at the bottom of the assignment 2 page. Also, the deadline for assignment 3 is 13 August.
With regards to assignment 2, we noticed a drop in the number of submissions compared to assignment 1. In case students are having any problems with the time lines of the assignments or the content in general, we request you to raise such issues on the forum so that we may be able to provide assistance.
Regards,
Priyatosh
Release of solutions to assignment 1
Dear Students,
The solutions to assignment 1 have been released.
You can access the solutions by the link given at the bottom of the
assignment 1 page.
Assignment 3 will be released shortly.
Regards,
Priyatosh
Release of week 3 content
Dear Students,
Week 3 lectures are now available on the course home page.
Regards,
Priiyatosh
Release of solutions to assignment 0
Dear Students,
The solutions to assignment 0 have been released. You can access the solutions by the link given at the bottom of the assignment 0 page.
Note that this assignment only covers the preparatory material and scores in this assignment will not count towards your final score. Students who have not attempted the questions in this assignment may find it useful to do so before having a look at the solutions.
Regards,
Priyatosh
Regarding assignments and forum participation
Dear Students,
In view of the extension to the deadline for registering for this course, we are extending the assignment 1 deadline to Monday, August 1. Please note that there will be no further deadline extension for assignment 1 and also that the deadline for assignment 2 remains unchanged. I would request students who have joined the course recently to try their best to meet these deadlines.
I would also like to mention that there were some changes made in some of the questions in assignment 2 after the assignment was made public. We observed no submission at the time the changes were made, so this should not be an issue for any of the students.
Finally, I would like to urge students to make use of the forum available for this course. Raising questions on the forums will allow us to clarify parts of the lectures that may not be clear to you. Additionally, such questions will benefit other students following the forum activity having similar doubts. Also note that the forums are not just for us to answer your questions, rather we encourage students to try and provide answers to questions raised in the forums and share their perspectives and expertise as well. The goal is to have healthy discussions on the forums with all students participating and from which all students can benefit.
Regards,
Priyatosh
Release of week 2 contents
Dear Students,
Week 2 lectures are now available on the course home page.
Regards,
Priiyatosh
Link to download video lectures
Dear Students,
You can now download the lecture videos from the website nptel.ac.in/courses/106106143/ .
This site will be updated with new content each week as more lectures are released. Note however that assignments can only be attempted and submitted on the course's homepage at onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_cs09/ .
Regards,
Priyatosh
Welcome to the Reinforcement Learning course!
Dear Students,
Welcome to the Reinforcement Learning course! The course officially starts today, though as most of you who have been registered for a while know that the first week's content and assignment have already been released. Thus, for students who have signed up only recently, please login to your account on onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in to start going through the released material.
You can access the content from the home page of the Reinforcement Learning course, once you have logged in. The content can be accessed from the Course outline tab on the left of the page under the header 'Week 1 - Introduction to RL and Immediate RL'. The assignment is the last link under that heading. The deadline for the assignment is July 27. You can submit the assignment any number of times, but please note that only the final submission will be considered for grading.
We have also released some preparatory material on probability theory and linear algebra. This is just a refresher for students who are a bit out of touch with the elementary concepts in these subjects. Note that Assignment 0, released along with the preparatory material is just for practice and self-evaluation. It will not count towards your final score.
Since the release of the first module we have been getting queries on the forum. I request all of you to keep a tab on the forum posts and raise your own queries in case you have any doubts regarding the course or the lecture material. Post your queries regarding the lecture material under the 'Week 1' category and general queries regarding the course under the 'Admin' category. Also, if you have not introduced yourself, please do so under the 'Introduce yourself' thread. It is always great to hear from you and know your background and motivation for doing the course!
I would also like to address a couple of queries that we have been receiving in the forums. The first has to do with downloading the lecture videos. We do have a separate website from which you can download the lecture videos as they get released each week. As soon as the first week's content is put up, we will be making an announcement regarding the same. Note however, that you will still have to login to the onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in website and go to the Reinforcement Learning course page to attempt and submit the assignments.
The second query is with regards to registering for the final exam. Again, once the registration process starts, an announcement will be made, so that those of you who are interested in signing up for the final exam can do so. Just to clarify, only those students who register for the final exam and appear for it will be receiving a certificate for this course.
Hopefully that answers some of the common questions many of you may be having. You can always use the forums to seek further clarifications.
Hope you have a great experience with this course!
Regards,
Priyatosh
(Course TA)
Release of first week's content
Dear Students,
Welcome to the Reinforcement Learning course! Today we are releasing the first week's content including lecture videos and the first assignment. We are releasing the contents early to give you extra time to get used to the online platform. Subsequent content will be released according to a weekly schedule.
You can access the content from the home page of the Reinforcement Learning course, once you have logged in. The content can be accessed from the Course outline tab on the left of the page under the header 'Week 1 - Introduction to RL and Immediate RL'. The assignment is the last link under that heading. The deadline for the assignment is July 27. You can submit the assignment any number of times, but please note that only the final submission will be considered for grading.
Please make use of the forum for any doubts regarding the released content. Post your queries regarding the lecture material under the 'Week 1' category and general queries regarding the course under the 'Admin' category.
Hope you have a great experience with this course!
Regards,
Priyatosh
(Course TA)
Release of preperatory material
Dear Students,
Welcome to the course on Reinforcement Learning! Today we are releasing two tutorials, one on probability theory and the other on linear algebra. These tutorials should help you brush up on some of the basic concepts in these two areas and will be useful in the lectures to follow. Along with the tutorials, we are releasing an assignment for you to get some practice on solving problems using the concepts covered in the tutorials. Please note that this is an ungraded assignment and will not count towards your final score.
For any questions related to the concepts covered in these tutorials, please make use of the forum and post your questions under the 'week 0' category. For general queries regarding the course, use the 'admin' category. Also, we request you to introduce yourself in the forum's 'Introduce Yourself' thread so that we get an idea of the people who are participating, their backgrounds, motivation for taking the course, etc.
Hope you all have a good experience with the Reinforcement Learning course!
Regards,
Priyatosh
(Course TA)
Welcome to Reinforcement Learning
- The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.
- The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact, the course instructor/TA will respond to your queries- Forum is divided into categories like admin, week 1, week 2,..........and so on.
- If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc can be posted under the admin section and queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments - please post under each week appropriately.
Course duration : 12 weeks
Start date and end date of course: 18 July 2016 - 7 October 2016
Dates of exams : 23 October 2016 & 23 October 2016
Time of exam : 2pm - 5pm
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly
Exam Fee: The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee of approximately Rs 1000(non-Programming)/1250(Programming) needs to be paid.
