function W = randInitializeWeights(L_in, L_out)
  ##RANDINITIALIZEWEIGHTS Randomly initialize the weights of a layer with L_in
  ##incoming connections and L_out outgoing connections
  ##   W = RANDINITIALIZEWEIGHTS(L_in, L_out) randomly initializes the weights 
  ##   of a layer with L_in incoming connections and L_out outgoing 
  ##   connections. 
  ##
  ##   Note that W should be set to a matrix of size(L_out, 1 + L_in) as
  ##   the first row of W handles the "bias" terms
  ##

  ## Randomly initialize the weights to small values
  epsilon_init = 0.12;
  W = rand(L_out, 1 + L_in)*2*epsilon_init - epsilon_init;

endfunction