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Machine learning with Python

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Max amount of FITech students: 1 000

Persons without a valid study right to a Finnish university have preference to this course.

Our every-day lives can be substantially affected by political decisions. Some of these decisions are based on predictions obtained by fitting statistical models to data. As a point in case, consider school closures that are decided based on predictions obtained from fitting epidemiological models to healthcare data.

This online course provides a hands-on introduction to some widely-used methods in machine learning (ML). Students will learn how to apply ready-made ML methods in the programming language Python to particular (“real-world”) problems.

The course teaches you how to use the programming language Python to gather data from different online sources and how to fit simple models, such as linear or decision tree models, to this data.

The course consists of coding assignments that require students to complete ready-made Python notebooks (which combine Python code snippets with textual explanations of the code). Students can also choose from a set of mini-projects that require to solve small data analysis tasks and to prepare a report in the form of a Python notebook.

The grading will be based entirely on the coding assignments and student projects.

Want to know more? Read about Aira’s experiences here!

Student feedback:

  • “Finally a practical hands-on course instead of heavy theory loading and little practical understanding!”
  • “The Slack discussion forum was very helpful to get tips if you got stuck on some assignment, the course staff was active there.”
  • “The teacher is really committed and supportive. He can explain/present things clearly even on an online course.”
  • “Jupyter notebook as a teaching platform was excellent”
  • “Exercises were very good. Liked that the exercises got more challenging towards the end of the course.”

Schedule:

No exam. No particular schedule except for the deadlines for course exercises.

For Aalto students: The content of this course overlaps with CS-E3210 Machine learning: basic principles. Both courses cannot be included into degrees.

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Further information about the studies

Aalto University
FITech ICT contact person
fitech-sci(at)aalto.fi

Responsible teachers

Aalto University
Alex Jung , Assistant professor
alex.jung(at)aalto.fi
Aalto University
Shamsiiat Abdurakhmanova
shamsiiat.abdurakhmanova(at)aalto.fi

Contact person for applications

FITech
Monica Sandberg , Student services specialist
monica.sandberg(at)fitech.io
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Category:
ICT Studies
Topics:
AI and machine learning,
Programming
Course code:
CS-EJ3211
Credits:
2 ECTS
Price:
0 €
Level:
Teaching period:
29.3.–4.6.2021
Application deadline:
Application period has ended
Host university:
Aalto University
Study is open for:
Adult learner,
Degree student
Teaching methods:
Online
Language:
English
General prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of mathematics (functions, vectors and matrices) and basic programming skills in any high-level programming language (e.g. Python).
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What to study next?

This course is included in the following themes

AI and machine learning

AI and machine learning
Programming

Programming