STATS C161
Introduction to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Statistics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to machine learning and artificial intelligence designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Covers very basic machine-learning algorithms from supervised learning to unsupervised learning. Focus on so-called generative data science explaining the why behind generative data. Introduction to core concepts of generative data science, covering generation, evaluation, and utilization of generative data. Digital marketing serves as a practical arena for students to implement the diverse data synthesis algorithms learned. Concurrently scheduled with course C261.
P/NP or letter grading.
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Requisites
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Requisites: course 100B, Mathematics 33A.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
STATS C161
- STATS 100BIntroduction to Mathematical Statistics
- STATS 100AIntroduction to Probability
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 170AProbability Theory I
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STATS C161
- STATS C163Generative Data Science
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