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		<h1 class="head-title">CS 181: Machine Learning (2020)</h1>
		<p class="head-subtitle">Finale Doshi-Velez, Harvard University</p>
		<p class="head-subtitle"><b>Lectures:</b> Mon/Wed 9-10:15 am, Maxwell Dworkin G115</p>
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		<h2 class="title">About</h2>
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			Introduction to machine learning, providing a probabilistic view on artificial intelligence and reasoning
			under uncertainty. Topics include: supervised learning, ensemble methods and boosting, neural networks,
			support vector machines, kernel methods, clustering and unsupervised learning, maximum likelihood,
			graphical models, hidden Markov models, inference methods, and computational learning theory.
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			Students should feel comfortable with multivariate calculus, linear algebra, probability theory,
			and complexity theory. Students will be required to produce non-trivial programs in Python.
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			<a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/syllabus">Full course description with policies.</a>
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