6.438 Fall 2011 Recitation Highlights (alpha)

This is an experimental webpage for Khan-Academy-style video highlights of select recitations. Answers to some popular questions from recitations or from office hours may appear here as well.

Warning: The material here is a bit informal, will be posted with slight delay, and is not meant to replace recitations.


Home > Maximum likelihood estimation for multivariate Gaussians


Remark on matrix calculus: Petersen and Pedersen's "The Matrix Cookbook" is an outstanding reference that includes lots of formulas for derivatives involving matrices and vectors.

TA: George H. Chen
Feel free to send feedback via email: geor...@csail.mit.edu