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11. Introduction to Machine Learning

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MIT 6.0002 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science, Fall 2016 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/6-0002F16 Instructor: Eric Grimson In this lecture, Prof. Grimson introduces machine learning and shows examples of supervised learning using feature vectors. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

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Professor Guttag is smiling.', 'start': 46.155, 'duration': 3.301}, {'end': 50.417, 'text': 'He likes that idea.', 'start': 49.496, 'duration': 0.921}, {'end': 51.657, 'text': "You're almost there.", 'start': 50.977, 'duration': 0.68}, {'end': 58.211, 'text': "What are we doing for the last couple of lectures? We're talking about linear regression.", 'start': 53.698, 'duration': 4.513}, {'end': 65.857, 'text': 'And I just want to remind you this was the idea of I have some experimental data case of a spring where I put different weights on,', 'start': 58.732, 'duration': 7.125}, {'end': 66.958, 'text': 'I measure displacements.', 'start': 65.857, 'duration': 1.101}, {'end': 72.942, 'text': 'And regression was giving us a way of deducing a model to fit that data.', 'start': 67.618, 'duration': 5.324}, {'end': 75.224, 'text': 'And in some cases, it was easy.', 'start': 73.923, 'duration': 1.301}, {'end': 77.264, 'text': 'We knew, for example, it was going to be a linear model.', 'start': 75.264, 'duration': 2}, {'end': 79.285, 'text': 'We found the best line that would fit that data.', 'start': 77.284, 'duration': 2.001}, {'end': 89.089, 'text': "In some cases we said we could use validation to actually let us explore to find the best model that would fit it, whether it's a linear, a 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car is closing too fast on the car in front.", 'Face recognition technology used by Facebook and numerous other systems for detecting and recognizing faces.', "IBM Watson's use of machine learning for cancer diagnosis, showcasing the diverse applications of this technology in healthcare.", 'The speaker acknowledges the widespread use of machine learning in various fields, citing only a few examples out of many.', 'The speaker humorously mentions his driving style, implying that the automatic braking feature in cars would be frequently activated due to his aggressive driving behavior.']}, {'end': 629.831, 'start': 362.074, 'title': 'Computer learning and machine learning', 'summary': 'Discusses the concept of learning in computer programs, the evolution of machine learning, and the process of creating a machine learning algorithm, with an emphasis on the importance of learning from experience and the potential for computers to learn without explicit programming.', 'duration': 267.757, 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Art Samuel's definition of machine learning in 1959 as the field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed, showcasing the historical evolution of machine learning.", 'The example of the curve fitting algorithm as a simple version of a machine learning algorithm that learned a model for the data, which could then be used to label any other instances of the data or predict spring displacement as masses changed. The curve fitting algorithm as a simple version of a machine learning algorithm that learned a model for the data, allowing for labeling of instances and prediction of spring displacement as masses changed.', 'The comparison between traditional programming and machine learning approaches, with a focus on the difference in the process of giving the computer output and examples of what the program should do in a machine learning approach. 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That's the paradigm.", 'start': 819.933, 'duration': 3.542}, {'end': 827.726, 'text': 'Set of observations, potentially labeled, potentially not.', 'start': 824.505, 'duration': 3.221}, {'end': 833.429, 'text': 'Think about how do we do inference to find a model and then how do we use that model to make predictions?', 'start': 828.927, 'duration': 4.502}], 'summary': 'Develop algorithm to predict player positions based on weight and height data for the upcoming draft.', 'duration': 32.784, 'max_score': 800.645, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF4800645.jpg'}], 'start': 631.621, 'title': 'Inferential and predictive learning in sports data', 'summary': 'Introduces the inferential learning paradigm, emphasizing the use of training data and inference engine. it illustrates this concept with examples of spring displacements and football player labeling. additionally, it discusses the use of supervised and unsupervised 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{'end': 1028.135, 'text': 'This algorithm works by picking two examples,', 'start': 1025.253, 'duration': 2.882}, {'end': 1034.548, 'text': "clustering all the other examples by simply saying put it in the group to which it's closest to that example.", 'start': 1028.135, 'duration': 6.413}], 'summary': 'Create clusters with small distances between examples, aiming for smallest average distance for both clusters.', 'duration': 23.618, 'max_score': 1010.93, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF41010930.jpg'}, {'end': 1235.388, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1205.08, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1209.101, 'text': "We'll see that if the examples are well separated, this is easy to do, and it's great.", 'start': 1205.08, 'duration': 4.021}, {'end': 1215.282, 'text': "But in some cases, it's going to be more complicated, because some of the examples may be very close to one another.", 'start': 1209.901, 'duration': 5.381}, {'end': 1218.423, 'text': "And that's going to raise a problem that you saw last lecture.", 'start': 1215.982, 'duration': 2.441}, {'end': 1220.823, 'text': 'I want to avoid overfitting.', 'start': 1219.043, 'duration': 1.78}, {'end': 1224.324, 'text': "I don't want to create a really complicated surface to separate things.", 'start': 1220.903, 'duration': 3.421}, {'end': 1229.245, 'text': "And so we may have to tolerate a few incorrectly labeled things if we can't pull it out.", 'start': 1224.824, 'duration': 4.421}, {'end': 1235.388, 'text': "And as you already figured out, in this case, with the labeled data, there's the best fitting line, right there.", 'start': 1230.765, 'duration': 4.623}], 'summary': 'Challenges in separating close examples to avoid overfitting and tolerate incorrectly labeled data.', 'duration': 30.308, 'max_score': 1205.08, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF41205080.jpg'}], 'start': 932.183, 'title': 'Clustering methods', 'summary': 'Covers a clustering algorithm that separates a distribution into natural groups by picking exemplars, clustering other examples based on proximity, and finding median elements as exemplars. it also discusses clustering based on distance, finding the best dividing line for clusters, and the concept of finding a subsurface that naturally divides the space based on labeled groups.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1047.712, 'start': 932.183, 'title': 'Clustering examples for grouping', 'summary': 'Explains a clustering algorithm for separating a distribution into natural groups by picking exemplars, clustering other examples based on proximity, and finding median elements as exemplars, aiming to minimize average distance for clusters.', 'duration': 115.529, 'highlights': ["The algorithm works by picking two examples, clustering all other examples by simply saying put it in the group to which it's closest to that example, aiming to minimize the average distance for both clusters.", 'The chapter explains a clustering algorithm for separating a distribution into natural groups by picking exemplars, clustering other examples based on proximity, and finding median elements as exemplars.']}, {'end': 1224.324, 'start': 1048.372, 'title': 'Clustering and classification in data', 'summary': 'Discusses the process of clustering based on distance and finding the best dividing line for clusters based on different attributes, as well as the concept of finding a subsurface that naturally divides the space based on labeled groups, aiming to avoid overfitting.', 'duration': 175.952, 'highlights': ['The concept of finding a subsurface that naturally divides the space based on labeled groups The speaker discusses the idea of finding a subsurface that naturally divides the space based on labeled groups, aiming to find the best line that separates all the examples with one label from all the examples of the second label.', 'The process of clustering based on distance The chapter explains the process of clustering based on distance, highlighting how the natural dividing line can be determined based on different attributes like weight and height of football players.', 'The concept of avoiding overfitting in creating a complicated surface to separate things The speaker emphasizes the importance of avoiding overfitting by not creating a really complicated surface to separate things, particularly when dealing with examples that are very close to one another.']}], 'duration': 292.141, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF4932183.jpg', 'highlights': ["The algorithm works by picking two examples, clustering all other examples by simply saying put it in the group to which it's closest to that example, aiming to minimize the average distance for both clusters.", 'The chapter explains a clustering algorithm for separating a distribution into natural groups by picking exemplars, clustering other examples based on proximity, and finding median elements as exemplars.', 'The concept of finding a subsurface that naturally divides the space based on labeled groups The speaker discusses the idea of finding a subsurface that naturally divides the space based on labeled groups, aiming to find the best line that separates all the examples with one label from all the examples of the second label.', 'The process of clustering based on distance The chapter explains the process of clustering based on distance, highlighting how the natural dividing line can be determined based on different attributes like weight and height of football players.', 'The concept of avoiding overfitting in creating a complicated surface to separate things The speaker emphasizes the importance of avoiding overfitting by not creating a really complicated surface to separate things, particularly when dealing with examples that are very close to one another.']}, {'end': 1669.941, 'segs': [{'end': 1604.059, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1573.801, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1575.382, 'text': "We'll just predict your final grade.", 'start': 1573.801, 'duration': 1.581}, {'end': 1577.482, 'text': "Wouldn't that be nice? Make our job a little easier.", 'start': 1575.402, 'duration': 2.08}, {'end': 1579.683, 'text': 'And you may or may not like that idea.', 'start': 1577.542, 'duration': 2.141}, {'end': 1582.764, 'text': 'But I could think about predicting that grade.', 'start': 1580.943, 'duration': 1.821}, {'end': 1586.205, 'text': 'Now, why am I telling you this example? I was trying to see if I could get a few smiles.', 'start': 1583.204, 'duration': 3.001}, {'end': 1587.225, 'text': 'I saw a couple of them there.', 'start': 1586.265, 'duration': 0.96}, {'end': 1589.79, 'text': 'But think about the features.', 'start': 1588.749, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 1594.153, 'text': "What would I measure? Actually, I'll put this on John because it's his idea.", 'start': 1590.69, 'duration': 3.463}, {'end': 1600.537, 'text': 'What would he measure? Well, GPA is probably not a bad predictor of performance.', 'start': 1594.193, 'duration': 6.344}, {'end': 1604.059, 'text': "You do well in other classes, you're likely to do well in this class.", 'start': 1601.057, 'duration': 3.002}], 'summary': 'Predict final grade using gpa as a performance predictor.', 'duration': 30.258, 'max_score': 1573.801, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF41573801.jpg'}, {'end': 1661.899, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1632.519, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1635.422, 'text': "I doubt that eye color has anything to do with how well you'd program.", 'start': 1632.519, 'duration': 2.903}, {'end': 1636.162, 'text': 'You get the idea.', 'start': 1635.462, 'duration': 0.7}, {'end': 1637.263, 'text': 'Some features matter.', 'start': 1636.242, 'duration': 1.021}, {'end': 1638.264, 'text': "Others don't.", 'start': 1637.803, 'duration': 0.461}, {'end': 1646.791, 'text': "Now, I could just throw all the features in and hope that the machine learning algorithm sorts out those it wants to keep from those it doesn't.", 'start': 1639.727, 'duration': 7.064}, {'end': 1649.952, 'text': 'But I remind you of that idea of overfitting.', 'start': 1647.891, 'duration': 2.061}, {'end': 1657.977, 'text': 'If I do that, there is the danger that it will find some correlation between birth month, eye color, and GPA.', 'start': 1650.633, 'duration': 7.344}, {'end': 1661.899, 'text': "And that's going to lead to a conclusion that we really don't like.", 'start': 1659.157, 'duration': 2.742}], 'summary': 'Eye color and birth month may lead to overfitting in programming', 'duration': 29.38, 'max_score': 1632.519, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF41632519.jpg'}], 'start': 1224.824, 'title': 'Learning models and feature engineering', 'summary': 'Discusses using labeled and unlabeled data to build models for clustering and classification, emphasizing trade-offs and essential components of machine learning methods. it also highlights the importance of feature engineering and selection, emphasizing the need to choose the right features and measure distances between them, as well as the potential pitfalls of including irrelevant features in the learning algorithm.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1441.548, 'start': 1224.824, 'title': 'Learning models from labeled and unlabeled data', 'summary': 'Discusses using labeled and unlabeled data to build models for clustering and classification, emphasizing trade-offs and essential components of machine learning methods.', 'duration': 216.724, 'highlights': ['The chapter discusses using labeled and unlabeled data to build models for clustering and classification The lecturer explains the process of using both labeled and unlabeled data to build models for clustering and classification, providing a comprehensive overview of the approach.', 'Emphasizing trade-offs and essential components of machine learning methods The lecture emphasizes the need to make trade-offs between false positives and false negatives in order to avoid overfitting, while also highlighting the five essential components of every machine learning method.', 'Exploring the process of evaluating the success of the system The lecture mentions the importance of deciding the training data and the process of evaluating the success of the system, providing examples to illustrate the concept.']}, {'end': 1669.941, 'start': 1442.569, 'title': 'Feature engineering and selection', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of feature engineering and selection, highlighting the need to choose the right features and measure distances between them, as well as the potential pitfalls of including irrelevant features in the learning algorithm.', 'duration': 227.372, 'highlights': ['The process of feature engineering involves deciding what features to measure in a vector and how to weigh them, impacting the performance of the learning algorithm. Feature engineering involves deciding both what features to measure in a vector and how to decide relative ways to weight it, impacting the performance of the learning algorithm.', "The significance of selecting the right features is emphasized, with the example of predicting students' final grades through measures like GPA and prior programming experience. The significance of selecting the right features is emphasized, with the example of predicting students' final grades through measures like GPA and prior programming experience, indicating their relevance as predictors of performance.", 'The chapter underscores the danger of including irrelevant features, leading to the potential issue of overfitting and undesirable correlations. The chapter underscores the danger of including irrelevant features, leading to the potential issue of overfitting and undesirable correlations, cautioning against the inclusion of features that do not contribute to the learning algorithm.']}], 'duration': 445.117, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF41224824.jpg', 'highlights': ['The lecture emphasizes the need to make trade-offs between false positives and false negatives in order to avoid overfitting, while also highlighting the five essential components of every machine learning method.', 'The process of feature engineering involves deciding what features to measure in a vector and how to weigh them, impacting the performance of the learning algorithm.', "The significance of selecting the right features is emphasized, with the example of predicting students' final grades through measures like GPA and prior programming experience."]}, {'end': 2027.942, 'segs': [{'end': 1887.689, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1836.66, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1837.581, 'text': "I'll give you the dart frog.", 'start': 1836.66, 'duration': 0.921}, {'end': 1839.557, 'text': 'Not a reptile.', 'start': 1838.877, 'duration': 0.68}, {'end': 1840.257, 'text': "It's an amphibian.", 'start': 1839.577, 'duration': 0.68}, {'end': 1842.958, 'text': "And that's nice because it still satisfies it.", 'start': 1840.758, 'duration': 2.2}, {'end': 1851.38, 'text': "So it's an example outside of the cluster that says no scales, not cold blooded, but happens to have four legs.", 'start': 1842.998, 'duration': 8.382}, {'end': 1852.141, 'text': "It's not a reptile.", 'start': 1851.44, 'duration': 0.701}, {'end': 1852.581, 'text': "That's good.", 'start': 1852.181, 'duration': 0.4}, {'end': 1858.042, 'text': 'And then I give you, I have to Python, right? I mean, there has to be a Python in here.', 'start': 1853.761, 'duration': 4.281}, {'end': 1859.343, 'text': 'Oh, come on.', 'start': 1859.023, 'duration': 0.32}, {'end': 1860.943, 'text': 'At least groan at me when I say that.', 'start': 1859.363, 'duration': 1.58}, {'end': 1862.243, 'text': 'There has to be a Python here.', 'start': 1861.123, 'duration': 1.12}, {'end': 1864.144, 'text': 'And I give you that and a salmon.', 'start': 1862.964, 'duration': 1.18}, {'end': 1867.365, 'text': 'And now I am in trouble.', 'start': 1865.444, 'duration': 1.921}, {'end': 1873.601, 'text': 'Because look at scales, look at cold-blooded, look at legs.', 'start': 1868.598, 'duration': 5.003}, {'end': 1875.602, 'text': "I can't separate them.", 'start': 1874.801, 'duration': 0.801}, {'end': 1883.686, 'text': "On those features, there's no way to come up with a way that will correctly say that the python is a reptile and the salmon is not.", 'start': 1876.723, 'duration': 6.963}, {'end': 1887.689, 'text': "And so there's no easy way to add in that rule.", 'start': 1884.887, 'duration': 2.802}], 'summary': 'The dart frog is an example of an amphibian, not a reptile, challenging the classification system.', 'duration': 51.029, 'max_score': 1836.66, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF41836660.jpg'}], 'start': 1670.582, 'title': 'Feature selection and model refinement', 'summary': 'Explores feature selection, model refinement, and the trade-off between false positives and false negatives in classification, using the example of labeling reptiles and the challenges in accurately categorizing animals based on features and design choices.', 'chapters': [{'end': 2027.942, 'start': 1670.582, 'title': 'Feature selection and model refinement', 'summary': 'Explores the process of feature selection, model refinement, and the trade-off between false positives and false negatives in classification, using the example of labeling reptiles and the challenges in accurately categorizing animals based on features and design choices.', 'duration': 357.36, 'highlights': ["The process of feature selection is crucial in maximizing the signal to noise ratio, focusing on features that carry the most information and removing those that don't. By maximizing the signal to noise ratio through feature selection, the model aims to capture the most informative features while discarding irrelevant ones, contributing to effective classification.", 'The example of labeling reptiles illustrates the iterative process of refining the model based on new examples, emphasizing the need to adjust the feature set to accurately classify different animals. The iterative process of refining the model based on new examples demonstrates the importance of adjusting the feature set to accurately classify animals, highlighting the need for ongoing refinement in classification models.', 'The concept of trade-offs between false positives and false negatives is emphasized, acknowledging the challenge of achieving a perfect classification and the need to decide on the acceptable level of misclassification. The discussion of trade-offs between false positives and false negatives recognizes the challenge of achieving perfect classification and the necessity of determining the acceptable level of misclassification in the model.']}], 'duration': 357.36, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF41670582.jpg', 'highlights': ['The process of feature selection maximizes the signal to noise ratio, focusing on informative features.', 'The iterative process of refining the model emphasizes the need to adjust the feature set for accurate classification.', 'Trade-offs between false positives and false negatives acknowledge the challenge of achieving perfect classification.']}, {'end': 3081.512, 'segs': [{'end': 2079.969, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2049.062, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 2053.043, 'text': "For each of these examples, I'm going to just let true be 1, false be 0.", 'start': 2049.062, 'duration': 3.981}, {'end': 2056.744, 'text': "So the first four are either 0s or 1s, and the last one's the number of legs.", 'start': 2053.043, 'duration': 3.701}, {'end': 2063.106, 'text': 'And now I could say all right, how do I measure distances between animals or anything else?', 'start': 2058.065, 'duration': 5.041}, {'end': 2064.427, 'text': 'but these kinds of feature vectors?', 'start': 2063.106, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 2069.703, 'text': "Here we're going to use something called the Minkowski metric or the Minkowski difference.", 'start': 2066.161, 'duration': 3.542}, {'end': 2079.969, 'text': 'Given two vectors and a power p, we basically take the absolute value of the difference between each of the components of the vector,', 'start': 2070.744, 'duration': 9.225}], 'summary': 'Using minkowski metric to measure differences between feature vectors.', 'duration': 30.907, 'max_score': 2049.062, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF42049062.jpg'}, {'end': 2500.306, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 2441.279, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2442.96, 'text': "And we'll look at them in more detail next time.", 'start': 2441.279, 'duration': 1.681}, {'end': 2447.322, 'text': 'As we look at it, I want to remind you of the things that are going to be important to you.', 'start': 2444.001, 'duration': 3.321}, {'end': 2450.466, 'text': 'How do I measure distance between examples?', 'start': 2448.544, 'duration': 1.922}, {'end': 2452.207, 'text': "What's the right way to design that?", 'start': 2450.866, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 2456.09, 'text': 'What is the right set of features to use in that vector?', 'start': 2453.088, 'duration': 3.002}, {'end': 2460.494, 'text': 'And then, what constraints do I want to put on the model?', 'start': 2456.971, 'duration': 3.523}, {'end': 2465.619, 'text': 'In the case of unlabeled data, how do I decide how many clusters I want to have?', 'start': 2461.475, 'duration': 4.144}, {'end': 2468.781, 'text': 'Because I can give you a really easy way to do clustering.', 'start': 2466.64, 'duration': 2.141}, {'end': 2471.384, 'text': 'If I give you 100 examples, I say build 100 clusters.', 'start': 2468.821, 'duration': 2.563}, {'end': 2473.545, 'text': 'Every example is its own cluster.', 'start': 2472.144, 'duration': 1.401}, {'end': 2475.276, 'text': 'Distance is really good.', 'start': 2474.335, 'duration': 0.941}, {'end': 2476.376, 'text': "It's really close to itself.", 'start': 2475.336, 'duration': 1.04}, {'end': 2479.078, 'text': 'But it does a lousy job of labeling things on it.', 'start': 2476.997, 'duration': 2.081}, {'end': 2482.06, 'text': 'So I have to think about how do I decide how many clusters?', 'start': 2479.118, 'duration': 2.942}, {'end': 2484.581, 'text': "What's the complexity of that separating surface?", 'start': 2482.58, 'duration': 2.001}, {'end': 2488.444, 'text': "How do I basically avoid the overfitting problem, which I don't want to have?", 'start': 2484.641, 'duration': 3.803}, {'end': 2494.908, 'text': "So, just to remind you, we've already seen a little version of this the clustering method.", 'start': 2489.845, 'duration': 5.063}, {'end': 2500.306, 'text': 'This is a standard way to do it, simply repeating what we had on an earlier slide.', 'start': 2496.104, 'duration': 4.202}], 'summary': 'Next time: important factors in clustering, including distance, features, constraints, and number of clusters.', 'duration': 38.831, 'max_score': 2441.279, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF42441279.jpg'}], 'start': 2028.903, 'title': 'Classification techniques and model evaluation', 'summary': 'Discusses minkowski metric for measuring distances, the importance of feature engineering, learning classification techniques such as k-nearest neighbors, and evaluating classifiers using confusion matrix and accuracy.', 'chapters': [{'end': 2204.341, 'start': 2028.903, 'title': 'Measuring distances using minkowski metric', 'summary': 'Discusses using the minkowski metric to measure distances between feature vectors, particularly the euclidean and manhattan distances, to determine the closeness of different examples and their relevance in clustering and classification.', 'duration': 175.438, 'highlights': ['The chapter explains the use of the Minkowski metric to measure distances between feature vectors, particularly the Euclidean and Manhattan distances. The Minkowski metric is used to measure distances between feature vectors, with the Euclidean distance being the sum of the squares of the differences of the components and the Manhattan distance being the absolute distance between each component added up.', 'The chapter emphasizes the relevance of Euclidean and Manhattan distances in determining the closeness of different examples and their significance in clustering and classification. The Euclidean distance and Manhattan distance play a crucial role in determining the closeness of different examples, influencing the clustering and classification outcomes.', 'The chapter demonstrates the calculation of distances between feature vectors using the Euclidean metric, showcasing its practical application in analyzing the closeness of different examples. The chapter provides a practical demonstration of calculating distances between feature vectors using the Euclidean metric, offering insights into the practical application of this approach in analyzing the closeness of different examples.']}, {'end': 2608.017, 'start': 2204.381, 'title': 'Feature engineering and distance measurement', 'summary': 'Emphasizes the importance of feature engineering in classification, highlighting the impact of feature selection on distance measurement and the significance of deciding the weights and scales of features in clustering and classifying.', 'duration': 403.636, 'highlights': ['The importance of feature engineering in classification is emphasized, indicating that throwing too many features in may result in overfitting. Importance of feature engineering, potential for overfitting with too many features', 'The impact of feature selection on distance measurement is discussed, with the example of the alligator differing from the frog in three features and only in two features from the boa constrictor, emphasizing the influence of feature weights on distance. Influence of feature selection on distance measurement, example of alligator differing in features', 'The significance of deciding the weights and scales of features in clustering and classifying is emphasized, along with the importance of determining the right set of features and constraints for the model. Importance of deciding feature weights and scales, determining the right set of features and constraints']}, {'end': 2809.603, 'start': 2610.455, 'title': 'Learning classification techniques', 'summary': 'Discusses various techniques for learning classification, including separating examples using surfaces, using k-nearest neighbors approach, and fitting a curve to separate classes in voting data.', 'duration': 199.148, 'highlights': ['The k-nearest neighbors approach involves finding the k closest labeled examples for a new example and taking a vote to assign it to a group, with a threshold for agreement such as 3 out of 5 or 4 out of 5.', 'Different surfaces, such as lines or line segments, can be used to separate examples, with the challenge of finding the right balance between complexity and overfitting to the data.', 'The example of fitting a curve to separate voting data into Republican and Democrat categories, using surfaces to separate the classes and evaluating the effectiveness of different separating lines.']}, {'end': 3081.512, 'start': 2811.043, 'title': 'Evaluating classifiers and model accuracy', 'summary': 'Discusses evaluating classifiers using confusion matrix and accuracy, comparing models based on true positives, true negatives, false positives, and false negatives, and exploring trade-offs between sensitivity and specificity in machine learning algorithms.', 'duration': 270.469, 'highlights': ['The chapter discusses evaluating classifiers using confusion matrix and accuracy. The confusion matrix is used to evaluate classifiers by comparing predicted labels with actual labels, and accuracy is measured as the ratio of correct labels to all labels.', 'Comparing models based on true positives, true negatives, false positives, and false negatives. The models are compared based on the number of true positives, true negatives, false positives, and false negatives, with a focus on identifying the correct and incorrect labels.', 'Exploring trade-offs between sensitivity and specificity in machine learning algorithms. The trade-off between sensitivity and specificity in machine learning algorithms is explained, highlighting the balance between correctly identifying positive instances and correctly rejecting negative instances.']}], 'duration': 1052.609, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/h0e2HAPTGF4/pics/h0e2HAPTGF42028903.jpg', 'highlights': ['The Minkowski metric measures distances between feature vectors using Euclidean and Manhattan distances.', 'Feature engineering is crucial in classification to avoid overfitting with too many features.', 'K-nearest neighbors approach involves finding the k closest labeled examples for a new example and taking a vote to assign it to a group.', 'Confusion matrix is used to evaluate classifiers by comparing predicted labels with actual labels, and accuracy is measured as the ratio of correct labels to all labels.']}], 'highlights': ["Two Sigma's hedge fund achieved a 56% return using machine learning techniques", 'Netflix and Amazon use machine learning algorithms for recommendation systems', 'Machine learning is used for character recognition by the post office', 'AlphaGo, a machine learning based system from Google, beat a world class level Go player', "Mobileye's computer vision systems with machine learning for assistive and autonomous driving, including features like automatic braking if the car is closing too fast on the car in front.", 'Face recognition technology used by Facebook and numerous other systems for detecting and recognizing faces.', "IBM Watson's use of machine learning for cancer diagnosis, showcasing the diverse applications of this technology in healthcare.", "Art Samuel's definition of machine learning as the field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed in 1959, demonstrating the evolution of machine learning over time.", 'The learning algorithm aims to infer useful information from implicit patterns in the data, enabling the generation of a program to infer new data and make predictions.', 'The system is provided with training data, and an inference engine is used to write a program that can make predictions about unseen data.', 'The concept of inferential learning paradigm is illustrated with examples such as spring displacements and football player labeling, emphasizing the inference on labeling new things.', "The algorithm works by picking two examples, clustering all other examples by simply saying put it in the group to which it's closest to that example, aiming to minimize the average distance for both clusters.", 'The process of feature engineering involves deciding what features to measure in a vector and how to weigh them, impacting the performance of the learning algorithm.', "The significance of selecting the right features is emphasized, with the example of predicting students' final grades through measures like GPA and prior programming experience.", 'The process of feature selection maximizes the signal to noise ratio, focusing on informative features.', 'The iterative process of refining the model emphasizes the need to adjust the feature set for accurate classification.', 'The Minkowski metric measures distances between feature vectors using Euclidean and Manhattan distances.', 'Feature engineering is crucial in classification to avoid overfitting with too many features.', 'K-nearest neighbors approach involves finding the k closest labeled examples for a new example and taking a vote to assign it to a group.', 'Confusion matrix is used to evaluate classifiers by comparing predicted labels with actual labels, and accuracy is measured as the ratio of correct labels to all labels.']}