Course talk:CPSC 522/Self-Organizing Maps

Great provision of the context and its background. Good clarification of the equations. Simple and concise with a good structure and flow. I believe further elaboration on the applications and its benefits with some examples would solidify understanding.

The topic is relevant for the course. (5) The writing is clear and the English is good. (5) The page is written at an appropriate level for CPSC 522 students (where the students have diverse backgrounds). (5) The formalism (definitions, mathematics) was well chosen to make the page easier to understand. (5) The abstract is a concise and clear summary. (5) There were appropriate (original) examples that helped make the topic clear. (4) There was appropriate use of (pseudo-) code. (4) It had a good coverage of representations, semantics, inference and learning (as appropriate for the topic). (5) It is correct. (5) It was too short for the topic (i.e., 1 means too long, 3 means about right) (5) It was an appropriate unit for a page (it shouldn't be split into different topics or merged with another page). (5) It links to appropriate other pages in the wiki. (4) The references and links to external pages are well chosen. (4) I would recommend this page to someone who wanted to find out about the topic. (5) This page should be highlighted as an exemplary page for others to emulate. (4)

If I was grading it out of 20, I would give it: 18

Interesting topic, found it well structured and concise, although it has quite a few grammatical errors, which make it hard to comprehend. I'd have liked to see some more context to understand its qualities and pitfalls. Good job otherwise, I like the GIF in the page!

The topic is relevant for the course. 4 The writing is clear and the English is good. 2 The page is written at an appropriate level for CPSC 522 students (where the students have diverse backgrounds). 5 The formalism (definitions, mathematics) was well chosen to make the page easier to understand. 5 The abstract is a concise and clear summary. 5 There were appropriate (original) examples that helped make the topic clear. 2 There was appropriate use of (pseudo-) code. 4 It had a good coverage of representations, semantics, inference and learning (as appropriate for the topic). 4 It is correct. 5 It was too short for the topic (i.e., 1 means too long, 3 means about right) 4 It was an appropriate unit for a page (it shouldn't be split into different topics or merged with another page). 5 It links to appropriate other pages in the wiki. 5 The references and links to external pages are well chosen. 4 I would recommend this page to someone who wanted to find out about the topic. 4 This page should be highlighted as an exemplary page for others to emulate. 3 If I was grading it out of 20, I would give it: 17