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Practical Machine Learning

Bangkok Campus
Jun 29, 2026 - Jul 17, 2026
This course is focused on applying Machine Learning techniques to real-world problems.
Bangkok Campus
Jun 29, 2026 - Jul 17, 2026
Nikita Vasiliev

Faculty

Nikita Vasiliev

Head of courses at Central University, MSU. Moscow

Course length

3 weeks

Duration

3 hours
per day

Total hours

45 hours

Credits

4 ECTS

Language

English

Course type

Offline

Fee for single course

€1500

Fee for degree students

€750

Skills you’ll learn

Software ArchitectureProduction-Ready Development EnvironmentClean CodeData Quality & RobustnessEnd-to-End ML EngineeringPortfolio Project Execution
OverviewCourse outlineCourse materialsPrerequisitesMethod & grading

Overview

By completing this course, students will bridge the gap between model development and production-ready machine learning. Unlike theoretical ML courses, this programme focuses on the engineering ecosystem that transforms a prototype into a reliable, maintainable, and deployable system. Students will master the essential toolchain for professional ML development, learning to manage environments, automate workflows, and containerise applications for consistency across environments.

We will explore the often-overlooked aspects of real-world ML — robust feature engineering, detecting and handling data shifts, anomaly detection, and writing clean, production-grade code following software engineering best practices. The course culminates in a project in which students integrate all these skills, emerging not just as model builders, but as machine learning engineers capable of delivering systems that perform reliably in dynamic environments.

Learning highlights

  • Engineering best practices: The ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable ML code applying software design principles and patterns tailored for data science workflows.
  • Data excellence in production: Skills in advanced feature engineering for real-world datasets, alongside practical expertise in anomaly detection and systematic diagnosis of data shifts (covariate, label, concept drift) to ensure model reliability post-deployment.
  • Practical ML operations: Knowledge of the non-model aspects of ML pipelines—from orchestrating workflows to handling edge cases, logging, and configuration management.
  • End-to-end project execution: Experience building a complete ML solution from scratch, integrating version control, containerisation, clean architecture, and production-oriented data pipelines into a cohesive portfolio-worthy project.

Course outline

15 classes

Dive into the details of the course and get a sense of what each class will cover.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
1

Version Control & Automation

Bash, Git, Git flow

Tuesday
2

Environment Management

Pip, PyPI, Poetry, Venv

Wednesday
3

Containerisation

Docker

Thursday
4

Clean Code & Architecture

Patterns, SOLID

Friday
5

Session 5

Colloquium I

Monday
6

Session 6

Anomaly Detection

Tuesday
7

Session 7

Feature Engineering

Wednesday
8

Session 8

Data Shift Diagnosis

Thursday
9

Session 9

Practical Aspects of ML

Friday
10

Session 10

Colloquium II

Monday
11

Session 11

Project

Tuesday
12

Session 12

Project

Wednesday
13

Session 13

Project

Thursday
14

Session 14

Project

Friday
15

Session 15

Final Review

Methodology

The course is divided into three blocks: Computer Science, Practical Machine Learning, and Project Development. During the first two blocks, each three-hour session will include lecture material, hands-on coding during practice-oriented seminars, and discussion of homework solutions. In the final block, the format shifts to a workshop, where we will discuss project approaches and implement all stages of development. Additionally, a mandatory Colloquium will be administered at the end of the first two blocks.

Grading

The final grade will be composed of the following criteria:
30% - Colloquiums
30% - Homework
40% - Project
10% - Classwork
Nikita Vasiliev

Faculty

Nikita Vasiliev

Head of courses at Central University, MSU. Moscow

Nikita Vasiliev is a mathematician and machine learning practitioner with a background in the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Lomonosov Moscow State University. His work sits at the intersection of low-level computer architecture and applied machine learning. With more than seven years of experience in ML, he has designed computers from the ground up, developed low-level hardware schemes for neural network architectures, and teaches a course on building a computer from scratch at Central University.

Nikita has worked as a machine learning engineer in large-scale industry. At VK, he built a recommendation engine for a media platform from the ground up, redesigning both the system architecture and core algorithms while migrating legacy code to a modern, production-ready stack. He later worked in applied research, focusing on translating machine learning ideas into real-world systems.

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Practical Machine Learning

by Nikita Vasiliev

Total hours

45 Hours

Dates

Jun 29 - Jul 17, 2026

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.