Overview
This instructor-led, live course provides an introduction into the field of pattern recognition and machine learning. It touches on practical applications in statistics, computer science, signal processing, computer vision, data mining, and bioinformatics.
The course is interactive and includes plenty of hands-on exercises, instructor feedback, and testing of knowledge and skills acquired.
Requirements
- Understanding of statistics.
- Familiarity with multivariate calculus and basic linear algebra.
- Some experience with probabilities.
Audience
- Data analysts
- PhD students, researchers and practitioners
Course Outline
Introduction
Probability Theory, Model Selection, Decision and Information Theory
Probability Distributions
Linear Models for Regression and Classification
Neural Networks
Kernel Methods
Sparse Kernel Machines
Graphical Models
Mixture Models and EM
Approximate Inference
Sampling Methods
Continuous Latent Variables
Sequential Data
Combining Models
Summary and Conclusion