Course Details
Topic 1 Overview of Machine Learning
- Introduction to Machine Learning
- Pattern Recognition Problems Suitable for Machine Learning
- Supervised vs Unsupervised Learnings
- Types of Machine Learning
- Machine Learning Techniques
- R Packages for Machine Learning
Topic 2 Regression
- What is Regression
- Applications of Regression
- Least Square Error Minimization
- Data Pre-processing
- Bias vs Variance Trade-off
- Regression Methods with Regularization
Topic 3 Classification
- What is Classification
- Applications of Classification
- Classification Algorithms
- Confusion Matrix
- Classification Performance Evaluation
Topic 4 Clustering
- What is Clustering
- Applications of Clustering
- Distance Measure
- Clustering Algorithms
- Clustering Performance Evaluation
- Anomaly Detection Problem
Topic 5 Principal Component Analysis
- Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Dimension Reduction
- Applications of PCA
- PCA Workflow
Course Info
Prerequisite
This is an intermediate course. the following knowledge is assumed
Software Requirement
Pls download and install the following software prior to the class
HRDF Funding
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Job Roles
- Data Scientist
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Data Analyst
- Research Scientist
- Business Intelligence Specialist
- Data Engineer
- Software Developer (interested in ML)
- Statistician
- Predictive Modeler
- AI Solutions Architect
- Quantitative Researcher
- Data Visualization Specialist
- Analytics Consultant
- Product Manager (focused on AI/ML products)
- Innovation Specialist
Trainers
DR. Zahra Nazemi: DR. Zahra Nazemi has PhD in mathematical statistics from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her research interests are applied statistics, medical statistics, Bayesian statistics, statistical inference and Software R. She has worked as lecturer in different universities for 4 years. She also consulted and worked on assignments for parametric and non-parametric analysis, univariate and multivariate regression analysis in various areas such as medical, economics and psychology. Her other skills are knowledge of research methodology, extensive experience with Excel, SPSS, AMOS, R and MINITAB and writing and presenting reports. Moreover, she conducted special training program in mathematical programming including optimization, advanced multivariate data analysis, and simulation techniques. Dr. Zahra, has more than 2 years’ experience as a head of research and development in Enegra Ltd in the field of big data and deep learning with R on Tensorflow and Keras .
Dr. Aanand Verma: Dr. Aanand Verma is a Full Stack Data Scientist who once had a torrid love affair with Physics. He has consulted and published in the area of Public Health, Electricity Markets, Telecom, BFSI, Advertising & Communication Strategies and Digital & Social Media Technologies. He has worked on assignments with international agencies such as International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Royal Netherland Embassy etc. besides MNCs like Tata Consultancy Services, Kie Square Consulting and several government organizations of national importance. He regularly conducts general training programs in Python (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, Bokeh), R (dplyr, rstanarm, knitR, ggplot2), Data Visualization (Tableau, D3.js) and Machine Learnng (Reinforced Learning, Scikit Learn) and specialized training programs on Structural Equation Modeling and SAP Hana. He holds a doctorate in Operations Research from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and a post graduate in Physics from University of Mumbai. He has advanced training in mathematical programming including optimization, advanced multivariate data analysis, and simulation techniques. When he is not teaching or consulting he can be found meditating or heading for an adventurous trek.
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