Everything you need to know about the math for machine learning as a beginner.

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Before diving into the math, I suggest first having solid programming skills.

For example👇

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In Python, these are the concepts which you must know:

- Object oriented programming in Python : Classes, Objects, Methods
- List slicing
- String formatting
- Dictionaries & Tuples
- Basic terminal commands
- Exception handling

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If you want to learn python, these courses are freecodecamp could be of help to you.

🔗Basics: youtube .com/watch?v=rfscVS0vtbw
🔗Intermediate :youtube .com/watch?v=HGOBQPFzWKo

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You need to have really strong fundamentals in programming, because machine learning involves a lot of it.

It is 100% compulsory.

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Another question that I get asked quite often is when should you start learning the math for machine learning?

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Math for machine learning should come after you have worked on some projects, doesn't have to a complex one at all, but one that gives you a taste of how machine learning works in the real world.

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Here's how I do it, I look at the math when I have a need for it.

For instance I was recently competing in a kaggle challenge.

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I was brainstorming about which activation function to use in a part of my neural net, I looked up the math behind each activation function and this helped me to choose the right one.

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The topics of math you'll have to focus on
- Linear Algebra
- Calculus
- Trigonometry
- Algebra
- Statistics
- Probability

Now here are the math resources and a brief description about them.

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Neural Networks
> A series of videos that go over how neural networks work with approach visual, must watch

🔗youtube. com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk&list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_67000Dx_ZCJB-3pi

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Seeing Theory
> This website gives you an interactive to learn statistics and probability

🔗seeing-theory. brown. edu/basic-probability/index.html

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Gilbert Strang lectures on Linear Algebra (MIT)
> They're 15 years old but still 100% relevant today!
Despite the fact these lectures are for freshman college students ,I found it very easy to follow.

🔗youtube. com/playlist?list=PL49CF3715CB9EF31D

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Essence of Linear Algebra
> A beautifully crafted set of videos which teach you linear algebra through visualisations in an easy to digest manner

🔗youtube. com/watch?v=fNk_zzaMoSs&list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab

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Khan Academy
>The resource you must refer to when you forget something or want to revise a topic.

🔗khanacademy. org/math

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Essence of calculus
> A beautiful series on calculus, makes everything seem super simple

🔗youtube. com/watch?v=WUvTyaaNkzM&list=PL0-GT3co4r2wlh6UHTUeQsrf3mlS2lk6x

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The math for Machine learning e-book
> This is a book aimed for someone who knows a decent amount of high school math like trignometry, calculus etc.

I suggest reading this after having the fundamentals down on khan academy.

🔗mml-book. github .io

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More from Machine learning

10 machine learning YouTube videos.

On libraries, algorithms, and tools.

(If you want to start with machine learning, having a comprehensive set of hands-on tutorials you can always refer to is fundamental.)

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1⃣ Notebooks are a fantastic way to code, experiment, and communicate your results.

Take a look at @CoreyMSchafer's fantastic 30-minute tutorial on Jupyter Notebooks.

https://t.co/HqE9yt8TkB


2⃣ The Pandas library is the gold-standard to manipulate structured data.

Check out @joejamesusa's "Pandas Tutorial. Intro to DataFrames."

https://t.co/aOLh0dcGF5


3⃣ Data visualization is key for anyone practicing machine learning.

Check out @blondiebytes's "Learn Matplotlib in 6 minutes" tutorial.

https://t.co/QxjsODI1HB


4⃣ Another trendy data visualization library is Seaborn.

@NewThinkTank put together "Seaborn Tutorial 2020," which I highly recommend.

https://t.co/eAU5NBucbm
Thanks for this incredibly helpful analysis @dgurdasani1

Two questions. 1/ Does this summarise the AZ published data :
The plan is to extend the time interval for all age groups despite it being largely untested on the over 55yrs, although the full data is not yet published


Do we have the actual numbers of over 55yr olds given a 2nd dose at c12 weeks and the accompanying efficacy data?

Not to mention the efficacy data of the full first dose over that same period?

I’d quite like to know whether I am to be a guinea pig & the ongoing risks to manage

You attached photos of excerpts from a paper. Could you attach the link?

Re Pfizer. As I understand it the most efficacious interval for dosing was investigated at the start of the trial.


Here’s the link to the

I’ve got to say that this way of making and announcing decisions is not inspiring confidence in me and I am very pro vaccination as a matter of principle, not least because my brother caught polio before vaccinations available.

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