USMA MA289: Mathematics of AI

Intro to Statistical Learning

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Key Topics, Meeting Notes / Lesson Objectives, and Assignments

Date Key Topics Meeting Notes and Lesson Objectives Assignments
13 Jan 2026 Lesson 01: Introduction to Statistical Learning 1 Meeting notes linked here. Discuss basics of statistical learning, focusing on references, tools, vocabulary, model error, and the objectives of the course. ISLP 1-39; MLP Mod 1
20 Jan 2026 Lesson 02: Introduction to Statistical Learning 2 Meeting notes linked here. Introduce Google Colab, the general data-science process, and exploratory data analysis. Read the short article on EDA here.
27 Jan 2026 Lesson 03: Exploratory Data Analysis Colab notebook with EDA examples here. Review exploratory analysis, data visualization, and the use of Overleaf for mathematical and technical writing. Review and select a dataset for modeling demonstrations.
03 Feb 2026 Lesson 04: Resampling, Cross-Validation & Bootstrapping Meeting notes linked here. Colab CV, resampling, and bootstrap examples here. Understand the end-to-end ML process, error metrics, resampling, cross-validation, and bootstrapping. Géron pp. 41-86; ISLP 201-215.
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