Course description

Welcome to Introduction to Machine Learning!

This webpage will be the main portal for the course. Most things you need will be available here. The exceptions are:

  • PDF of slides and optional tutorial materials: available on Scientia
  • Announcements and questions/answers/discussions: on Ed

Guided Study Materials

Please go through the study materials before the live interactive session.

Lectures

The live interactive Q&A session will run on Thursdays 14:00-15:00 from Week 2 onwards. These will be held in Huxley 308.

Lab

The lab sessions will be held on Tuesdays 14:00-16:00 from Weeks 2 to 8 (inclusive). These will be held in Huxley 202/206.

The lab sessions are for you to work on your coursework and the optional lab exercises. Tutorial helpers will be available to support you and help you with any queries.

Coursework

There will be two coursework assignments. Please see the schedule below for the deadlines for these.

Course plan

Week Date (Mon) Lecture Lab Coursework
1 6/1/2025 - -
2 13/1/2025 Machine Learning: The Big Picture Lab
3 20/1/2025 K Nearest Neighbours and Decision Trees Lab Coursework 1 released (Mon 20 Jan)
4 27/1/2025 Evaluation of Machine Learning Systems Lab
5 3/2/2025 Neural Networks (Part 1) Lab Coursework 1 due (Fri 7 Feb 19:00 GMT)

6 10/2/2025 Neural Networks (Part 2) Lab Coursework 2 released (Mon 10 Feb)
7 17/2/2025 Unsupervised Learning: Clustering and Density Estimation Lab
8 24/2/2025 Evolutionary Algorithms Lab Coursework 2 due (Fri 28 Feb 19:00 GMT)

9 3/3/2025 Revision - -

Team

Instructors

Antoine Cully

Antoine Cully

Reader in Machine Learning and Robotics

Marek Rei

Marek Rei

Senior Lecturer

Josiah Wang

Josiah Wang

Senior Teaching Fellow

Course support leaders

Tom Crossland

Tom Crossland

Lab Coordinator

Course assistants

Hanna Tolle

Hanna Tolle

Tutorial Assistant

Mary Kenneth

Mary Kenneth

Tutorial Assistant

Samira Brunmayr

Samira Brunmayr

Tutorial Assistant

Xiang Yin

Xiang Yin

Tutorial Assistant

Zhuoyuan Li

Zhuoyuan Li

Tutorial Assistant