CS 4786 - [Machine Learning for Data Science]

(SDS-AS)

Spring. Not offered: 2023-2024. Next offered: 2024-2025. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: probability theory (BTRY 3080, ECON 3130, MATH 4710, or strong performance in ENGRD 2700 or equivalent), linear algebra (strong performance in MATH 2940 or equivalent), CS 4780; CS 2110 or equivalent programming proficiency. Co-meets with CS 5786.

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An introduction to machine learning for data-science applications. Topics include dimensionality-reduction (such as principal components analysis, canonical correlation analysis, and random projection); clustering (such as k-means and single-link); probabilistic modeling (such as mixture models and the EM algorithm).