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Syllabus- Advanced Machine Learning

Module-1 (Parameter Estimation and Regression) 8 hours


Overview of machine learning: supervised, semi-supervised, unsupervised learning,
reinforcement learning. Basics of parameter estimation: Maximum Likelihood Estimation
(MLE), Maximum a Posteriori Estimation (MAP). Gradient Descent Algorithm, Batch
Gradient Descent, Stochastic Gradient Descent. Regression algorithms: least squares linear
regression, normal equations and closed form solution, Polynomial regression.
Module-2 (Regularization techniques and Classification algorithms) 9 hours
Overfitting, Regularization techniques - LASSO and RIDGE. Classification algorithms:
linear and non-linear algorithms, Perceptrons, Logistic regression, Naive Bayes, Decision
trees. Neural networks: Concept of Artificial neuron, Feed-Forward Neural Network, Back
propagation algorithm.
Module-3 (Unsupervised learning) 8 hours
Unsupervised learning: clustering, k-means, Hierarchical clustering, Principal component
analysis, Density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN). Gaussian
mixture models: Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm for Gaussian mixture model.
Module-4 (Support Vector Machine and Graphical Models) 7 hours
Support vector machines and kernels: Max margin classification, Nonlinear SVM and the
kernel trick, nonlinear decision boundaries, Kernel functions. Basics of graphical models -
Bayesian networks, Hidden Markov model - Inference and estimation.
Module-5 (Evaluation Metrics and Sampling Methods) 8 hours
Classification Performance Evaluation Metrics: Accuracy, Precision, Precision, Recall,
Specificity, False Positive Rate (FPR), F1 Score, Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC)
Curve, AUC. Regression Performance Evaluation Metrics: Mean Absolute Error (MAE),
Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), R Squared/Coefficient of Determination. Clustering
Performance Evaluation Metrics: Purity, Jaccard index, Normalized Mutual Information,
Clustering Accuracy, Silhouette Coefficient, Dunn’s Index. Boosting: AdaBoost, gradient
boosting machines. Resampling methods: cross-validation, bootstrap. Ensemble methods:
bagging, boosting, random forests Practical aspects in machine learning: data preprocessing,
overfitting, accuracy estimation, parameter and model selection Bias-Variance tradeoff

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