Spring 2025
INDENG 142A 1 - LEC 1
Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics
Phillip Kerger
Class #:30001
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
1
Enrolled: 224
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 225
Waitlist Max: 1
Open Reserved Seats:
1 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.
Final Exam
THU, MAY 15TH
03:00 pm - 06:00 pm
Lewis 100
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.
Class Notes
Course prerequisites are listed in the general catalog: https://guide.berkeley.edu/courses/ind_eng/
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:
1 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:
Undergraduate Classifications Information
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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