WEEK 6: Exam 1

This is a short week. Monday was cancelled due to snow, and Exam 1 is on Wednesday. There is no new lecture content - use this week to consolidate what you've learned over the first five weeks and take the exam.

This week's checklist

  • Take Exam 1 (Wed, Feb 25) during class time (12:20-1:35pm)
  • Peer review deadline postponed to next Wedneseday

Exam 1

When: Wednesday, Feb 25 during class time (12:20-1:35pm)

Format:

  • In-class, 75 minutes
  • Closed-book, closed-notes
  • Mix of question types: multiple choice, short answer, diagram/sketch, short essay

What's covered: Lectures 1-8 - Classical NLP, tokenization, embeddings, neural networks, encoder-decoder, attention, transformers, decoding

Key topics: See Lecture 8 notes for a complete list

Grading: 20% of final course grade

Discussion Section (Tue Feb 24): Implementing Attention and Transformers

Cancelled due to snow

Week 6 Reflection Prompts

Cancelled since the only class was the exam

Portfolio Piece 1: Peer Reviews

Dates and procedures have changed - see Piazza.

More Resources for Exam Prep