Hello!¶

Today:¶

  1. Right now: Download ML.zip, put in class notes, extract
  2. Right now: Read README.md in that folder
  3. Next few slides > take vocab notes in readme

Today:¶

  • Essential vocab
  • The "lego pieces" we can assemble to make ML magic
  • A quick taste of the cracker barrel sized menu of ML option

Not like this:¶

Like this:¶

Ok, open the readme, you can take notes there.

A quick tour of sklearn, via the "Getting Started" page¶

  • "estimator", "fit", "predict"
  • "pipeline":
    • still fit and predict, but also:
    • handles preprocessing, feature creation and reduction, then estimating... without mechanical data leaks
  • "cross_validate": CV + pipelines = algo scores you can trust

Prof demo: ML template¶

Now... let's work in ML Worksheet 1.ipynb