CBS5503 of MScGAH Application of Machine Learning in Fake News Detection AY 202425 Sem 1R

Java Python CBS5503 of MScGAH

AY 202425 Sem 1

Individual Assignment Guidelines

Application of Machine Learning in Fake News Detection

Introduction

This practical assignment is designed to assess students’ understanding and programming skills of conducting Machine Learning using the task of Fake News Detection. Students will be assessed on their implementation of building  a supervised machine learning pipeline, including  data preprocessing, feature extraction (engineering), model selection, and model evaluation. They are also required to report and reflect on the classification results as indicated by the evaluation metrics.

Instruction

o This assignment constitutes 50% of the total marks of this course.

o Plagiarism will be penalized. Any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty is considered to have violated academic integrity and will therefore be subject to academic disciplinary actions.

o Include statement of GenAI usage at the end of the assignment.

o Submission:

   Submit a word doc including the results and reflections, named as <yourname>.docx.

   The Word document should be like a factual report, concise and less than 500