Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2022-2023
COMP 653 - STATISTICAL MACHINE LEARNING
Long Title: STATISTICAL MACHINE LEARNING
Department: Computer Science
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Program(s):
Online Master of Data Science
Online Master Computer Science
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Prerequisite(s): COMP 614 AND COMP 642 AND COMP 680
Description: This course is a graduate-level course of the online Master Data Science (MDS) program in the
machine learning specialization. This is an advanced machine learning course, where students will
study fundamental concepts of probability theory and statistical theory, understand various machine learning topics from the viewpoint of statistics. Furthermore, the course will discuss several practical machine learning problems (e.g., generalization, robustness, and explainable artificial intelligence) and the state-of-the-art statistical algorithms that can solve these practical problems in the real world.