Covers optimization techniques in machine learning, focusing on convexity, algorithms, and their applications in ensuring efficient convergence to global minima.
Explores coordinate descent optimization strategies, emphasizing simplicity in optimization through one-coordinate updates and discussing the implications of different approaches.
Introduces reinforcement learning, covering its definitions, applications, and theoretical foundations, while outlining the course structure and objectives.
Covers optimization in machine learning, focusing on gradient descent for linear and logistic regression, stochastic gradient descent, and practical considerations.