--MY RODMAP FOR AVRIL AND MARS{30hours}--

Roadmap: From Zero to Mastery in Fraud Detection & Optimization

This roadmap will take you from beginner to expert, enabling you to implement
SMOTE, XGBoost, Autoencoders, and advanced fraud detection techniques.

🔹 Phase 1: Fundamentals of Machine Learning (2-4 Weeks)

✔️Learn Python (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn).
✔️Master Data Preprocessing (handling missing values, feature scaling,
encoding categorical data).
✔️Study Supervised Learning:
 Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Random Forest, XGBoost.
 Learn classification metrics (Precision, Recall, F1-score, ROC-AUC).
✔️Get familiar with imbalanced data challenges and how to evaluate
fraud detection models.
📌 Resources:
 "Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow"
by Aurélien Géron.
 Kaggle: Titanic, Credit Card Fraud Detection dataset.

🔹 Phase 2: Handling Imbalanced Data (2 Weeks)

✔️Learn Oversampling & Undersampling techniques:
 SMOTE (Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique).
 ADASYN (Adaptive Synthetic Sampling).
 Random Oversampling & Undersampling.
✔️Implement SMOTE + Undersampling Hybrid for credit card fraud
detection.
📌 Practice:
  Use imbalanced-learn library (imblearn.over_sampling.SMOTE).
 Train a model with and without SMOTE, compare results.

🔹 Phase 3: Advanced Machine Learning – XGBoost & Optimization (3-4

Weeks)
✔️Learn XGBoost, its hyperparameters (learning_rate, max_depth,
n_estimators, etc.).
✔️Perform GridSearchCV & Optuna for hyperparameter tuning.
✔️Learn Precision-Recall AUC Optimization:
 When fraud cases are rare, PR-AUC is better than ROC-AUC.
📌 Practice:
 Implement XGBoost on fraud datasets and optimize hyperparameters.
 Compare Random Forest vs. XGBoost vs. Logistic Regression.

🔹 Phase 4: Deep Learning for Fraud Detection (4-6 Weeks)

✔️Learn Neural Networks (TensorFlow/PyTorch).
✔️Implement Autoencoders for anomaly detection:
 Train an autoencoder only on normal transactions.
 Use reconstruction error as an anomaly score.
 Combine Autoencoder + XGBoost for final fraud detection.
📌 Practice:
 Train an Autoencoder on a fraud dataset.
 Extract reconstruction errors and feed them into an XGBoost model.

🔹 Phase 5: Model Optimization & Feature Selection (3 Weeks)

✔️Apply Feature Selection:
 SHAP (SHapley Additive Explanations) for feature importance.
 Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE) to remove unimportant features.
✔️Tune model decision thresholds to minimize False Negatives
 (Threshold Tuning).
✔️Implement Cost-Sensitive Learning (modify class weights to penalize
misclassification).
📌 Practice:
 Use shap library to visualize feature importance in fraud detection.
 Experiment with Threshold Tuning to maximize Recall.

🔹 Phase 6: Advanced Ensemble Learning & Stacking (3 Weeks)

✔️Learn Ensemble Learning:
 Bagging (Random Forest, XGBoost).
 Boosting (Gradient Boosting, CatBoost, LightGBM).
 Stacking (Combine multiple models like XGBoost + Neural Networks).
✔️Implement stacked models for fraud detection.
📌 Practice:
 Train an ensemble model combining XGBoost + Autoencoder + Logistic
Regression.
 Compare single models vs. ensemble models in fraud detection.

🔹 Phase 7: Real-World Deployment & Performance Optimization (2-3 Weeks)

✔️Convert the model into an efficient, real-time fraud detection system.
✔️Deploy using FastAPI or Flask for real-time predictions.
✔️Optimize model inference time using ONNX for XGBoost.
📌 Final Project:
 Develop a Credit Card Fraud Detection System and deploy it.
 Optimize it for speed & accuracy.

🎯 Final Outcome
✅ Master SMOTE + Undersampling Hybrid for handling imbalanced data.
✅ Build & optimize XGBoost models for fraud detection.
✅ Implement Autoencoder + XGBoost Hybrid for anomaly detection.
✅ Improve fraud detection using Precision-Recall AUC Optimization &
Threshold Tuning.
✅ Perform Feature Selection with SHAP & RFE for model efficiency.
✅ Implement Cost-Sensitive Learning to reduce false negatives.
✅ Build Ensemble Models (Stacking, Boosting) for the best fraud detection
performance.
✅ Deploy a real-time fraud detection system 🚀.

Would you like a structured learning plan with detailed resources for each
phase? 💡

Got it! Here’s your 30-hour AI learning roadmap in English, tailored for you as if
you are starting fresh. I'll also explain Reinforcement Learning (RL) and its role
at the end.

🚀 30-Hour AI Learning Roadmap (Step-by-Step)

✅ Level: Beginner to Intermediate
🎯 Goal: Build a solid understanding of AI and apply it to real-world projects.

📌 Week 1: Understanding the Foundations (10 Hours)

🔹 Day 1: Introduction to AI (2 Hours)
 What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
 Difference between Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), and
General AI (AGI).
 Key concepts: Models, Features, Data, Evaluation Metrics.
 Overview of popular AI libraries (Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
✅ Hands-on: Train a simple classification model using Scikit-learn.
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🔹 Day 2: Machine Learning Fundamentals (3 Hours)
 Types of Machine Learning:
o Supervised Learning
o Unsupervised Learning
o Reinforcement Learning (only a basic introduction for now)
 Essential ML Algorithms:
o Linear & Logistic Regression
o Decision Trees & Random Forests
✅ Hands-on: Build a classification model to predict diabetes using Scikit-learn.
🔹 Day 3: Introduction to Neural Networks (3 Hours)
 What are Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)?
 How does Backpropagation work?
 Difference between Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) and Traditional
Networks.
 Introduction to architectures like CNNs & RNNs.
✅ Hands-on: Build a basic neural network using TensorFlow/Keras.
🔹 Day 4: Data Science Basics (2 Hours)
 Cleaning & analyzing data with Pandas & NumPy.
 Visualizing data using Matplotlib & Seaborn.
 Handling imbalanced datasets (important for your fraud detection
project).
✅ Hands-on: Analyze a dataset and extract key insights.

📌 Week 2: Advanced Learning + Practical Applications (10 Hours)

🔹 Day 5: Deep Learning with TensorFlow & PyTorch (3 Hours)
 Difference between TensorFlow vs PyTorch.
 Manually building a Neural Network with PyTorch.
  Understanding Gradient Descent & Optimizers (Adam, SGD, etc.).
✅ Hands-on: Train a simple image classification model on MNIST dataset.
🔹 Day 6: Natural Language Processing (NLP) (3 Hours)
 What is NLP?
 Text Processing with NLTK & SpaCy.
 Introduction to Transformers (BERT, GPT-4, etc.).
✅ Hands-on: Build a sentiment analysis model using Hugging Face
Transformers.
🔹 Day 7: Computer Vision (2 Hours)
 What is Deep Learning for Computer Vision?
 Understanding Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs).
 Popular applications: Object Detection (YOLO, Faster R-CNN).
✅ Hands-on: Use OpenCV to extract features from images.
🔹 Day 8: AI Model Deployment & MLOps (2 Hours)
 How to deploy AI models using Flask & FastAPI.
 Understanding MLOps & AI Automation.
 Quick intro to AWS/GCP/Azure AI Services.
✅ Hands-on: Deploy a simple NLP model using Flask.

📌 Week 3: Building Real AI Projects (10 Hours)

🔹 Day 9-10: Project 1 – Fraud Detection in Banking (5 Hours)
 Load & clean a real-world fraud dataset.
 Apply Machine Learning algorithms for fraud detection.
 Improve model performance using oversampling techniques (SMOTE,
etc.).
 Evaluate the model using Precision, Recall, F1-score.
✅ Outcome: A working fraud detection AI model.
🔹 Day 11-12: Project 2 – AI Chatbot using GPT (5 Hours)
 Learn how GPT APIs work.
 Build a smart chatbot that answers questions.
 Experiment with fine-tuning GPT using Hugging Face.
✅ Outcome: A fully functional AI chatbot.

🚀 The Final Outcome After 30 Hours

✅ A strong understanding of AI & Deep Learning fundamentals.
✅ Practical experience in NLP & Computer Vision.
✅ Ability to build real-world AI projects.
✅ Knowledge of model deployment & cloud AI services.

🤖 What is Reinforcement Learning (RL) & Its Role?

Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a type of Machine Learning where an agent
learns by interacting with an environment to maximize rewards. Instead of
labeled data (like in supervised learning), RL uses trial and error to find the best
actions.
🔹 How RL Works?
1. Agent: The AI model making decisions.
2. Environment: The system where the agent operates.
3. Actions: The decisions the agent can take.
4. Rewards: Feedback from the environment (positive or negative).
🔹 Role of RL in AI
 Used in robotics, self-driving cars, gaming (like AlphaGo & OpenAI Five),
finance, and optimization problems.
 Helps AI learn dynamic decision-making in real-world environments.
✅ Example:
 A self-driving car learns how to drive by trying different movements and
receiving rewards for staying on the road and penalties for crashing.
  Chatbots use RL to improve responses over time based on user
feedback.

💡 What do you think? Do you want me to add or adjust anything based on

your focus areas? 😊
Voici un plan structuré et progressif pour maîtriser Machine Learning (ML) de
zéro à expert. 📚🚀

📌 Phase 1 : Fondamentaux de l'IA et du Machine Learning

🔹 1. Introduction à l’Intelligence Artificielle
 Définition de l’IA, du Machine Learning (ML), du Deep Learning (DL) et de
l’Intelligence Artificielle Générale (AGI).
 Différences entre IA, ML et DL.
 Applications réelles du ML.
🔹 2. Mathématiques pour le Machine Learning
✅ Algèbre linéaire (vecteurs, matrices, opérations matricielles, inverses,
déterminant).
✅ Statistiques & probabilités (distributions, espérance, variance,
indépendance, Bayes).
✅ Calcul différentiel (dérivées partielles, gradient, optimisation).
✅ Algorithmes et complexité (notation Big-O, recherche, tri, optimisation).
🔹 3. Programmation en Python pour le ML
 Introduction à Python et bibliothèques essentielles : NumPy, Pandas,
Matplotlib, Seaborn.
 Manipulation et visualisation de données.
✅ Hands-on : Analyser un dataset avec Pandas et Matplotlib

📌 Phase 2 : Machine Learning Supervisé

🔹 4. Principes de base du ML
 Apprentissage supervisé vs non supervisé.
 Features (caractéristiques) et labels (étiquettes).
 Ensemble d’entraînement, de validation et de test.
🔹 5. Régression linéaire
 Modèle mathématique : y=wX+by = wX + b
 Fonction de coût (MSE).
 Optimisation par descente de gradient.
✅ Hands-on : Implémenter une régression linéaire avec Scikit-Learn
🔹 6. Régression logistique
 Modèle mathématique : Fonction sigmoïde.
 Fonction de coût (Log Loss).
 Interprétation probabiliste.
✅ Hands-on : Prédire le diabète avec la régression logistique
🔹 7. Modèles de classification avancés
 K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN).
 Support Vector Machines (SVM).
 Arbres de décision et Random Forest.
✅ Hands-on : Comparer plusieurs modèles de classification sur un dataset

📌 Phase 3 : Machine Learning Non Supervisé

🔹 8. Clustering (Regroupement)
 K-Means Clustering.
 DBSCAN et Hierarchical Clustering.
✅ Hands-on : Segmenter des clients avec K-Means
🔹 9. Réduction de dimensionnalité
 Analyse en Composantes Principales (PCA).
 t-SNE et UMAP.
✅ Hands-on : Visualiser des données haute dimension avec PCA

📌 Phase 4 : Deep Learning et Réseaux de Neurones

🔹 10. Introduction au Deep Learning
 Qu'est-ce qu’un réseau de neurones ?
 Neurone artificiel et fonction d’activation.
 Perceptron et Perceptron Multi-Couches (MLP).
🔹 11. Réseaux de Neurones Profonds (DNN)
 Backpropagation et descente de gradient.
 Architecture des réseaux profonds.
✅ Hands-on : Construire un réseau de neurones avec TensorFlow/Keras
🔹 12. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
 Convolution, Pooling, Fully Connected Layers.
 Applications : Reconnaissance d’images.
✅ Hands-on : Classifier des images avec CNN et Keras
🔹 13. Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) et LSTMs
 Séquences et séries temporelles.
 Applications en NLP et prévision.
✅ Hands-on : Prédire des séries temporelles avec LSTM

📌 Phase 5 : Apprentissage par Renforcement et Applications Avancées

🔹 14. Introduction à l’Apprentissage par Renforcement (RL)
 Agents, États, Actions, Récompenses.
 Q-Learning et Deep Q-Networks (DQN).
✅ Hands-on : Apprentissage d’un agent simple avec Gym et Q-Learning
🔹 15. Traitement du Langage Naturel (NLP)
 Vectorisation (TF-IDF, Word2Vec, Embeddings).
 Transformers et BERT/GPT.
✅ Hands-on : Analyse de sentiments avec NLP
📌 Phase 6 : MLOps, Déploiement et Projets
🔹 16. Déploiement de modèles ML
 Exporter un modèle (Pickle, ONNX).
 API avec Flask/FastAPI.
 Déploiement sur le cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure).
✅ Hands-on : Déployer un modèle ML en API REST
🔹 17. Construire un projet ML complet
 Trouver une problématique.
 Collecte et préparation des données.
 Choisir et entraîner un modèle.
 Évaluation et interprétation des résultats.
✅ Hands-on : Projet ML de A à Z sur un dataset réel

🎯 Objectif final : Maîtriser l’ensemble du pipeline Machine Learning !

Si tu suis ce plan sérieusement, tu passeras de débutant à expert en Machine
Learning. 🔥
Tu veux approfondir un sujet spécifique ? 😃
📌 Roadmap de 60 jours pour maîtriser le Machine Learning
🚀 Objectif : Aller de débutant à avancé en Machine Learning avec Python.
🔹 Total : ~150 heures (2-3 heures/jour)
🔹 Outils : Python, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch.
🔹 Besoin Python : Mentionné à chaque phase.

📌 Phase 1 : Fondamentaux du Machine Learning (25h)

📅 Jours 1 - 10 (2-3h/jour)
🔹 1. Introduction au Machine Learning (5h)
📌 Théorie : 3h
📌 Python : 2h (Installation de Python, Jupyter Notebook, manipulation de
données)
✅ Définition : IA vs ML vs DL vs AGI
✅ Applications réelles du ML
✅ Types d’apprentissage : supervisé vs non supervisé
✅ Manipulation des datasets en Python avec Pandas
🔹 2. Mathématiques pour le ML (10h)
📌 Théorie : 7h
📌 Python : 3h (NumPy pour l’algèbre linéaire)
✅ Algèbre linéaire : matrices, vecteurs, opérations
✅ Statistiques et probabilités
✅ Calcul différentiel : dérivées et descente de gradient
✅ Implémentation des concepts mathématiques en Python
🔹 3. Programmation Python pour le ML (10h)
📌 Théorie : 3h
📌 Python : 7h
✅ Syntaxe Python, variables, conditions, boucles
✅ Fonctions et modules
✅ Gestion des données avec Pandas
✅ Visualisation des données avec Matplotlib et Seaborn

📌 Phase 2 : Machine Learning Supervisé (40h)

📅 Jours 11 - 30 (2-3h/jour)
🔹 4. Régression linéaire et descente de gradient (10h)
📌 Théorie : 5h
📌 Python : 5h (implémentation avec Scikit-learn)
✅ Modèle mathématique : y=wX+by = wX + b
✅ Fonction de coût (MSE)
✅ Algorithme de descente de gradient
✅ Implémentation en NumPy puis en Scikit-learn
🔹 5. Régression logistique et classification binaire (10h)
📌 Théorie : 5h
📌 Python : 5h
✅ Fonction sigmoïde et interprétation
✅ Fonction de coût (Log Loss)
✅ Implémentation en Python et Scikit-learn
🔹 6. Modèles de classification avancés (10h)
📌 Théorie : 5h
📌 Python : 5h
✅ K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN)
✅ Support Vector Machines (SVM)
✅ Arbres de décision et Random Forest
✅ Comparaison des modèles
🔹 7. Optimisation et validation des modèles (10h)
📌 Théorie : 5h
📌 Python : 5h
✅ Validation croisée
✅ Overfitting vs Underfitting
✅ Sélection des hyperparamètres

📌 Phase 3 : Machine Learning Non Supervisé (20h)

📅 Jours 31 - 40 (2h/jour)
🔹 8. Clustering et regroupement (10h)
📌 Théorie : 5h
📌 Python : 5h
✅ K-Means, DBSCAN, Hierarchical Clustering
✅ Applications : segmentation de clients
🔹 9. Réduction de dimensionnalité (10h)
📌 Théorie : 5h
📌 Python : 5h
✅ PCA, t-SNE, UMAP
✅ Application sur données haute dimension

📌 Phase 4 : Deep Learning avec TensorFlow et PyTorch (30h)

📅 Jours 41 - 55 (2h/jour)
🔹 10. Introduction aux réseaux de neurones (10h)
📌 Théorie : 5h
📌 Python : 5h
✅ Neurones artificiels et fonctions d’activation
✅ Perceptron et MLP
✅ Implémentation avec TensorFlow/Keras
🔹 11. Convolutional Neural Networks (10h)
📌 Théorie : 5h
📌 Python : 5h
✅ Convolutions et Pooling
✅ Applications en vision par ordinateur
🔹 12. Réseaux récurrents et LSTMs (10h)
📌 Théorie : 5h
📌 Python : 5h
✅ NLP et séries temporelles
✅ Implémentation avec TensorFlow

📌 Phase 5 : Applications Avancées et Déploiement (15h)

📅 Jours 56 - 60 (3h/jour)
🔹 13. Apprentissage par renforcement (5h)
📌 Théorie : 3h
📌 Python : 2h
✅ Agents, États, Actions, Récompenses
✅ Q-Learning et Deep Q-Networks
🔹 14. Déploiement de modèles (5h)
📌 Théorie : 2h
📌 Python : 3h
✅ API Flask/FastAPI
✅ Déploiement sur le cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
🔹 15. Projet ML complet (5h)
📌 100% Python
✅ Collecte et nettoyage des données
✅ Entraînement et optimisation d’un modèle
✅ Évaluation et présentation des résultats

🎯 Objectif final : Devenir un expert en Machine Learning !

✔️Total : ~150 heures
✔️Python requis dès la phase 1
✔️Théorie + Pratique équilibrées
✔️Projets pour renforcer l’apprentissage
💡 Tu veux accélérer ou approfondir un sujet ? 😃

🚀 AI Mastery Roadmap (From Zero to Expert) – 12-Month

Plan
This roadmap covers everything in Artificial Intelligence (AI),
including Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL),
Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision
(CV), Reinforcement Learning (RL), and AI Deployment.
📌 Total Duration: 12 Months (1 Year)
 Beginner Level (0-3 months) → Python, Math, ML Basics
  Intermediate Level (3-6 months) → Supervised &
Unsupervised ML, Optimization
 Advanced Level (6-9 months) → Deep Learning, NLP,
Computer Vision
 Expert Level (9-12 months) → Reinforcement Learning,
AI Deployment

🔹 Phase 1: Foundations (0-3 Months)

✅ Goal: Build strong fundamentals in Python, Mathematics,
and ML basics.
1️⃣Learn Python for AI (2-3 weeks)
 Python basics: loops, functions, OOP, file handling
 Libraries: NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn
 Practice: Work on Kaggle datasets
📌 Resources:
 Python Crash Course
 Kaggle courses on Python
2️⃣Math for AI (4-6 weeks)
🔹 Linear Algebra → Matrices, Vectors, Eigenvalues (for Neural
Networks)
🔹 Probability & Statistics → Bayes' theorem, Distributions (for
AI models)
🔹 Calculus → Derivatives, Gradients (for optimization)
📌 Resources:
 "Mathematics for Machine Learning" by Deisenroth et al.
 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel (Linear Algebra & Calculus)
3️⃣Machine Learning Basics (2-4 weeks)
🔹 Supervised vs Unsupervised Learning
🔹 Regression & Classification (Linear Regression, Decision
Trees)
🔹 Evaluation Metrics: Accuracy, Precision, Recall, ROC-AUC
📌 Resources:
 "Hands-On ML with Scikit-Learn & TensorFlow" – Aurélien
Géron
 Kaggle Titanic, Iris dataset

🔹 Phase 2: Intermediate ML (3-6 Months)

✅ Goal: Master core ML techniques, feature engineering, and
optimization.
4️⃣Advanced ML Algorithms (3-4 weeks)
🔹 Logistic Regression, SVM, Decision Trees, Random
Forest, XGBoost
🔹 Hyperparameter tuning (GridSearch,
RandomizedSearch)
🔹 Feature Engineering & Selection (SHAP, RFE, PCA)
📌 Practice:
 Implement Random Forest vs XGBoost on a fraud
detection dataset
5️⃣Unsupervised Learning & Clustering (3-4 weeks)
🔹 K-Means, DBSCAN, Hierarchical Clustering
🔹 Anomaly Detection (for fraud detection, cybersecurity)
📌 Practice:
 Train an Anomaly Detection Model for credit card
fraud
6️⃣Model Optimization & Performance Metrics (2 weeks)
🔹 Precision-Recall AUC for imbalanced datasets
🔹 Cost-Sensitive Learning, Threshold Tuning
🔹 Imbalanced Data Handling (SMOTE, ADASYN)
📌 Practice:
 Improve fraud detection using SMOTE + XGBoost

🔹 Phase 3: Deep Learning & Specializations (6-9 Months)

✅ Goal: Learn Neural Networks, NLP, and Computer Vision.
7️⃣Deep Learning Basics (4-6 weeks)
🔹 Neural Networks (ANN, CNN, RNN, LSTMs)
🔹 Backpropagation, Activation Functions (ReLU, Sigmoid,
Softmax)
🔹 Frameworks: TensorFlow & PyTorch
📌 Practice:
 Build a handwritten digit classifier (MNIST dataset)
 Implement CNNs for image classification
8️⃣Natural Language Processing (NLP) (3-4 weeks)
🔹 Text Preprocessing (TF-IDF, Word2Vec, BERT)
🔹 Sentiment Analysis, Named Entity Recognition (NER)
🔹 Transformers & LLMs (GPT, T5, BERT, LLaMA)
📌 Practice:
 Train a Spam Email Classifier using NLP
9️⃣Computer Vision (3-4 weeks)
🔹 CNNs, Object Detection (YOLO, Faster R-CNN)
🔹 Image Segmentation (U-Net, Mask R-CNN)
🔹 Face Recognition & Image Generation (GANs)
📌 Practice:
 Build a Face Recognition System

🔹 Phase 4: AI Mastery & Deployment (9-12 Months)

✅ Goal: Learn Reinforcement Learning & AI Deployment.
🔟 Reinforcement Learning (4 weeks)
🔹 Markov Decision Process (MDP), Q-Learning, Deep Q-
Networks (DQN)
🔹 Applications: Robotics, Game AI (Atari, OpenAI Gym)
📌 Practice:
 Train an AI agent to play a game using RL
1️⃣1️⃣AI Deployment (4 weeks)
🔹 Convert models to production (Flask, FastAPI)
🔹 Optimize models for inference (TensorRT, ONNX)
🔹 Deploy models on Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
📌 Practice:
 Deploy a real-time fraud detection API

🎯 Summary
Phase Topics Covered Duration
Phase 0-3
Python, Math, ML Basics
1 Months
Phase 3-6
Advanced ML, Optimization
2 Months
Phase Deep Learning, NLP, Computer 6-9
3 Vision Months
Phase 9-12
RL, AI Deployment
4 Months

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Would you like me to create a custom study plan with weekly
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🎯 Focused AI Roadmap for Your Project: Fraud Detection

on Imbalanced Data
Since your project is about optimizing fraud detection on
imbalanced data, you don’t need to learn everything in AI.
Instead, you should focus on Machine Learning (ML),
Feature Engineering, Model Optimization, and AI
Deployment.
📌 Timeline: 2-3 Months (Intensive Plan)

🔹 Phase 1: Essential ML & Data Preprocessing (2-3

Weeks)
✅ Goal: Learn the fundamentals of ML and prepare the dataset.
1️⃣Learn Python for ML (1 Week)
 NumPy, Pandas (data handling)
 Matplotlib, Seaborn (data visualization)
📌 Practice:
 Load a dataset using Pandas
 Perform Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
2️⃣Understand Imbalanced Data (1 Week)
 What is imbalanced data, and why is it a problem?
 Resampling Techniques:
o Oversampling: SMOTE, ADASYN
o Undersampling: Random, Tomek Links
📌 Practice:
 Use SMOTE + Undersampling Hybrid on your dataset

🔹 Phase 2: Core ML Models & Optimization (3-4 Weeks)

✅ Goal: Train & optimize fraud detection models.
3️⃣Train Supervised Learning Models (2 Weeks)
 Logistic Regression (Baseline)
 Decision Tree, Random Forest, XGBoost
 Hyperparameter Tuning (GridSearch,
RandomizedSearch)
📌 Practice:
 Train Random Forest vs XGBoost and compare results.
 Tune XGBoost for best performance.
4️⃣Improve Model Performance (1-2 Weeks)
 Precision-Recall AUC Optimization (for imbalanced
data)
 Threshold Tuning (adjusting decision thresholds)
 Feature Selection (SHAP, RFE, PCA)
📌 Practice:
 Apply SHAP for feature selection.
 Optimize Threshold Tuning to improve precision.

🔹 Phase 3: Deployment & Automation (3-4 Weeks)

✅ Goal: Deploy fraud detection as a real-world AI model.
5️⃣AI Model Deployment (2 Weeks)
 Convert model to Flask / FastAPI API
 Optimize model for inference (ONNX, TensorRT)
📌 Practice:
 Deploy fraud detection model as an API for real-time
predictions.
6️⃣Cloud Deployment (1-2 Weeks)
 Deploy on AWS / GCP / Azure
 Use Docker & Kubernetes for scalability
📌 Practice:
 Deploy your model on a cloud platform.

🎯 Summary: What You Need to Study

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Phase Topics Covered
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Phase Python, Data Preprocessing, Handling 2-3
1 Imbalanced Data Weeks
Phase ML Models (XGBoost, Feature Selection, 3-4
2 Threshold Tuning) Weeks
Phase 3-4
AI Deployment (Flask, API, Cloud Deployment)
3 Weeks

🚀 Want a More Detailed Study Plan?

I can break this into a weekly schedule with specific tasks
and resources if needed. Would you like that? 😊