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Bayesian Statistics for Machine Learning

3 credits

The courses is for professionals and part of the programme MAISTR (hh.se/maistr) where participants can study the entire programme or individual courses. The course is part of the course track machine learning and is held online in English.


The course is broken down into:
Basic Bayesian concepts
Selecting priors, deriving some equations
Bayesian inference, Parametric model estimation
Sampling based methods
Sequential inference (Kalman filters, particle filters)
Approximate inference, variational inference
Model selection (missing data)
Bayesian deep neural networks

Education occasions

Autumn semester 2025 (Distance, 17%)

Application open

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End date:

Pace of study: One-sixth-time

Teaching form: Distance

Language of instruction: Teaching is conducted in English.

Instructional time: Mixed-time

Selection information: Higher education credits: 100%: More information on selection rules

Application code: HH-13201

Meetings: 0

Level: Second cycle

Entry requirements:

Degree of Bachelor of Science with a major in Computer Science and Engineering or Degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering. Including 5 credits statistics and 5 credits machine learning. The degree must be equivalent to a Swedish kandidatexamen or Swedish högskoleingenjörsexamen and must have been awarded from an internationally recognised university. English 6 or English level 2. Exemption of the requirement in Swedish is granted for those with foreign grades.

Tuition fee:

For applicants with citizenship outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland: More information about tuition fees

First semester: 7550 SEK

The entire education: 7550 SEK

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