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Join our machine learning microcredential

If you are interested in upskilling in the area of machine learning, our microcredential may be right for you.
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Did you know that Cardiff University offer a microcredential in the field of machine learning?

If you are interested in upskilling in the area of machine learning, looking to develop your role to include machine learning or perhaps you are looking to specialise further in your field and apply machine learning to solve specific real-world issues, our microcredential may be right for you.

Machine learning lies at the basis of many recent successes in AI, such as self-driving cars and search engines and now, many industries are discovering its benefits. Our microcredential will help you understand how machine learning can help businesses in many ways – from reducing costs and improving customer experience to accelerating innovation.

The microcredential is designed for postgraduate level study and it is recommended that you have completed a first degree in Computer Science, or similar, or have equivalent coding experience. You should also have skills in Python or other common data science packages, linear algebra, and probability and statistics.

You will lean skills such as: Data pre-processing in Python; Data representation; Using machine learning libraries; Choosing and implementing machine learning tools; Critical evaluation of machine learning methods.

To find out more, or to register your interest, please visit our Applications of Machine Learning page on Futurelearn.


We hope to meet you on the course.

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