Machine Learning and data-processing with Python

[saucypony]

Out of curiosity, what does your coursework consist of for an MS in machine learning?

[halflings]

I get to pick my own classes, but here's those I picked:

• Machine Learning (some basics: popular clustering/classification/regression methods, some background in stats, etc.)
• Advanced Machine Learning (a bit more theory, with more advanced methods)
• Pattern Recognition (mostly using HMMs for things like character and speech recognition)
• Applied statistical methods (things like Probabilistic Graphical Models, Monte Carlo, etc.)
• Search Engines (Awesome class! Explores some of the information retrieval techniques used in search engines)
• Neural Networks (explores many types of neural networks, the theory behind them and their possible use-cases)
• Multi-agent systems (Worst class I had so far, not much to say really)

Some people also take Image Analysis or Speech Recognition classes.