Machine Learning Syllabus Unit I: The Machine Learning Landscape : What Is Machine Learning? Why Use Machine Learning? Types of Machine Learning Systems, Supervised/Unsupervised Learning, Batch and Online Learning, Instance-Based Versus Model-Based Learning, Main Challenges of Machine Learning, Insufficient Quantity of Training Data, Nonrepresentative Training Data, Poor-Quality Data, Irrelevant Features, Overfitting the Training Data, Underfitting the Training Data, Stepping Back, Testing and Validating. Unit II: Classification: Training a Binary Classifier, Performance Measures, Measuring Accuracy Using Cross-Validation, Confusion Matrix, Precision and Recall, Precision/Recall Tradeoff, The ROC Curve, Multiclass Classification, Error Analysis, Multilabel Classification, Multi Output Classification. k-NN Classifier. Unit III: Support Vector Machines: Linear SVM Classification, Soft Margin Classification, Nonlinear SVM Classification, Polynomial Kernel, Adding Similari...