Statistics 154 / 254: Statistical machine learning
UC Berkeley, Fall 2026
| Date | Day | Note | Unit | Topic | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | Thursday | Lecture | Course policies | ||
| Aug 31 | Monday | Lab | Python review | ||
| Sep 1 | Tuesday | Lecture | Unit 0: Introduction and review | ||
| Sep 3 | Thursday | Lecture | HW 0 | ||
| Sep 7 | Monday | Administrative holiday | |||
| Sep 8 | Tuesday | Lecture | Unit 1: Regression | ||
| Sep 10 | Thursday | Lecture | Quiz 0 | ||
| Sep 14 | Monday | Lab | Challenge 1 | ||
| Sep 15 | Tuesday | Lecture | |||
| Sep 16 | Wednesday | Add / drop deadline | |||
| Sep 17 | Thursday | Lecture | |||
| Sep 21 | Monday | Lab | Challenge 1 | ||
| Sep 22 | Tuesday | Lecture | Unit 2: Classification | ||
| Sep 24 | Thursday | Lecture | HW 1 | ||
| Sep 28 | Monday | Lab | Challenge 1 | ||
| Sep 29 | Tuesday | Lecture | |||
| Oct 1 | Thursday | Lecture | Quiz 1 | ||
| Oct 5 | Monday | Lab | Reading 1 | ||
| Oct 6 | Tuesday | Lecture | Unit 3: Risk and Complexity | ||
| Oct 8 | Thursday | Lecture | HW 2 | ||
| Oct 12 | Monday | Lab | Challenge 2 | ||
| Oct 13 | Tuesday | Lecture | |||
| Oct 15 | Thursday | Lecture | Quiz 2 | ||
| Oct 19 | Monday | Lab | Challenge 2 | ||
| Oct 20 | Tuesday | Lecture | |||
| Oct 22 | Thursday | Lecture | |||
| Oct 26 | Monday | Lab | Challenge 2 | ||
| Oct 27 | Tuesday | Lecture | Unit 4: Trees and weak learners | ||
| Oct 29 | Thursday | Lecture | HW 3 | ||
| Nov 2 | Monday | Lab | Reading 2 | ||
| Nov 3 | Tuesday | Lecture | |||
| Nov 5 | Thursday | Lecture | Quiz 3 | ||
| Nov 9 | Monday | Lab | Challenge 3 | ||
| Nov 10 | Tuesday | Lecture | |||
| Nov 11 | Wednesday | Administrative holiday | |||
| Nov 12 | Thursday | Lecture | |||
| Nov 16 | Monday | Lab | Challenge 3 | ||
| Nov 17 | Tuesday | Lecture | Unit 5: Neural networks and optimization | ||
| Nov 19 | Thursday | Lecture | HW 4 | ||
| Nov 23 | Monday | Lab | Challenge 3 | ||
| Nov 24 | Tuesday | Lecture | |||
| Nov 25 | Wednesday | Thanksgiving | |||
| Nov 26 | Thursday | Thanksgiving | |||
| Nov 27 | Friday | Thanksgiving | |||
| Nov 30 | Monday | Lab | Reading 3 | ||
| Dec 1 | Tuesday | Lecture | Quiz 4 | ||
| Dec 3 | Thursday | Lecture | Class review | HW 5 |