{"id":10838,"date":"2014-10-21T09:41:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T13:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=10838"},"modified":"2026-03-01T11:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:58:52","slug":"cs555","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs555\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundations of Machine Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} .button{width:125px;}<\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Foundations of Machine Learning<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 555 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p>Prerequisites: MET CS 544 or MET CS 550 or consent of instructor.  Learn the foundations of machine learning, regression, and classification. Topics include how to describe data, statistical inference, 1 and 2 sample tests of means and proportions, simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, multinomial regression, logistic regression, analysis of variance, and regression diagnostics. These topics are explored using the statistical package R, with a focus on understanding how to use these methods and interpret their outputs and how to visualize the results. In each topic area, the methodology, including underlying assumptions and the mechanics of how it all works along with appropriate interpretation of the results are discussed. Concepts are presented in context of real-world examples in order to help you learn when and how to deploy different methods.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS555A1, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>R<\/td>\n\t<td>12:30 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>03:15 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>COM<\/td>\n\t<td>217<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS555A2, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>W<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>CAS<\/td>\n\t<td>116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS555O2, Mar 10th to Apr 27th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>ARR<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Format &amp; Syllabus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"btn-group\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">On Campus<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/05\/CS555-SUM25.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/11\/MET_SyllabusCS555_FA.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/MET_SyllabusCS555_FA.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/03\/CS555A1_Syllabus_2026Spring.pdf\">555 A1 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/MET_SyllabusCS555_FA.pdf\">555 A2 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/11\/MET_SyllabusCS555_FA.pdf\">CS555 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/05\/CS555-SUM25.pdf\">CS555 SUM25<\/a> <a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/Syllabus_MET-CS555-A1_Foundations-of-Machine-Learning-Spring2025.pdf\">555 A1 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/08\/555-A1-Syllabus_MET-CS_Foundations-of-Machine-Learning-Fall2024.pdf\">CS555 FALL24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2023\/01\/METCS555A3SPRG23Syllabus_HP20230119.pdf\">CS555A3 SP23<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/09\/CS555A3-MET-Fall-2021-Syllabus.pdf\">CS555 FALL21<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/02\/CS555_A1_A2.pdf\">CS555 SPRG21<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/01\/MET-CS555-A2-Spring2020.pdf\">CS555A2 SP20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/02\/CS555_A1_Spring2020_Syllabus.docx\">CS555A1 SP20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2019\/12\/MET-CS555-Fall-2019.pdf\">CS555 FALL19<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/11\/CS555_FALL_2018.pdf\">CS555 FALL18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS555_Spring2018.pdf\">CS555 SPRG18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS555_D1_Fall-2017.pdf\">CS555 FALL17<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS555_B1_Fall-2017.pdf\">CS555 FALL17<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Online<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2023\/01\/CS555-O1-Spring-23-Syllabus.pdf\">CS555 SPRG23<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/06\/CS555-Sum-2021.pdf\">CS555 SUM21<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2019\/12\/CS555-O2-Fall-2019.pdf\">CS555O2FALL19<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/06\/CS555_O1_SPRG-1-2018.pdf\">CS555 SPRG18<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Blended<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; 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