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Beginner Lecture Series

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Week Topic Lecturer Content
1 Intro to ML Ryan Fundamentals, Types, and Applications of ML
2 Supervised Learning Aadam Supervised Learning, Linear Regression, Single Perceptron
4 Math of ML Aadam Linear Algebra, Calculus, Backpropagation, Gradient Optimizers
3 Advanced Regression Suryam Multi-Layer Perceptrons, Nonlinear Regression, Activation Functions
5 Python for ML Karthik & Ruchira NumPy, Pandas, PyTorch, Hugging Face
6 Computer Vision Karthik & Kien ConvNet, Classification Loss, Other Neural Network (NN) Models
7 Generative Machine Learning Suryam & Kien Variational Autoencoders, Generative Adversarial Networks
8 Reinforcement Learning Aadam Q-Learning, Tabular Reinforcement, Function Approximation
9 Deep Reinforcement Learning Ryan Deep-Q Network, Proximal Policy Optimization
10 Natural Language Processing (NLP) Ruchira Basic NLP, Recurrent NNs (RNNs), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)
11 Evolutionary Computation Ryan NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (NEAT), HyperNEAT, Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy
12 Information Retrieval and Recommender Systems Kim Information Retrieval, Recommender Systems
13 Real-World Applications All Lectueres Healthcare, Finance, Image Recognition, Ethics, Project Showcase, Networking