Phase 0: ML Foundations · ~45 minutes · Python
What Is Machine Learning
Machine learning is teaching computers to find patterns in data instead of writing rules by hand.
Hiring signal: Understanding of what is machine learning internals
What you will learn
- Explain the difference between supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning and identify which type applies to a given problem
- Implement a nearest centroid classifier from scratch and evaluate it against a random baseline
- Distinguish between classification and regression tasks and select the appropriate loss function for each
- Evaluate whether a given business problem is suitable for ML or better solved with deterministic rules
Introduction
Type: Learn Languages: Python Prerequisites: Phase 1 (Math Foundations) Time: ~45 minutes
Learning Objectives
- Explain the difference between supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning and identify which type applies to a given problem
- Implement a nearest centroid classifier from scratch and evaluate it against a random baseline
- Distinguish between classification and regression tasks and select the appropriate loss function for each
- Evaluate whether a given business problem is suitable for ML or better solved with deterministic rules
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