STSCI 5740

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STSCI 5740
Data Mining and Machine Learning

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

We start off with a detailed refresher for Linear Regression. We then turn to popular methods for classification including Logistic Regression and Discriminant Analysis. Finally, we consider more advanced topics which may include - depending on the audience - Resampling Methods, Tree-based Methods, or Support Vector Machines. The statistics software R is introduced and used for applications.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: CS 1112 or equivalent, MATH 2220, STSCI 3200, STSCI 3080 or MATH 4710.

Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will not receive credit for both CS 3780 (and the former) CS 4780/5780, ECE 3200 (and the former ECE 4200), ORIE 3741 (and the former ORIE 4741/5741), STSCI 3740 (and the former STSCI 4740/5740).

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one project. Combined with: STSCI 3740

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7690 STSCI 5740   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Ning, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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  •  8793 STSCI 5740   PRJ 601

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Ning, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person