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About the Course

Newly updated for 2024! Mathematics for Machine Learning and Data Science is a foundational online program created by DeepLearning.AI and taught by Luis Serrano. In machine learning, you apply math concepts through programming. And so, in this specialization, you’ll apply the math concepts you learn using Python programming in hands-on lab exercises. As a learner in this program, you'll need basic to intermediate Python programming skills to be successful. After completing this course, you will be able to: • Represent data as vectors and matrices and identify their properties using concepts of singularity, rank, and linear independence, etc. • Apply common vector and matrix algebra operations like dot product, inverse, and determinants • Express certain types of matrix operations as linear transformations • Apply concepts of eigenvalues and eigenvectors to machine learning problems Many machine learning engineers and data scientists need help with mathematics, and even experienced practitioners can feel held back by a lack of math skills. This Specialization uses innovative pedagogy in mathematics to help you learn quickly and intuitively, with courses that use easy-to-follow visualizations to help you see how the math behind machine learning actually works.  We recommend you have a high school level of mathematics (functions, basic algebra) and familiarity with programming (data structures, loops, functions, conditional statements, debugging). Assignments and labs are written in Python but the course introduces all the machine learning libraries you’ll use....

Top reviews

NA

Jun 17, 2023

Very visual and application oriented and gives the context for machine learning and where linAL is applied in PCA and neural networks. The structure is really byte sized and fun to work with.

SP

Jul 26, 2023

This course is truly exceptional for individuals eager to strengthen their grasp of Linear Algebra concepts, paving the way for a deeper understanding of machine learning and data science.

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By kasra a

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Mar 2, 2023

You have a clear expression Luis ... We appreciate you

By Anas A B

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Feb 15, 2023

Good Explanation for Basic Linear Algebra concepts

By Stephen M

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Feb 10, 2023

Loved it. So many old memories refreshed

By amir h r

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Mar 4, 2023

it was an amazing course.

thanks

By stephane d

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Feb 12, 2023

A great great Course!

By Carlos J C M

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Feb 25, 2023

So interesting.

By Azizbek U

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Feb 15, 2023

Perfect!

By Hiếu V

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Feb 28, 2023

good

By Blake D

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Jul 6, 2024

The coding project could use a revamp and information in them can be moved to the lectures. Also, the slides need to follow the lectures with bullet points for the key point. Please fix the slides. The instruction is great and so are the responses. I would recommned this course; However, there are major areas that need improvement.

By Issa A

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Feb 19, 2023

This course was great! It provided me with a deeper understanding of several topics. I highly recommend it. However, I would have appreciated learning about matrix factorization and the application of linear algebra to linear regression as well, which was missing in this course.

By Ken K

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Feb 7, 2023

Lectures were excellent but some of the labs and and quizzes contained concepts not covered in the lectures.

By kewal k

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Feb 13, 2023

Eigen Vectors/Values and Transformations could have been explained better

By Samuel H

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Jan 29, 2023

Excellent intro to the fascinating world of Linear Algebra.

By nagesh d

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Mar 3, 2023

Although the course helped me stimulate interest in the right direction and helped me narrow down the context (from all the distractions online), yet this course did not help me construct a clearer intuition so needed to venture all on my own. Its almost like when a baby all of a sudden finds a new skill/trick/ability and amazes her/himself - at that very moment something happens deep in the brain that taunts the baby to explore further and deeper to hone that skill completely on her/his own - I miss that intuition from this course. Of course, on the other hand, I understand this is the best what you get for this price and for everything else you need to be Harvard educated.

By Borja F C

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Feb 26, 2023

I think a little more of a level would be great, it is always good to refresh basic concepts but the level for this course is maths reaaaally basics.

In my humble opinion, it looks like data scientists, deep learning researchers, machine learning engineers, and so on... do not really need to know maths to do an actual good job while it is totally the opposite the more maths you now the easier for you to understand when something is wrong.

Note here: maybe statistics for data science would be a great new course, and there you can start from the basics since statistics are typically pretty badly taught at schools.

By VAIBHAV P Z

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May 1, 2024

Need more tough problems in assignments to build deeper understanding. Visual explanations for linear transformations could have been better. Explanation of span and bases could have been better.

By Scott A

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Apr 14, 2023

I feel I've learnt a decent amount of Linear Algebra from the course. Stars reduced as I had to turn to supplementary learning tools at times, and I would have preferred more practice labs.

By Jakub J

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Feb 20, 2023

Good course however too shallow.

By Mike M

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May 21, 2024

I would like to give the instructor five stars for his basic instruction, but I have to give the class one star for the lack of support around any of the coding exercises, and so I've averaged it to two (2.5 if I could). Professor Serrano does a nice job of providing a basic understanding/intuition of Linear Algebra, but the course needs A LOT more supporting material to help practice and develop a deeper understanding. As for the coding exercises, which are necessary for a certification of completion, there is next to zero supporting materials to help build a competency necessary to complete the assignments. The coding assignments are very complicated, without the needed intermediate steps to help you understand the deeper material. If the coding material is needed for the certificate, it would be better if there was more supporting material/tutorials around implementing linear algebra in code, but instead it goes from 0-60mph immediately. There are better resources out there for learning this material.

By S. C

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Nov 24, 2023

Section on Eigenvalues is terrible. Makes zero sense. You never once even mention the word "eigenbasis" in the curiculum and now it's on the quiz. "contrust the eigenbasis". WTF is "contrust"? What am I paying you for if not to explain these things. "Google it." is a lazy answer. I'm taking these courses so I can build an AI education platform that makes you obsolete.

By Brian G

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Feb 15, 2023

I am unable to find the course forums or any way to interact with the course instructors or other students. The "Discussion Forums" link in the left-side menu takes me to the Forums page which has three tabs: Posts for you, All forums, and Your activity. The "Posts for you" and "Your activity" tabs show "No posts yet" and are otherwise blank. The "All forums" tab is completely blank. There are no links to create a new post. Also, I received an email this morning entitled "How is your course experience so far?" that suggests posting in the "Discourse community," but there is no hyperlink to this community and I'm unable to find it. Lastly, there is a "Discuss" link above each course video which, when clicked, takes you to a page that reads "Oops! Looks like this thread isn't viewable or does not exist." Perhaps Coursera is experiencing technical trouble at the moment, but that still doesn't explain why the email doesn't link to the Discourse community.

By José A

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Feb 13, 2024

Sin ninguna duda aprenderás más en youtube, que aquí. Lo unico que puedo decir es que cada día que pasa me arrepiento de haber tomado este curso, pensé que sería distinto. Los laboratorios son lo peor, solo es texto y nada más. Incluso puedo decir que existen mejores cursos que te explican el área matemática junto con la programación a la par, en cambio aquí la toman por separado, deficiente... No lo recomiendo por ninguna manera. Mejor anda a youtube y encontraras mejores cosas

By Deleted A

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Sep 4, 2023

The course is too basic and too shallow. Usually, I am thinking that explaining things in a simpler way is better. Though the course completely ignores academic abstractions therefore I cannot recommend it for people without math background. As a refresher was not that bad.

By peer s

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Jun 24, 2023

I am grateful to complete "Linear Algebra for Machine Learning and Data Science" course with 100% grade. This course provides all the concepts which is required for machine learning and data science. It is a course that focuses more on the intuition part rather than just formulas. With the help of this course, I understood linear algebra in a completely different way than I did during my graduation. I highly recommend everyone who has an interest in data science to enroll in this course. I would like to express my gratitude to Andrew Ng and Luis Serrano for providing this wonderful course.The course covers a wide range of topics, including: System of linear equations, singularity, determinants, rank, linear dependency, row echelon form, vectors, dot product, orthogonality, linear transformation, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors etc.Additionally, the course covers the "linalg" module from Numpy Python library, which is commonly used for linear algebra computations. It also includes programming assignments that allow students to apply the concepts learned in practical coding exercises.

By Sridhar V (

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Jun 26, 2023

It has been intriguing to me how Linear Algebra (non-singular systems, linear transformations, vectors, matrices — dot products, inverse, determinants, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors) plays a crucial role in understanding and developing machine learning (ML) algorithms. And how Linear Algebra provides a framework for representing and manipulating data, as well as the mathematical foundations for many ML techniques. 

Thanks to Prof. Luis Serrano and the Deep Learning.AI team for making the course so easy to understand with a common sense approach. Sure, it has satiated the hunger of Business Analytics enthusiasts like me. 5 out of 5 for the course and the impeccable delivery. It has sparked an urge in me to learn and practice more, to transfer the knowledge to my students, and to discuss with like-minded people.

P.S: Thanks to Lucas Coutinho for patiently attending to my queries and guiding me along wrt the Lab exercises.