Lecture 01 What is Machine Learning? An Overview. STAT 479: Machine Learning, Fall 2018 Sebastian Raschka http://stat.wisc.edu/~sraschka/teaching/stat479-fs2018/ 1 About this Course When Tue 8:00-9:15 am Thu 8:00-9:15 am Where SMI 331 Office Hours Sebastian Raschka: Tue 3:00-4:00, Room MSC 1171 Shan Lu (TA): Wed 3:00-4:00 pm, Room MSC B248 For details -> http://stat.wisc.edu/~sraschka/teaching/stat479-fs2018/ Sebastian Raschka STAT 479: Machine Learning FS 2018 !2 What is Machine Learning? Sebastian Raschka STAT 479: Machine Learning FS 2018 !3 hka STAT479 Fall 2018. Lecture #: Placeholder Page 2 “Machine learning is the hot new thing” John L. Hennessy, President of Stanford (2000–2016) “A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts” Bill Gates, Microsoft Co-Founder Sebastian Raschka STAT 479: Machine Learning FS 2018 !4 “Machine learning is the hot new thing” John L. Hennessy, President of Stanford (2000–2016) “A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts” Bill Gates, Microsoft Co-Founder Sebastian Raschka STAT 479: Machine Learning FS 2018 !5 We develop (computer) programs Departmenttoofautomate Statistics various kinds of processes. Originally developed as a subfield ofUniversity ArtificialofIntelligence (AI), one of the goals behind machine learning Wisconsin–Madison was to replace the need for developing computer programs ”manually.” If programs are a ⇠sraschka/teaching/stat479-fs2018/ means to http://stat.wisc.edu/ automate processes, we can think of machine learning as ”automating automation.” In other words, machine learning lets computers ”create” programs (often for making Fallearning 2018 predictions) themselves. Machine is turning data into programs. words, machine learning lets computers ”create” programs (often for making emselves. Machine learning is turning data into programs. the term machine learning was first coined by Arthur Lee Samuel in 19591 . alm