Mathematics of
Machine Learning
Dr. David Raj Micheal
Assistant Professor
Division of Mathematics, SAS
Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
- What is a data?
- What is machine learning?
- Regression
- Mathematics of Regression
- Conclusion
Content
What is a Data?
| Name | Height (in cm) | Weight (in kg) |
|---|---|---|
| Raja | 172 | 68 |
| Lakshmi | 170 | 55 |
| Elango | 175 | 70 |
| Karthick | 165 | 65 |
| Valli | 168 | 54 |
What is a Data?
Data is a collection of facts, such as numbers, words, measurements, observations or just descriptions of things.
What is Machine Learning?
| Name | Height (in cm) | Weight (in kg) |
|---|---|---|
| Raja | 172 | 68 |
| Lakshmi | 170 | 55 |
| Elango | 175 | 70 |
| Karthick | 165 | 65 |
| Valli | 168 | 54 |
| Ganesh | 173 | ?? |
What is Machine Learning?
Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed.
What is possible in Machine Learning?
- Self-driving Google car
- Traffic Alerts in Google Maps
- Whether forecasting
- Automatic Friend Tagging Suggestions in Facebook
- Online recommendation offers such as those from Amazon and Netflix
- Fraud detection
- Virtual Personal Assistants (Speech detection, NLP, etc.,)
Life cycle of Machine Learning
Linear Regression and Predictions
In the rest of the slides, we will concentrate on the mathematics of one of the famous machine learning model called linear regression.
Thank You
Questions?