Fall 2024

MATH 499: Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning

(Independent Study)

Tentative List of Topics

Week #	Topic
1	Intro; Calculus Review
2	Linear Algebra Review
3	Probability and Statistics Review
4	The Landscape of Machine Learning
5	Linear and Multiple Regression
6	Polynomial and Logistic Regression
7 – 8	Dimensionality Reduction; SVD and PCA
9 – 10	Neural Networks: Intro; Backpropagation
11	Convolutional Neural Networks
12	Support Vector Machines
13	Naïve Bayes Classification; Clustering