{"id":26440,"date":"2022-03-14T16:06:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T20:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=26440"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:25:04","slug":"cs550","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs550\/","title":{"rendered":"Computational Mathematics for Machine Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<style> p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} <\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Computational Mathematics for Machine Learning<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 550 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p>Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Python or R; or consent of instructor. - Mathematics is fundamental to data science and machine learning. In this course, you will review essential mathematical concepts and fundamental procedures illustrated by Python and\/or R code and visualizations. Computational methods for data science presented through accessible, self-contained examples, intuitive explanations, and visualization will be discussed. Equal emphasis will be placed on both mathematics and computational methods that are at the heart of many algorithms for data analysis and machine learning. You will also advance your mathematical proficiency, enabling you to effectively apply your skills to data analytics and machine learning. Restrictions: This course may not be taken in conjunction with MET CS 544.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS550A1, 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>M<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>SOC<\/td>\n\t<td>B57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS550O1, Jan 13th to Mar 2nd 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\/01\/syllabus_CS550_A1_Spring_2025.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/08\/550-A1-Fall25.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/550A1.pdf\">550 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/08\/550-A1-Fall25.pdf\">550 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/syllabus_CS550_A1_Spring_2025.pdf\">550 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/08\/550-A1-syllabus_CS_Fall_2024.pdf\">550 FALL24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/01\/CS-550-A1-Eugene-Pinksy.pdf\">550 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2023\/01\/syllabus_CS550_Spring_2023_A1.pdf\">CS550 SP23<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/09\/syllabus_CS550_2022_A1.pdf\">CS550 FA22<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Online<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/01\/CS-550-A1-Eugene-Pinksy.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/06\/syllabus_CS550_Online_2024.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/05\/CS550_Online_Summer_2026-1.pdf\">CS550 SUM26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/06\/syllabus_CS550_Online_2024.pdf\">CS550O2 SUM24<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Blended<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; Syllabus: On Campus 550 SPRG26550 FALL25550 SPRG25550 FALL24550 SPRG24CS550 SP23CS550 FA22 Online CS550 SUM26CS550O2 SUM24 Blended &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2828,"featured_media":0,"parent":7301,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2828"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26440"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31756,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26440\/revisions\/31756"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}