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Machine Learning Study Timetable (6 Months)

This timetable is structured to help you complete a comprehensive machine learning


curriculum in 6 months. It includes dedicated Sundays for revision to reinforce your
learning.

Month 1: Foundations of Machine Learning (4 weeks)

Week 1: The Machine Learning Landscape


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- What is Machine Learning?

- Types of Learning: Supervised/Unsupervised Learning, Batch/Online Learning.

- Challenges in ML: Overfitting, underfitting, data quality issues.

Practical: Implement a basic supervised learning model (e.g., Linear Regression in Scikit-
learn).

Sunday Revision:

- Review types of learning, ML challenges, and Scikit-learn basics.

- Practice quizzes or small exercises.

Week 2-3: End-to-End Machine Learning Project


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- Data Preprocessing: Cleaning, scaling, pipelines.

- Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Visualizations, correlation analysis.

- Train-Test Split and Cross-Validation.

Practical: Perform EDA and preprocessing on a dataset. Build your first pipeline.

Sunday Revision:

- Review key steps in EDA, preprocessing techniques, and cross-validation.

- Revise code written during the week.

Week 4: Classification
Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- Binary Classification (Logistic Regression), performance metrics (Precision, Recall, ROC).

- Multiclass, multilabel classification.


Practical: Train classifiers and evaluate models using metrics.

Sunday Revision:

- Review confusion matrix, precision-recall tradeoff.

- Practice using Scikit-learn's classification metrics.

Month 2: Core Algorithms and Models (4 weeks)

Week 1-2: Training Models


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- Linear Regression, gradient descent, regularization techniques (Ridge, Lasso).

- Logistic Regression for classification.

Practical: Implement gradient descent and train linear models.

Sunday Revision:

- Review gradient descent variations and regularization.

- Solve math problems related to cost functions and optimization.

Week 3: Support Vector Machines (SVMs)


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- Linear and kernel SVMs, soft margin classification.

Practical: Train and visualize SVMs on toy datasets using Scikit-learn.

Sunday Revision:

- Review SVM concepts and kernel tricks.

- Revise practical code for SVMs.

Week 4: Decision Trees and Random Forests


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- Decision Trees (Gini impurity, entropy), ensemble methods (Bagging, Boosting, Random
Forests).

Practical: Train and analyze Decision Trees and Random Forests.

Sunday Revision:

- Review Decision Trees' strengths and weaknesses, feature importance in Random Forests.
Month 3: Advanced ML Techniques (4 weeks)

Week 1-2: Dimensionality Reduction


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- PCA, kernel PCA, and applications in data compression and visualization.

Practical: Apply PCA on datasets and interpret variance explained.

Sunday Revision:

- Review curse of dimensionality and PCA workflows.

Week 3-4: Unsupervised Learning


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- Clustering (K-Means, DBSCAN), Gaussian Mixture Models, anomaly detection.

Practical: Implement clustering techniques for segmentation tasks.

Sunday Revision:

- Review strengths and weaknesses of clustering techniques.

- Practice clustering on unseen datasets.

Month 4: Neural Networks Basics (4 weeks)

Week 1-2: Introduction to Neural Networks with Keras


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- Artificial neurons, MLPs, backpropagation.

- Training and evaluating neural networks for classification and regression.

Practical: Build MLPs using Keras.

Sunday Revision:

- Review neural network architecture and hyperparameter tuning basics.

Week 3-4: Training Deep Neural Networks


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- Vanishing gradients, optimizers (Adam, RMSProp).

- Regularization techniques (dropout, early stopping).

Practical: Experiment with optimizers and regularization in Keras.


Sunday Revision:

- Review regularization and optimizer choices.

- Revise model training workflows.

Month 5: Deep Learning Applications (4 weeks)

Week 1-2: Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- CNN layers (convolutional, pooling), architectures (ResNet, VGG).

- Transfer learning with pretrained models.

Practical: Train a CNN for image classification using Keras.

Sunday Revision:

- Review CNN concepts and architecture comparisons.

Week 3-4: Data Handling with TensorFlow


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- Data pipelines, TFRecords, feature columns.

Practical: Build efficient data workflows using TensorFlow.

Sunday Revision:

- Review TensorFlow Data API and preprocessing techniques.

Month 6: Projects and Special Topics (4 weeks)

Week 1-2: Projects


Topics (Monday–Saturday):

- Apply all concepts to build a comprehensive project (classification, regression, or


clustering).

Sunday Revision:

- Review end-to-end ML project workflows, debugging, and optimization.

Week 3: General Revision


Revise foundational ML topics (gradient descent, regularization, classification metrics).

Week 4: Advanced Exploration


Explore specific topics like GANs, RNNs, or reinforcement learning.

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