2025 Fall INDENG 142A 1 LEC 1

2025 Fall

INDENG 142A 1 - LEC 1

Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics

Daniel Pirutinsky

Aug 27, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025
Tu, Th
05:00 pm - 06:29 pm
Class #:30349
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 97
Enrolled: 123
Waitlisted: 73
Capacity: 220
Waitlist Max: 80
Open Reserved Seats:
36 reserved for Operations Research and Management Science Majors with 5 or more Terms in Attendance`
61 reserved for Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Majors with 5 or more Terms in Attendance or Transfer students in their first term at Berkeley

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

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Course Catalog Description

This course introduces students to key techniques in machine learning and data analytics through a diverse set of examples using real datasets from domains such as e-commerce, healthcare, social media, finance, the Internet, and more. Through these examples, conceptual exercises, data analysis exercises in Python, and a comprehensive team project, students will gain experience understanding and applying techniques such as linear regression, logistic regression, classification and regression trees, random forests, boosting, text mining, data cleaning and manipulation, data visualization, time series modeling, clustering, principal component analysis, regularization, and large-scale learning with neural networks.

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions

Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 142A after completing IND ENG 142, IND ENG 242, IND ENG 242A, COMPSCI 189, COMPSCI 289, or STAT 154. A deficient grade in IND ENG 142A may be removed by taking IND ENG 142.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Reserved Seats

Reserved Seating For This Term

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:
36 reserved for Operations Research and Management Science Majors with 5 or more Terms in Attendance`
61 reserved for Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Majors with 5 or more Terms in Attendance or Transfer students in their first term at Berkeley

Terms in Attendance:
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Textbooks & Materials

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