Demystifying machine learning

This mini-workshop will be based on the on the digital book HelioML

It is best to download the Helio ML book to get the notebooks and dataset that will be used.

Preparation

To prepare for the upcoming mini-workshop please follow the Python installation instructions.

Agenda

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Briefly (10 minutes) discuss: What is machine learning? And what are your concerns about machine learning?

Group discussion
1 Work together through example: fitting time series HelioML chapter, notebook
2 Introduce HelioML: motivation, contents HelioML chapter
3 Show “What is Machine Learning?” PDSH* notebook
4 Show “In Depth: Support Vector Machines” PDSH* notebook
5 Work together through part of example: predicting CMEs HelioML chapter; notebook

*PDSH = Python Data Science Handbook by Jake VanderPlas, freely available on GitHub

Contacts

James Paul Mason, @starfleetjames

Monica Bobra

Time

Friday 2018-11-02 from 09:00-10:30

Location

Augustinus Room