<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>DS 101: Introduction to Machine Learning (Spring 2026) |</title><link>https://marcusyf.github.io/academic-homepage-template/courses/ds-101/</link><atom:link href="https://marcusyf.github.io/academic-homepage-template/courses/ds-101/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>DS 101: Introduction to Machine Learning (Spring 2026)</description><generator>HugoBlox Kit (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://marcusyf.github.io/academic-homepage-template/media/sharing.png</url><title>DS 101: Introduction to Machine Learning (Spring 2026)</title><link>https://marcusyf.github.io/academic-homepage-template/courses/ds-101/</link></image><item><title>Syllabus</title><link>https://marcusyf.github.io/academic-homepage-template/courses/ds-101/syllabus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://marcusyf.github.io/academic-homepage-template/courses/ds-101/syllabus/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="topics"&gt;Topics&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foundations:&lt;/strong&gt; learning from data, empirical risk minimization, generalization.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prediction:&lt;/strong&gt; linear and logistic regression, regularization, kernels.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Structure:&lt;/strong&gt; clustering, dimensionality reduction, matrix factorization.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Representations:&lt;/strong&gt; embeddings and generative models.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id="assessment"&gt;Assessment&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Homework 40% · Labs 20% · Final project 40%. &lt;em&gt;(Placeholder.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>