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Stanford Fall 2011 - Machine Learning

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Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Machine Learning

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Post by webspiderus »

I took this class as CS 229 at Stanford, and will attest that it's pretty damn awesome (easily one of the best classes I've been able to take). The course really provides a thorough exploration of a lot of the main techniques in machine learning, and Prof. Ng also presents it in a very engaging and understandable way. This was one of the few classes where I enjoyed my 3-hour long midterm!

You can see the materials from this course's previous incarnation at http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs229/

Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Machine Learning

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Post by RobPfeifer »

webspiderus wrote: post #2

I took this class as CS 229 at Stanford, and will attest that it's pretty damn awesome (easily one of the best classes I've been able to take). The course really provides a thorough exploration of a lot of the main techniques in machine learning, and Prof. Ng also presents it in a very engaging and understandable way. This was one of the few classes where I enjoyed my 3-hour long midterm! You can see the materials fr…

Thanks - was wondering what class this matched too. Will probably do this instead of the Norvig AI class.

Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Machine Learning

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Post by webspiderus »

RobPfeifer wrote: post #3
webspiderus wrote: post #2

I took this class as CS 229 at Stanford, and will attest that it's pretty damn awesome (easily one of the best classes I've been able to take). The course really provides a thorough exploration of a lot of the main techniques in machine learning, and Prof. Ng also presents it in a very engaging and understandable way. This was one of the few classes where I enjoyed my 3-hour long midterm! You can see the materials fr…

Thanks - was wondering what class this matched too. Will probably do this instead of the Norvig AI class.

I ended up taking the Norvig AI class after this one and felt that a large majority of the material was also covered in the ML class, but usually more rigorously in the latter and as a means to more interesting stuff. If you feel like covering the material with a definite mathematical bent, I would recommend checking out this class.

Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Machine Learning

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Post by jshen »

RobPfeifer wrote: post #3
webspiderus wrote: post #2

I took this class as CS 229 at Stanford, and will attest that it's pretty damn awesome (easily one of the best classes I've been able to take). The course really provides a thorough exploration of a lot of the main techniques in machine learning, and Prof. Ng also presents it in a very engaging and understandable way. This was one of the few classes where I enjoyed my 3-hour long midterm! You can see the materials fr…

Thanks - was wondering what class this matched too. Will probably do this instead of the Norvig AI class.

What "norvig AI" class?

Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Machine Learning

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Post by copper »

webspiderus wrote: post #2

I took this class as CS 229 at Stanford, and will attest that it's pretty damn awesome (easily one of the best classes I've been able to take). The course really provides a thorough exploration of a lot of the main techniques in machine learning, and Prof. Ng also presents it in a very engaging and understandable way. This was one of the few classes where I enjoyed my 3-hour long midterm! You can see the materials fr…

I wonder if you could ask if the old problem sets for CS 229 could be made available without requiring a Stanford id?

Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Machine Learning

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Post by DanielRibeiro »

webspiderus wrote: post #6
jshen wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What "norvig AI" class?

http://www.ai-class.com/ - the equivalent of Stanford's CS 221.

Gotta love how Hacker News is listed under Press, which leads to this discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2824780

Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Machine Learning

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Post by waterlesscloud »

RobPfeifer wrote: post #3
webspiderus wrote: post #2

I took this class as CS 229 at Stanford, and will attest that it's pretty damn awesome (easily one of the best classes I've been able to take). The course really provides a thorough exploration of a lot of the main techniques in machine learning, and Prof. Ng also presents it in a very engaging and understandable way. This was one of the few classes where I enjoyed my 3-hour long midterm! You can see the materials fr…

Thanks - was wondering what class this matched too. Will probably do this instead of the Norvig AI class.

It's a tough choice. Honestly, I'm probably better off in the Norvig class. It's been 15 years since my college AI classes.

Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Machine Learning

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Post by qu »

webspiderus wrote: post #4
RobPfeifer wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks - was wondering what class this matched too. Will probably do this instead of the Norvig AI class.

I ended up taking the Norvig AI class after this one and felt that a large majority of the material was also covered in the ML class, but usually more rigorously in the latter and as a means to more interesting stuff. If you feel like covering the material with a definite mathematical bent, I would recommend checking out this class.

so you are saying this class is more practical and that one is more bent on mathematical theory?
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