External Event

Everything You Aspired to Know About Machine Learning -- But Were Afraid to Ask!

July 20 - July 31, 2021

This workshop is the first in a series on Machine Learning. It's main focus is to present the languages of machine learning in an intuitive way. The philosophical thread that links these workshop sessions is to emphasize synthesis rather than prerequisites. In other words, the ultimate goal is accessibility without the weight of having to do math remediation or requiring a background in coding.

Participants are expected to commit to all 4 sessions of the workshop. 

Basic coding elements will be introduced while material is being presented. The main vehicle for computing will be the Jupyter notebooks which incorporate computer code, visualizations and descriptive text. The sessions will be interactive and presentation-light.

TOPICS

  • Introduction: The languages of machine learning, installing and using Jupyter notebooks

  • Calculus in one day: The basic concepts of calculus using a physical simulator

  • The puzzles of probability: How do we count event occurrence

  • Field laboratory: Measuring slopes — the fastest way down a mountain

VENUES AND TIMES

  • July 20th 10:30am – 12:00pm Zoom

  • July 21st 10:30am – 12:00pm Zoom

  • July 22nd 10:30am – 12:00pm Zoom

  • July 23rd 10:30am – 12:30pm Hands-On Workshop*

*Location: outdoors around UBC Vancouver Campus

  • External Event

Data Science and Health

10th Floor, Diamond Health Care Centre, 2775 Laurel Street
Vancouver, BC Canada V5Z 1M9

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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