Computational Creativity

ECSE 4966/6966, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Spring 2025

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Introduction and Background

Tue Jan 7

LEC 1 Introduction to generative modeling

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Tue Jan 7

HW 0 HW 0 released (due Friday 1/17)

Fri Jan 10

LEC 2 Algorithms for making art, 1960-2010

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Tue Jan 14

HW 1 HW 1 released (due Friday 1/31)

Tue Jan 14

LEC 3 Probability and machine learning review

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Fri Jan 17

LEC 4 Deep learning crash course

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Fri Jan 17

Due HW 0 due

Variational autoencoders

Tue Jan 21

LEC 5 Variational autoencoders (VAEs)

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Fri Jan 24

LEC 6 VQ-VAEs and image quality metrics

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