ECE 657Introduction to Machine Learning
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Engineering
ECE 657 as listed in the Winter 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
This course provides a rigorous examination of Machine Learning (ML), structured to progress from fundamental principles to advanced methodologies. It encompasses a broad spectrum of supervised learning topics, including nonparametric and parametric models, linear and nonlinear approaches, deep learning paradigms, and probabilistic models. In the domain of unsupervised learning, students will delve into clustering, density estimation, and dimensionality reduction, while reinforcement learning will be introduced preliminarily.
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