Feedback for Introduction to Machine Learning

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

https://goo.gl/forms/ekiYRkRVnc22dLD22


We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team


Best of Luck !!

Dear Students,

                              Congratulations to all of you for successfully completing the course.

Hope you have enjoyed the course.

The NPTEL team wishes you all good luck and success in the examination!!!!


Week 8 Assignment Solution

Week 8 Assignment Solution uploaded. Please check.


Scientific calculators are allowed inside the exam hall during final exam


Reevaluation of Marks

Reevaluation of marks in week 2 and week 4 has been done. Please check.


New Announcement

Instruction for the FN Exam
1. The Admit Card must be presented for verification along with one original photo identification (not photo copy or scanned copy). Example of acceptable
photo identification documents are School ID, College ID, Employee ID, Driving License, Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID. Printed copy of hall
ticket and original photo id card should be brought to the exam centre. Hall ticket and id card copies on the phone will not be permitted.
2. This Admit Card is valid only if the candidate's photograph and signature images are legible. To ensure this, print the admit card on A4 sized paper using a
laser printer, preferably a colour photo printer.
3. Please report to the examination venue by 08:00 am and gates will be closed and entry will not be permitted beyond 09.30am.
4. Candidates will be permitted to appear for the examination ONLY after their credentials are verified by center officials.
5. At 08:40 am – Candidates will be permitted to occupy their allotted seats.
6. At 08:50 am – Candidates can login and start reading instructions prior to the examination.
7. Candidates are advised to locate the examination center at least a day prior to the examination, so that they can reach the center on time for the examination.
8. The total duration of the examination is 180 minutes. Candidates will be permitted to leave the examination hall only after 10.40 am, on a need basis.
9. Mobile phones or any other electronic devices other than calculators are NOT ALLOWED inside the examination hall. There may not be any facility for safekeeping
of these devices outside the examination hall, it will be prudent to not bring valuables to the examination center.
10.Please bring your own Scientific Calculator, for use in the exam.
11.Scribble pads will be provided to candidate for rough work. Candidates have to write their name and registration number on the scribble pad before they start
using it. The scribble pad must be returned to the invigilator after the end of the examination.

Instruction for the AN Exam
1. The Admit Card must be presented for verification along with one original photo identification (not photo copy or scanned copy). Example of acceptable
photo identification documents are School ID, College ID, Employee ID, Driving License, Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID. Printed copy of hall
ticket and original photo id card should be brought to the exam centre. Hall ticket and id card copies on the phone will not be permitted.
2. This Admit Card is valid only if the candidate's photograph and signature images are legible. To ensure this, print the admit card on A4 sized paper using a
laser printer, preferably a colour photo printer.
3. Please report to the examination venue by 01:00 pm and gates will be closed and entry will not be permitted beyond 2.30pm.
4. Candidates will be permitted to appear for the examination ONLY after their credentials are verified by center officials.
5. At 01:40 pm – Candidates will be permitted to occupy their allotted seats.
6. At 01:50 pm – Candidates can login and start reading instructions prior to the examination.
7. Candidates are advised to locate the examination center at least a day prior to the examination, so that they can reach the center on time for the examination.
8. The total duration of the examination is 180 minutes. Candidates will be permitted to leave the examination hall only after 03.40 pm, on a need basis.
9. Mobile phones or any other electronic devices other than calculators are NOT ALLOWED inside the examination hall. There may not be any facility for safekeeping
of these devices outside the examination hall, it will be prudent to not bring valuables to the examination center.
10.Please bring your own Scientific Calculator, for use in the exam.
11.Scribble pads will be provided to candidate for rough work. Candidates have to write their name and registration number on the scribble pad before they start
using it. The scribble pad must be returned to the invigilator after the end of the examination.


Week 7 Assignment Solution

Week 7 Assignment Solution uploaded. Please check.


Regarding Week 7 Assignment

Due date for Week 7 assignment extended to 2017-09-16, 23:59 IST.


Hall ticket for September 24th NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered and paid successfully for the September 24th NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:

1. Please visit the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link and click on September exam to download the hall ticket(s) for the September 24th exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

https://cdn3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/52541/login.html

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket, if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links., kindly write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in.
 
Note: that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on September 24, 2017.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams – Forenoon and Afternoon sessions, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets which will be hosted inside the login.
 
In case of the any problems with the hall ticket kindly write to us nptel@iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:


1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be encouraged.
2. You will not be allowed to write the exam if you are showing up in the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Gate Entry beyond 09:30 AM in FN and 2:30 PM in AN will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof.


NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL team


Regarding Final Examination

The distribution of marks in the final examination is as follows:

                                    Section 1: 20 ONE marks questions
                                    Section 2: 20 TWO marks questions
                                    Section 3: 8 FIVE marks questions
Question Type: MCQ
Total marks: 100
Time: 180 min.


Solution for Week 6 Assignment available !!

Hi, Solution of Week 6 assignment has been uploaded. please check.


Introduction to Machine Learning: Week 8 Videos are available!!

Dear Students,

                           Videos of Week 8 are available in the Course Outline section under Week 8.


Introduction to Machine Learning : Week 8 Assignment

Week 8 assignment is available !! Due date for this assignment: 2017-09-20, 23:59 IST.


Week 6 : Assignment 1

New deadline for Week 6 Assignment submission : 2017-09-09, 23:59 IST.


Solution for Week 5 Assignment available !!

Solution for Week 5 Assignment available !!


Week 7 Quiz Assignment is available !!

Dear Students, The Quiz Assignment for Week 7 is available.


Introduction to Machine Learning: Week 7 Videos are available!!

Dear Students,

                           Videos of Week 7 are available in the Course Outline section under Week 7.


Introduction to Machine Learning : Week 6 Assignment

Week 6 assignment is available !! Due date for this assignment: 2017-09-06, 23:59 IST.


Regarding Assignment 4

There is a typographical error in Question No 7. The answer will be 0.28 hence option E will be coorect option. As it is not in the options so marks will be given to all. But the updation of score will be done after the end of all the assignments. We will notify you once score is updated.


Introduction to Machine Learning : Week 6 Videos are available !!

Dear Students,

                             Videos of Week 6 are available in the course outline section under Week 6. 


Week 4 : Assignment Solution

Hi, Solution of Week 4 assignment has been uploaded. please check.


Introduction to Machine Learning: Feedback for Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5 and Week 6

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.


We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.


Please post your feedback (Week Wise) at the following links:

Week 1 (Click Here)

Week 2 (Click Here)
Week 3 (Click Here)

Week 4 (Click Here)

Week 5 (Click Here)
Week 6 (
Click Here)

 

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.


Thanks & Regards

NPTEL Team
IIT Kharagpur


Week 4 Assignment 1: Date Extension

Deadline of the Week 4 Assignment has been extended to 25th August, 2017 (Friday).


Last date for Exam Registartion Extended

Dear Candidates

Last date for exam registration have been extended till August 28 10:00 AM (Monday).

Payment for the exam can been made till August 28 5:00 PM (Monday)

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person and to get the certificate.

Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

-NPTEL Team


Introduction to Machine Learning: Week 5 Videos are available!!

Dear Students,

                           Videos of Week 5 are available in the Course Outline section under Week 5.Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed


Introduction to Machine Learning: Week 3 Assignment Solution

Week 3 Assignment Solution has been uploaded.


Introduction to Machine Learning : Week 4 Assignment

Week 4 assignment is available !!. The deadline is 23.08.17 up to 23:59.


Introduction to Machine Learning : Week 4 Videos are available !!

Dear Students,

                           Videos of Week 4 are available in the Course Outline section under Week 4.Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed


Assignment Marks

The final marks of the assignments will be made available at the end of the course. As of now you can evaluate your performance by checking the solutions. And for final scoring best 6 out of 8 assignments are considered for evaluation.


A Reminder on Certification Exam - Register Today

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Registration is open from 2nd Aug 2017 until 23rd Aug 2017 10:00am.

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Week 2 Assignment Solutions

Dear Students, Assignment solutions of Week 2 are available in the course outline section under Week 2.


Week 2 Assignment date extension

Deadline of the Week 2 Assignment has been extended to 11th August, 2017 (Friday).


Regarding Week 2 Assignment 1 Question No. 4

Dear Students,

in Week 2 Assignment 1 Question no. 4, there are four options among which two options are same. So it is decided that marks will be given to all students for that question.
Thanks.


Exam and Certificate Format

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on 23rd AUGUST 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday).

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Computer based exam (Online)

Online:

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 10 -16th September 2017. We will notify the same through email.

FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"
3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top
4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

Please click the link here for certificate format: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/cert_preview/certificate_latest.pdf

-NPTEL Team


Regarding Week 1 Assignment solution

Dear Students, You are requested to refer to the following link where some questions including the week 1 assignment solutions are discussed in details.
            The link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqlAeim0rKY&list=PLYihddLF-CgYuWNL55Wg8ALkm6u8U7gps&index=19


Week 1: Assignment Solution

Dear Students, Assignment solutions of Week 1 are available in the course outline section under Week 1.


Week 3 assignment is available !!

Week 3 assignment is available !!. The deadline is 16.08.17 up to 23:59.


Introduction to Machine Learning: Week 3 Videos are available!!

Dear Students,

                           Videos of Week 3 are available in the Course Outline section under Week 3.Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed


REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the September 2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 2nd AUGUST 2017 (Wednesday) until 23rd AUGUST 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday).
The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: 24th September 2017(Sunday) [Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.
Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/spoc_refdocs/Sep%202017%20Exam%20Cities%20-%20Default+alternate%20cities.pdf

 Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)
Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 10 -16th September 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam shift, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment for both courses at the same time. It is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, only basic details will be editable.


2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-
There are 2 modes of operation:

Option 1

1. You will pay fees to your SPOC.
2. Your SPOC will pay the fees to NPTEL on your behalf and also will provide us all details including photo, signature.
3. We will populate all the fields in the exam form.
4. Your responsibility will be to come to the exam form and verify that the details in the exam form are correct.

Option 2
1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.
2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature.  Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till August  23, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in this email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after August  23 2017.


Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM


Link for downloading lecture videos

The lecture videos are available for download from this link !!


Week 1 Assignment 1 Deadline extension

Week 1 Assignment 1 deadline extended to 7th August, 2017


New Announcement

Introduction to Machine Learning : Week 2 Assignment is available !! 


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Dear Students,
                            Assignment 
of Week 2 is available in the course outline section under Week 2.


Introduction to Machine Learning : Week 2 Videos are available !!

Dear Students,
                            Videos of Week 2 are available in the course outline section under Week 2.


Accessing the course page

Please visit the site https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/explorer On the top right hand corner find the login link. Login with your email id with which you have registered to nptel and the course. Scroll down and click on the "All Running Courses" and find your course there. If you have already registered in the course you will find the button "Go to course". Click there and you will be taken to the course page. In the left hand column find "Week 1". There you will find the video and the Assignment.


Introduction to Machine Learning: Week 1 Lecture Materials are available !!

Dear Students,

Lecture Materials of Week 1 are available in the course outline section under Week 1. Please see the screen shot below.




Introduction to Machine Learning: Week 1: Assignment is available !!

Dear Students,
 Assignment of Week 1 is available in the course outline section under Week 1.


NPTEL: Regarding whatsapp groups for courses

"The Forum embedded on the course portal is the only official communication channel monitored by the Faculty coordinator and team and on which we will respond. NPTEL is NOT responsible for any whatsapp group or any other group created in any other social media. Request the learners to refrain from sharing phone numbers and other details which may be misused as this is a public group and this information is available to all members in this group - NPTEL will not be responsible for misuse of any such information".


Introduction to Machine Learning: Week 1 videos are available !!

Dear Students,

                          Videos of Week 1 are available in the course outline section under Week 1. 


Welcome to NPTEL Online Course : Introduction to Machine Learning

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

 

Thank you for signing up for our online course “Introduction to Machine Learning ". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

 

The course will begin on July 24, 2017. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

 

We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

 

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:

    The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.    

    The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

 

Details regarding the course:

 

Name of the course : Introduction to Machine Learning

Course url :
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs26/

Course duration: 08 weeks course

Dates of exams: September 24, 2017

o        Time of exam : Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm

o        Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.

Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.

Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

 

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification.

 Happy learning - NPTEL team.