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Introduction to Machine Learning -
IITM
By Prof. Balaraman Ravindran | IIT Madras
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Introduction to Machine L…
With the increased availability of data from varied
sources there has been increasing attention paid to the
various data driven disciplines such as analytics and
machine learning. In this course we intend to introduce
some of the basic concepts of machine learning from a
mathematically well motivated perspective. We will
cover the different learning paradigms and some of the
more popular algorithms and architectures used in each
of these paradigms.
INTENDED AUDIENCE : This is an elective course.
Intended for senior UG/PG students. BE/ME/MS/PhD
PREREQUISITES : We will assume that the students
know programming for some of the assignments.If the
students have done
introductory courses on probability theory and linear
algebra it would be helpful. We will review some of the
basic
topics in the first two weeks as well.
INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Any company in the data
analytics/data science/big data domain would value this
course.
Summary
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type : Elective
Duration : 12 weeks
Start Date : 26 Jul 2021
End Date : 15 Oct 2021
Exam Date : 24 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends
02 Aug 2021
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Category : Computer Science and
Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Programming
Robotics
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate/Postgraduate
This is an AICTE approved FDP course
Course layout
Week 0: Probability Theory, Linear Algebra, Convex
Optimization - (Recap)
Week 1: Introduction: Statistical Decision Theory -
Regression, Classification, Bias Variance
Week 2: Linear Regression, Multivariate Regression,
Subset Selection, Shrinkage Methods, Principal
Component Regression, Partial Least squares
Week 3: Linear Classification, Logistic Regression,
Linear Discriminant Analysis
Week 4: Perceptron, Support Vector Machines
Week 5: Neural Networks - Introduction, Early Models,
Perceptron Learning, Backpropagation, Initialization,
Training & Validation, Parameter Estimation - MLE, MAP,
Bayesian Estimation
Week 6: Decision Trees, Regression Trees, Stopping
Criterion & Pruning loss functions, Categorical
Attributes, Multiway Splits, Missing Values, Decision
Trees - Instability Evaluation Measures
Week 7: Bootstrapping & Cross Validation, Class
Evaluation Measures, ROC curve, MDL, Ensemble
Methods - Bagging, Committee Machines and Stacking,
Boosting
Week 8: Gradient Boosting, Random Forests, Multi-
class Classification, Naive Bayes, Bayesian Networks
Week 9: Undirected Graphical Models, HMM, Variable
Elimination, Belief Propagation
Week 10: Partitional Clustering, Hierarchical Clustering,
Birch Algorithm, CURE Algorithm, Density-based
Clustering
Week 11: Gaussian Mixture Models, Expectation
Maximization
Week 12: Learning Theory, Introduction to
Reinforcement Learning, Optional videos (RL framework,
TD learning, Solution Methods, Applications)
Books and references
1. The Elements of Statistical Learning, by Trevor
Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome H. Friedman
(freely available online)
2. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, by
Christopher Bishop (optional)
Instructor bio
Prof. Balaraman Ravindran
IIT Madras
Prof. Balaraman Ravindran is currently an Professor in
Computer Science at IIT Madras and Mindtree Faculty
Fellow . He has nearly two decades of research
experience in machine learning and specifically
reinforcement learning. Currently his research interests
are centered on learning from and through interactions
and span the areas of data mining, social network
analysis, and reinforcement learning.
Course certificate
The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you
want a certificate, you have to register and write the
proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the
designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one
thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 24 October 2021 Morning
session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to
5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the
registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the
certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will
be made available when the exam registration form is
published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned
then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities
where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree
to when you fill the form etc.
CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8
assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in
the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam
score out of 100
Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score
YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY
IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND
EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not
met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final
score >= 40/100.
Certificate will have your name, photograph and the
score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the
logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at
nptel.ac.in/noc.
Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies
will not be dispatched.
Once again, thanks for your interest in our online
courses and certification. Happy learning.
- NPTEL team
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