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Building a Machine Learning Solution

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Building a Machine Learning Solution

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

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2 weeks to complete
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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Build your Machine Learning expertise

This course is part of the Machine Learning with Scikit-learn, PyTorch & Hugging Face Professional Certificate
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Professional Certificate.
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There are 5 modules in this course

This module guides learners through the crucial first steps of any ML project: defining clear problem statements and collecting quality data. You'll learn to formulate well-scoped ML problems based on real-world use cases, identify business and technical constraints that influence model selection, and develop skills in sourcing, collecting, and cleaning data to ensure relevance, consistency, and usability.

What's included

2 videos6 readings3 assignments2 ungraded labs2 plugins

In this module, you'll learn to analyze data distributions, detect patterns, and identify anomalies through statistical and visual methods. Through hands-on practice, you'll apply feature selection and engineering techniques to enhance model performance, and learn to handle data imbalances using techniques such as oversampling, undersampling, and SMOTE.

What's included

2 videos3 readings3 assignments2 ungraded labs2 plugins

Model Selection & Implementation Description: This module focuses on selecting appropriate models based on data characteristics and project requirements. You'll implement multiple models, comparing classical ML, deep learning, and generative AI approaches. Through practical exercises, you'll learn to select and implement models that best fit your use case, and use ensemble techniques to improve model performance.

What's included

8 videos4 readings4 assignments3 ungraded labs3 plugins

In this module, you'll learn to evaluate models using appropriate metrics for different types of ML tasks. You'll master model interpretation using feature importance methods and address fairness and bias considerations. The module emphasizes practical approaches to ensuring model reliability and ethical implementation.

What's included

4 videos5 readings3 assignments2 ungraded labs2 plugins

The final module covers the practical aspects of deploying and maintaining ML models. You'll understand different deployment strategies and learn how to monitor models for performance drift and decay. While focusing on conceptual understanding rather than deep technical implementation, you'll learn when and how models should be retrained and maintained in production environments.

What's included

5 videos2 readings3 assignments3 plugins

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