Mathematics 590STA - Intro/Math Machine Learning

This course will provide an introduction to machine learning from a mathematical perspective. The primary objective of this course is to cultivate in students a sense of mathematical curiosity and equip them with the skills to ask mathematical questions when studying machine learning algorithms. Classical supervised learning methods will be presented and studied using the tools from information theory, statistical learning theory, optimization, and basic functional analysis. The course will cover three categories of machine learning approaches: linear methods, kernel-based methods, and deep learning methods, each applied to regression, classification, and dimension reduction. Coding exercises will be an essential part of the course to empirically study and strengths and weakness of methods.

MATH 233,STATISTC 315,MATH 545 Some seats reserved for Math majors or Stat and DS majors.