COS 324 - Introduction to Machine Learning

Princeton University, Fall 2022

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This website contains the course notes for COS 324 - Introduction to Machine Learning at Princeton University. The notes were prepared by professors Sanjeev Arora, Danqi Chen and undergraduates Simon Park, and Dennis Jacob.

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Introduction to Machine Learning

Individual Chapters

1. Supervised Learning

Ch 1: Linear Regression: An Introduction
Ch 2: Statistical Learning: What It Means to Learn
Ch 3: Optimization via Gradient Descent
Ch 4: Linear Classification
Ch 5: Exploring “Data Science” via Linear Regression

2. Unsupervised Learning

Ch 6: Clustering
Ch 7: Low-Dimensional Representation
Ch 8: n-Gram Language Models
Ch 9: Matrix Factorization and Recommender Systems

3. Deep Learning

Ch 10: Introduction to Deep Learning
Ch 11: Feedforward Neural Network and Backpropagation
Ch 12: Convolutional Neural Network

4. Reinforcement Learning

Ch 13: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning
Ch 14: Markov Decision Process
Ch 15: Reinforcement Learning in Unknown Environment

5. Advanced Topics

Ch 16: Machine Learning and Ethics
Ch 17: Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing

6. Mathematics for Machine Learning

Ch 18: Probability and Statistics
Ch 19: Calculus
Ch 20: Linear Algebra

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