Machine Learning II Syllabus 2020-21
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Powered by AIThe course DA517 teaches students to handle missing data values by familiarizing them with various preprocessing techniques, such as imputation strategies. Students practice these techniques using Python, learning to implement solutions that maintain dataset integrity and improve model performance. This practical experience helps students manage real-world datasets effectively .
Callbacks in Keras enhance the training process by allowing for custom operations to be executed at certain stages of training. This can include functionalities such as early stopping to prevent overfitting, saving model checkpoints, adjusting learning rates dynamically, or logging custom metrics. These operations help optimize the training process, resulting in better-performing models .
Unsupervised learning techniques, such as clustering algorithms, are used to preprocess or organize data in a way that can enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of supervised learning models. For example, clustering can segment data into meaningful groups which can serve as input variables to supervised models, potentially leading to improved prediction results .
Dimensionality reduction methods like PCA and t-SNE are crucial in machine learning for handling large datasets with multiple features, which may cause models to overfit. PCA reduces dimensionality by projecting data onto principal components explaining the maximum variance, while t-SNE is used for visualizing high-dimensional data by mapping it into two or three dimensions, preserving distance relationships. These methods help simplify models, leading to faster computations and potentially better generalization .
Text mining is essential in recommendation systems as it involves extracting meaningful information from textual data, which can then be used to personalize content suggestions. Techniques like text clustering and classification analyze user-generated content, identify preferences, and improve the accuracy of recommendations by adapting to users' evolving interests. This personalized approach enhances user engagement with the system .
Imbalanced datasets pose challenges in machine learning as they may lead to biased model predictions favoring the majority class. Strategies to address this include resampling methods such as oversampling the minority class, undersampling the majority class, and applying algorithms like SMOTE. Cost-sensitive learning techniques and performance metrics like the F1-score are also used to ensure models are not biased towards any class .
A thorough understanding of overfitting and underfitting is crucial because it impacts the model's ability to generalize well on new, unseen data. Overfitting occurs when a model learns noise from the training data, while underfitting happens when a model is too simple to capture underlying patterns. Identifying and mitigating these issues ensures models are robust and perform well across different datasets .
DA517 aims to use Python by enabling students to implement machine learning techniques through practical programming exercises. The course focuses on developing Python applications to reinforce the theoretical knowledge taught in the class. This hands-on approach allows students to understand machine learning concepts as well as apply them in real-life scenarios .
The Sequential API in Keras allows for straightforward linear stacking of layers, making it ideal for building simple neural network architectures quickly. In contrast, the Functional API provides more flexibility, enabling the construction of complex networks with multiple inputs, outputs, and shared layers. This adaptability is crucial for developing wide and deep networks or models requiring advanced architectures not supported by the Sequential API .
Clustering algorithms have practical applications such as customer segmentation, anomaly detection, and image compression. In this course, they are applied as part of unsupervised learning techniques to group data into meaningful subsets, enhancing subsequent supervised learning processes. Algorithms like DBSCAN are also used for outlier detection, which can refine datasets used in model training .