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About the Course
The course aims at helping students to be able to solve practical ML-amenable problems that they may encounter in real life that include: (1) understanding where the problem one faces lands on a general landscape of available ML methods, (2) understanding which particular ML approach(es) would be most appropriate for resolving the problem, and (3) ability to successfully implement a solution, and assess its performance.
A learner with some or no previous knowledge of Machine Learning (ML) will get to know main algorithms of Supervised and Unsupervised Learning, and Reinforcement Learning, and will be able to use ML open source Python packages to design, test, and implement ML algorithms in Finance.
Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance will provide more at-depth view of supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning, and end up in a project on using unsupervised learning for implementing a simple portfolio trading strategy.
The course is designed for three categories of students:
Practitioners working at financial institutions such as banks, asset management firms or hedge funds
Individuals interested in applications of ML for personal day trading
Current full-time students pursuing a degree in Finance, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or other related disciplines who want to learn about practical applications of ML in Finance
Experience with Python (including numpy, pandas, and IPython/Jupyter notebooks), linear algebra, basic probability theory and basic calculus is necessary to complete assignments in this course.
Top reviews
LA
Jan 7, 2019
Excellent course. I only wish to have had programming assignment with RNN and Hidden Markov Models instead of three assignments on PCA. Although they highlighted a interesting application in finance.
AT
Aug 10, 2019
Furthered my understanding of how probabilistic models are connected to Machine Learning models. Very happy with the content in this course.
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By Chaofan S
•Mar 19, 2020
The assignment is not related to the contents and has bugs that no one responds.
By Arnav S
•Mar 17, 2020
Too bland. Reading off the slides. Couldn't understand anything.
By Ehsan F
•Feb 27, 2020
one of the worst courses I took in Coursera
By Ivan G
•Apr 2, 2024
Peer review for lab is a poor idea.
By Wolfy G
•Nov 14, 2022
Lab issue not fixed