APPLIED STATISTICAL & MACHINE LEARNING.

Catalog description

This course provides students with basic principles of machine learning and helps students understand and apply machine learning algorithms to analyze data, predict outcomes and interpret results from the perspective of earth and environmental scientists. The course will first introduce basic concepts and algorithms and then on applications to two examples in environmental sciences. Offered as DATA 5458, EVSE 5458 , and GEOL 5458 ; credit will not be given for both. Prerequisite: Python programming background is required (Python 1 and 2 or equivalent).