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This course will provide you a foundational understanding of machine learning models (logistic regression, multilayer perceptrons, convolutional neural networks, natural language processing, etc.) as well as demonstrate how these models can solve complex problems in a variety of industries, from medical diagnostics to image recognition to text prediction. In addition, we have designed practice exercises that will give you hands-on experience implementing these data science models on data sets. These practice exercises will teach you how to implement machine learning algorithms with PyTorch, open source libraries used by leading tech companies in the machine learning field (e.g., Google, NVIDIA, CocaCola, eBay, Snapchat, Uber and many more)....

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KS

Aug 4, 2020

I felt that I took the best descition in taking this course, because the professors took this course with atmost clarity and made even the difficult concepts understand easily.

Thank you Professors

MK

May 18, 2021

The course covers all the topic's regarding the machine learning and has an excellent explanation of concepts and the slides are very easy to understand thank you for such a wonderful course !

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By Chaitanya M

Jun 4, 2020

Course is extremely long. Good luck getting through Week 1 and finishing it afterwards.

By Mounir B

May 23, 2021

Nothing is well defined, it looks like the classes are taken from other programs and put together in this "introduction". For instance, you have a professor in week two whom was never seen before, saying that we addressed a never seen before problem "previously".

By Kapeesh V

Jul 18, 2021

Not a comprehensive course.

By Nithin R

Aug 16, 2023

Dear [Coursera],

I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to provide feedback on the Introduction to Machine Learning course that I recently completed. This course has been an enlightening journey, and I wanted to express my thoughts and appreciation.

First and foremost, I am extremely grateful for the effort you've put into designing the course content. The way you broke down complex concepts and explained them in a clear and approachable manner truly enhanced my understanding of machine learning. The blend of theoretical knowledge with practical applications through hands-on assignments was incredibly beneficial in solidifying the concepts.

The choice of teaching materials, including videos, readings, and interactive quizzes, was well thought out and greatly aided my learning experience. Moreover, the pacing of the course was just right, allowing for in-depth comprehension while also keeping me engaged and motivated.

I must also commend the accessibility and responsiveness of the instructors and support staff. Your willingness to address questions, provide clarifications, and offer assistance in a timely manner made me feel supported throughout the course journey.

As a result of your efforts, I now feel much more confident in my understanding of machine learning fundamentals and how they can be applied in real-world scenarios. This course has sparked a genuine interest in further exploring the field, and I credit that to your exceptional teaching approach.

Thank you once again for your dedication to providing a high-quality educational experience. Your commitment to your students' success does not go unnoticed, and I am truly appreciative of the impact you've had on my learning journey.

Best regards,

By farrukh h

May 25, 2023

Tt was a fantastic learning experience. As someone new to the field, this course provided a solid foundation and understanding of the core concepts of machine learning.

The course content was comprehensive and well-structured. The instructors did an excellent job of breaking down complex topics into easily understandable modules. The use of real-life examples and case studies helped me grasp the practical applications of machine learning in various domains.

One aspect I truly appreciated was the hands-on approach. The course offered practical assignments and coding exercises, allowing me to apply the concepts learned and gain valuable experience working with machine learning algorithms and tools. The interactive quizzes and regular feedback from the instructors were also beneficial in reinforcing my understanding.

Overall, I highly recommend the "Introduction to Machine Learning" course on Coursera to anyone interested in getting started with this exciting field. It equips learners with a solid foundation, practical skills, and a clear understanding of the fundamentals. I am grateful for this learning opportunity and excited to continue my machine learning journey.

Thank you to the instructors and Coursera for providing such a valuable course!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 out of 5 stars)

By ADITYA K U

Aug 19, 2023

Sure, I'd be happy to help you with a review of the introduction to machine learning!

The introduction to machine learning provides a fundamental understanding of the field's concepts and principles. It typically covers topics such as supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and reinforcement learning. Students are introduced to algorithms like linear regression, decision trees, and neural networks, along with the underlying mathematical concepts.

Additionally, the review often includes discussions on data preprocessing, feature engineering, model evaluation, and the importance of training and test datasets. Practical examples and case studies help learners grasp how machine learning is applied in various domains like image recognition, natural language processing, and recommendation systems.

Overall, a well-designed introduction to machine learning equips learners with a solid foundation, preparing them for more advanced topics and real-world applications in this rapidly evolving field.

By Stephen H

Apr 15, 2023

Amazing course! - Lots of complicated ideas and concepts are presented in a clear way eg multi-layer perceptrons, Convolutional Neural networks, LSTM etc. The videos are professionally done with lots of clear diagrams, the videos come with transcriptions and many come with PDF slide notes (although the last few in the course are missing PDF slide notes, which would have made my note taking easier) There are several lab exercise assignments at the end of each module. One down side is that the graded exams and quizzes don't come with full explanations of why the correct answer is correct or why the wrong answer is wrong. This would have been helpful, but that being said you do have 3 attempts at the exams and they take your highest score, so its not the end of the world if you mess up a few.

By Ananda D

Feb 28, 2022

Wonderful course! The low-level implementation code to understand what's really happening and the high-level abstractions to get rid of boilerplate code and focus on the execution is gold! It helps connect back with the theory/intuition beautifully. Only recommendation I'd have is to have GPU backed notebooks so that the runtimes are fast. Assign 4B timed out so many times, I lost count. Running the same code with minimum changes on Google Colab was *extremely* fast and only consumed a very modest amount of GPU resources.

By Aimee M

May 20, 2020

I was an engineering major at Duke, but never took any sort of computer science/machine learning classes because I didn't have time. This class was super straight forward. Everything just made sense. I don't know how to say it other than that. It was great to see how much of the math and signal processing things I learned could be applied to something like machine learning. Before this class, I had no clue what machine learning was, and now I feel like I understand the main gist and the basis for all of the math behind it.

By Soni K

May 15, 2021

It's a very informative and well structured course for beginners. All instructors has made the entire course easy to understand with various real life examples and implimentation. I am very grateful to Duke University to come up with such an introductory course and I am thankful to all the professors of the University to make it easy for a beginner to understand and follow. And lastly I applaud for the coursera team for providing educational platform and resources for the learners.

By SHIVAM T

May 12, 2021

very helpful course and all teachers are very expert and their teaching method is also simple but very helpful. I'm happy to take this course.

Thanks.....

Shivam Tyagi

By ARUN R C

May 4, 2021

Really loved this course. Duke university and the course instructors has done a great job in compiling and presenting this course. This course really is a gateway to the vast and ever developing world Machine Learning and AI. The use of real world examples and latest methods along with presentation of history of ML makes this course provides a solid understanding of ML basics. Best courses one take to get started in the field of Machine Learning.

By José E G P

May 15, 2021

In my opinion, this is an excellent way to be introduced into Machine Learning. The course concerns itself mostly with exploring concepts and the theory behind the most simple and representative neural networks of the last 20 years. Also the explanations are developed with excellent visual material and there are some PyTorch labs provided with the intention to give an insight to the development side of machine learning models.

By JAIME E S U

May 25, 2021

Excelent course. However, it would be a better course with more REAL LIFE examples of applications of the models. In other words, in the sections where it is explained a LSTM put words in vectors and make the operations with a set of words. I know there was an example like that but it was very simple. The Model LSTM is very difficult so it would be nice to have an example more extended and described. Thanks.

By Satyam S

Oct 12, 2021

This course helped me to understand the complex concepts in very simple manner. After finishing 70% this course, I felt confident enough to join Masters of technology in Artificial intelligence. During this course, I did not have to give extra time to anything other then the lectures.

I would like like to thank Duke university team for their efforts to make this course so precis and yet simple.

By seyyed s z

Aug 20, 2021

I loved all the materials in this course. I was specially surprised to see more deep learning materials then ordinal materials in machine learning like decision trees or SVMs in this course. Maybe the name of the course could be changed into introduction to deep learning which is more suitable for the course materials. Thanks a lot Coursera and Duke university for these fascinating topics

By ozair k

May 11, 2021

I am very happy to be a part of this amazing course. I was looking for it, and this course taught me more than my expectation. It gave me a tough time, but I manage things successfully and finally got my certificate. I would like to mention that professor Lawrence Carin was absolutely amazing throughout the course. I really thank him for his stunning contribution to this course.

By Marcicley F

Mar 21, 2024

Complexo, porém, muito rico em informações para quem está iniciando. Obs.: Para quem não domina totalmente o idioma inglês (Eu), poderá ter dificuldades na compreensão de alguns conceitos devido a legenda não acompanhar (tão bem) o raciocínio do professor, então, vale pausar o vídeo ou retornar quantas vezes for necessário. Obrigado pela oportunidade e sucesso a todos!

By Alex H

Sep 16, 2023

~Solid conceptual explanations

~Week 1 lectures were a bit repetitive given the video format and the ability to rewind/fast forward

~While recognizing that the Week 4 reinforcement learning section is unfinished, some may find step-wise (or iterative) examples to be useful in explaining Q learning especially for explaining the importance of alpha and non-myopic terms

By Remi C

Jul 19, 2020

Very nice introduction to machine learning with great exemples and teachers. Each lab time (1h each) was overly underestimated in my case for a newbie, 1h would translate into half a day or a full day. And I think a lot more could be explained about PyTorch coding exemples given in the labs, like the choices for filter size dimensions, but overall it was doable.

By Suzanne M C

Dec 22, 2022

Really well done. The instructor not only obviously knows the material backwards and forewords but evidently also great teaching practices. Each module is one idea explained clearly with good visuals. He reviews and summarizes material. If you want to understand the theory and innards of machine learning algorithms this is a great course for you.

By Ju-Chieh L

Aug 10, 2021

Overall, it's a good course! But I strongly suggest that the title of the course should be changed! It is NOT introduction at all... It goes deeper like Deep Learning, Neural Network, CNN, NLP and PyTorch, and even further like reinforcement learning, Q learning for the bonus lessons. Again, it is a good course, but the title seems confusing.

By Maria S

Jun 17, 2022

Very informative course to understand the basic concepts of Machine Learning. I still have to go through the Python part of the course that was not mandatory for the completion, and I see that there are two more weeks of lectures available under this course. But still the first four weeks were very useful as a starting point in this area.

By Ivan R

May 15, 2021

It's a really great course to introduce to machine learning. The concepts were well explained, without deep into mathematical demonstrations. Also, I think useful the brief tutorial of Python at the beginning, mostly for whose haven't a good base in Python. But the assignments seem a little bit difficult with respect to the theory.

By Godiawala S 1

Jun 24, 2020

Really well explained! It was very interesting to learn and as it was from the start it was easy to understand as well. Just one suggestion for the programming assignments also provide the solutions and explain how the coding have been done as understanding that is a bit difficult. Else it was a great course and i really loved it.