Statistics 154/254: Statistical Machine Learning
UC Berkeley, Fall 2025
| Date | Day | Note | Topic | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | Thursday | Lecture | Course policies | |
| Aug 29 | Friday | Lab | Python review | |
| Sep 2 | Tuesday | Lecture | Unit 1: Regression | |
| Sep 4 | Thursday | Lecture | HW 0 | |
| Sep 5 | Friday | Lab | Challenge 1 | |
| Sep 9 | Tuesday | Lecture | ||
| Sep 11 | Thursday | Lecture | Quiz 0 | |
| Sep 12 | Friday | Lab | Challenge 1 | |
| Sep 16 | Tuesday | Lecture | Unit 2: Classification | |
| Sep 17 | Wednesday | Add / drop deadline | ||
| Sep 18 | Thursday | Lecture | HW 1 | |
| Sep 19 | Friday | Lab | Challenge 1 | |
| Sep 23 | Tuesday | Lecture | ||
| Sep 25 | Thursday | Lecture | Quiz 1 | |
| Sep 26 | Friday | Lab | Lab Canceled | |
| Sep 30 | Tuesday | Lecture | Unit 3: Risk and Complexity | |
| Oct 2 | Thursday | Lecture | HW 2 | |
| Oct 3 | Friday | Lab | Reading 1 | |
| Oct 7 | Tuesday | Recorded or guest lecture | ||
| Oct 9 | Thursday | Lecture | Quiz 2 | |
| Oct 10 | Friday | Lab | Challenge 2 | |
| Oct 14 | Tuesday | Lecture | ||
| Oct 16 | Thursday | Lecture | ||
| Oct 17 | Friday | Lab | Challenge 2 | |
| Oct 21 | Tuesday | Lecture | ||
| Oct 23 | Thursday | Lecture | Unit 4: Trees and weak learners | |
| Oct 24 | Friday | Lab | Challenge 2 | |
| Oct 28 | Tuesday | Lecture | ||
| Oct 30 | Thursday | Lecture | HW 3 | |
| Oct 31 | Friday | Lab | Reading 2 | |
| Nov 4 | Tuesday | Lecture | ||
| Nov 6 | Thursday | Recorded or guest lecture | Quiz 3 | |
| Nov 7 | Friday | Lab | Challenge 3 | |
| Nov 11 | Tuesday | Administrative holiday | ||
| Nov 13 | Thursday | Lecture | Unit 5: Kernels | HW 4 |
| Nov 14 | Friday | Lab | Challenge 3 | |
| Nov 18 | Tuesday | Lecture | ||
| Nov 20 | Thursday | Lecture | Quiz 4 | |
| Nov 21 | Friday | Lab | Challenge 3 | |
| Nov 25 | Tuesday | Zoom office hours | ||
| Nov 26 | Wednesday | Thanksgiving | ||
| Nov 27 | Thursday | Thanksgiving | ||
| Nov 28 | Friday | Thanksgiving | ||
| Dec 2 | Tuesday | Lecture | Unit 6: Optimization | HW 5 |
| Dec 4 | Thursday | Lecture | Quiz 5 | |
| Dec 5 | Friday | Lab | Reading 3 |