DS206
Introduction to Machine Learning
Faculty
Igor Slinko
Computer Vision Engineer at SportTotal.tv
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Overview
By completing this course, students will gain fundamental knowledge and practical skills in machine learning, their first step towards becoming a Data Scientist. By the end of the course, the student’s GitHub account will have a couple of ML projects they will be proud of. Most importantly, students will learn to look at the world around them from the point of view of data analysis.
Learning highlights
- Ability to formulate a problem in terms of machine learning
- Knowledge of specific machine learning tasks such as regression and classification
- Knowledge of classical machine learning algorithms: linear models, decision trees, random forest, k nearest neighbors, and gradient boosting
- Ability to train a machine learning model for a specific business task
- Knowledge of basic metrics for evaluating the quality of models
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
- Introduction to Machine Learning.
- Terms: dataset, object, feature, target value, loss function.
- Linear model for regression task
- Solving price prediction problems in Excel with a linear model
Session 2
- Orange data mining tool. Train/test split
- Underfitting and Overfitting
Session 3
- Numpy library
- Gradient descent algorithm with implementation in Python
Session 4
- Pandas library
- Implementing a linear model for regression task with a gradient descent solver in Python
Session 5
- Categorical features and one-hot-encoding
- Scikit-learn library
- Multicollinearity issue and regularization
- Ridge and Lasso regression models
- Solving price prediction problems with scikit-learn
Session 6
- Data visualization
- Matplotlib library
Session 7
- Classification problem
- Logistic regression algorithm
- Cross-entropy loss function
- Solving credit scoring problems in Excel
- Orange and scikit-learn
Session 8
- Multiclass and multilabel classification
- SoftMax function
Session 9
- Decision trees and random forest algorithms
Session 10
- K nearest neighbors algorithm. “Curse of dimensionality”
Session 11
- Gradient boosting algorithm
Session 12
- XGBoost, LightGBM, and CatBoost libraries
Session 13
- Metrics for regression tasks
Session 14
- Metrics for classification tasks
Session 15
- Final contest
Course materials
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Prerequisites
PythonBasic knowledge of linear algebra and calculus. Students have to remember what the equation for the plane looks like and what the gradient is
Methodology
Each lesson lasts 3 hours. During that time we study new material and analyze homework for the first hour and a half. Then, we work on a practical task in the second hour and a half. Each week students will have a contest, a challenge (like kaggle.com) to train a model for a particular task.
Grading
Ex. Samsung AI Center, Yandex, VK, Brickit.app, OneSoil Master of Computer Science at MIPT
Igor Slinko obtained a Master's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science at MIPT (Moscow). After that, he worked as C++ and Python developer at Yandex. Several years later he turned his attention to Data Science and Computer Vision. He switched to a researcher position at Mail.ru, and also started teaching Machine Learning at HSE (Moscow). Then he became team lead at a newly developed Samsung AI Center, where he developed Computer Vision algorithms in Robotics. He also collaborated with Michael Romanov to create an open course called "Neural Networks and Computer Vision" which amassed an audience of 50k students.
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Introduction to Machine Learning
by Igor Slinko
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Jan 30 - Feb 17, 2023
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.