CS 224: Fundamentals of Machine Learning

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours

Catalog page 261

Prerequisites: CS 100, STAT 155, MATH 031; graduate standing

Description: For the CS 224 online section: enrollment in the Online Master-in-Science in Engineering program; graduate standing. A study of generative and discriminative approaches to machine learning. Topics include probabilistic model fitting, gradient-based loss optimization, regularization, hyper-parameters, and generalization. Includes experience with data science programming environments, data from practice, and performance metrics.

Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.

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Serves as a prerequisite for

CS 227 CS 228 CS 229 EE 228
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Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Combined: CS 224 / EE 242A
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 39/100  54/100  93/200
2024-25 69/100 100/100 169/200
2023-24 110/115 110/115
2022-23  74/ 80  74/ 80
2021-22 57/ 60  57/ 60
2020-21  25/ 50  25/ 50