Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Science

School

Mathematics & Physics School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

Lecture 3 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 1 Hour/ Week

Prerequisite

STAT2004 or DATA7202 or ((COMP4702 or COMP7703) AND (MATH1052 or MATH7502))

Recommended prerequisite

Assessment methods

Assignments

Course enquiries

Dr Hien Nguyen

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable

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Course description

Statistics is a key building block for numerous modern machine learning algorithms that have found success in many important applications. The course will cover key ideas behind these algorithms from a statistical perspective, and provide an in-depth knowledge that will enable students to apply the methods with awareness of their strengths and limitations. The topics covered will include probabilistic and analytic foundations, multivariate statistical analysis and machine learning, with a particular focus on clustering, classification, model selection and high-dimensional statistical analysis. Students will gain a theoretical understanding of these techniques and develop practical skills by using the R statistical programming language to solve problems involving various real and simulated datasets.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile