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CMS3503/CMS7503 Machine Learning Assignment 2 Brief 

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Assignment 1: Development Task

1. Assignment Aims

Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and critical understanding of the use of machine learning techniques in the chosen problem/application area.

2. Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, learners will be able to:

3. Apply Machine Learning and Data Analytics techniques to given practical problems.
4. Synthesise a solution to a problem (planned in LO2) and evaluate the solution.

3. Assessment Brief

Development Task: The assessment is to apply machine learning algorithms of your choice to analyse a real-world benchmark problem. Three concrete application areas with benchmark datasets are listed in the Appendix; if you wish to work on another domain, you must consult with your module tutor first. This assignment should propose an analytical solution to the practical problem using a machine learning method of your choice.

The Word Count of this assignment is 1500. The weighting of this assignment is 60% of the overall module grade.

The report must be submitted electronically. The specific requirement for this component is as follows:

• A description of the planned research, methodology and evaluation methods
• A description of the activities undertaken (e.g. any implementation and/or design of experiments)
• Evaluation and results through various metrics
• The findings of the work
• Conclusions and further work

This component will be assessed by submitting a PDF report
The reference should follow the APA7 style as recommended by the university here https://library.hud.ac.uk/pages/apareferencing/
Please note that the specified word count does not include references. And you must explicitly annotate the word count in your report.
For both assignments, they must work on the same topic/dataset.

4. Marking Scheme and Grading Rubric

Marking scheme for Development task – The weighting of this assignment is 60% of the overall module grade.

Appendix – Application Area

Please note: You are required to choose one of the benchmark data sets below for your investigation and development task. If you would like to work on alternative application areas, have a chat with the module leader, m.jilani@hud.ac.uk, first.

1. The World Health Organisation (WHO) characterised COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2, as a pandemic on March 11, while the exponential increase in the number of cases has been risking overwhelming health systems around the world with a demand for ICU beds far above the existing capacity. This dataset contains anonymised data from patients seen at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, at São Paulo, Brazil, and who had samples collected to perform the SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR and additional laboratory tests during a visit to the hospital. Utilising this dataset, you are free to accomplish one of the two possible tasks below for this assignment

a. Task 1: Predict confirmed COVID-19 cases among suspected cases.

i. Based on the results of laboratory tests commonly collected for a suspected COVID-19 case during a visit to the emergency room, would it be possible to predict the test result for SARS-CoV-2 (positive/negative)?

b. Task 2: Predict admission to the general ward, semi-intensive unit or intensive care unit among confirmed COVID-19 cases.

i. Based on the results of laboratory tests commonly collected among confirmed COVID-19 cases during a visit to the emergency room, would it be possible to predict which patients will need to be admitted to a general ward, semi-intensive unit or intensive care unit?

c. More information about the data set and how to download it can be found with the following link https://www.kaggle.com/dataset/e626783d4672f182e7870b1bbe75fae6 6bdfb232289da0a61f08c2ceb01cab01

2. Shoulder Implant X-Ray Manufacturer Classification Data Set Images were collected by Maya Stark at BIDAL Lab at SFSU for her MS thesis project. The original collection included 605 X-ray images. Eight images that appeared to have been taken from the same patients were removed, resulting in the final 597 images. The final set contains images from the following manufacturers: 83 from Cofield, 294 from Depuy, 71 from Tornier, and 149 from Zimmer, resulting in a 4-class classification problem. Class labels are provided as the manufacturer's name in file names.

a. https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Shoulder+Implant+XRay+Manufacturer+Classification
b. https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/79407z98n

3. Simulated Falls and Daily Living Activities Data Set: 20 falls and 16 daily living activities were performed by 17 volunteers with 5 repetitions while wearing 6 sensors (3.060 instances) that attached to their head, chest, waist, wrist, thigh and ankle.

a. https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Simulated+Falls+and+Daily+Livi ng+Activities+Data+Set
b.  Ozdemir, A.T.; Barshan, B. “Detecting Falls with Wearable Sensors Using Machine Learning Techniques.” Sensors 2014, 14, 10691-10708.