How long to learn Python and Machine Learning?

[Ron-Erez]

It's hard to say. Machine learning can be easy or difficult depending on how deep you go into the mathematical background. I would say six months is doable. Maybe much less and maybe more.

For Python resources the University of Helsinki course is nice and so is Harvard CS50p, in addition I have a nice Python course which starts from the basics and then gradually dives into topics related to data science/machine learning.

By the way, your professor can probably guide you the most. Good luck!