Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19
This module is designed to give students a range of skills associated with data-driven approaches and machine learning. Machine learning has revolutionised numerous scientific fields and it has begun to change the paradigm in geosciences by providing real-time solutions to non-trivial and computationally intense problems. Throughout the module the students will become familiar with the basic concepts and tools of machine learning. This will open up multiple career paths in geoscience and STEM in general.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course will provide the students with the essential skills for conceptually understanding and implementing machine learning approaches to geophysical and geological problems.
In particular, the course will start from the very basic concepts such as machine learning for regression and classification using simple neural networks and support vector machines. Subsequently, the student will become familiar with unsupervised learning and how to apply it for reducing the dimensions of the data. More advanced topics will be discussed such as optimisation methods in machine learning and techniques to mitigate overfitting. Lastly, recent advancements in machine learning and how to apply them in geophysical problems will be discussed i.e deep learning, convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, long short-term memory and generative adversarial networks.
The lectures will be combined with practical sessions where the students will learn how to use Python tools to design machine learning solutions from scratch. Various datasets from different geological/geophysical problems will be provided in order for the students to practice in a diverse set of problems and learn how to apply machine learning accordingly. Within that context, introductory sessions will be given on Python with emphasis on data analysis and machine learning.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Evaluate | Gain more experience in writing scientific literature reviews |
| Procedural | Analyse | Gain more experience in coding |
| Conceptual | Apply | Discover how Machine Learning is being applied to address geophysical problems |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the methods and terminology related to Machine Learning and Deep Learning |
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