OMSCS CS7641 (Machine Learning) Review and Tips

Eugene Yan · 8 years ago

A student completing Georgia Tech's OMSCS CS7641 machine learning course shares their experience and learning outcomes. The course includes 2-3 hours of weekly lectures, four assignments worth 50% of the grade (requiring 40-60 hours each), and two exams (25% each), with approximately 40% of students dropping out and 60% of remaining students receiving an A. The student gained deeper understanding of algorithm effectiveness, rigorous analysis skills, and exposure to randomized optimization and reinforcement learning techniques that they plan to apply in their work.