# Textbooks


_Recommended textbooks_:
- Christopher M. Bishop, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Springer, https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780387310732. This is the main textbook and this course covers chapters 1-7, 11 and 12. 
- Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome H. Friedman, The Elements of Statistical Learning, Springer, https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780387848570. This is a well-known text and serves as additional text.
- Aurelien Geron, Hands‑On Machine Learning with Scikit‑Learn and TensorFlow, O'Reilly, https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/hands-on-machine-learning/9781492032632/. This text is very useful since it contains many code examples.

The books by Bishop and Hastie et al. can be downloaded for free if you access the university library via an IP number of your home university.



_General learning book on statistical analysis_:
- Christian Robert and George Casella, Monte Carlo Statistical Methods, Springer
- Peter Hoff, A first course in Bayesian statistical models, Springer

_General Machine Learning Books_:
- Kevin Murphy, Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective, MIT Press
- Christopher M. Bishop, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Springer
- David J.C. MacKay, Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms, Cambridge University Press
- David Barber, Bayesian Reasoning and Machine Learning, Cambridge University Press 

## Links to relevant courses at the University of Oslo
The link here https://www.mn.uio.no/english/research/about/centre-focus/innovation/data-science/studies/  gives an excellent overview of courses on Machine learning at UiO.

- _STK2100 Machine learning and statistical methods for prediction and classification_ http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK2100/index-eng.html. 
- _IN3050 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning_ https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/IN3050/index-eng.html. Introductory course in machine learning and AI with an algorithmic approach. 
- _STK-INF3000/4000 Selected Topics in Data Science_ http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK-INF3000/index-eng.html. The course provides insight into selected contemporary relevant topics within Data Science. 
- _IN4080 Natural Language Processing_ https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/IN4080/index.html. Probabilistic and machine learning techniques applied to natural language processing. 
- _STK-IN4300 Statistical learning methods in Data Science_ https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK-IN4300/index-eng.html. An advanced introduction to statistical and machine learning. For students with a good mathematics and statistics background.
- _INF4490 Biologically Inspired Computing_ http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/INF4490/. An introduction to self-adapting methods also called artificial intelligence or machine learning. 
- _IN-STK5000  Adaptive Methods for Data-Based Decision Making_ https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/IN-STK5000/index-eng.html. Methods for adaptive collection and processing of data based on machine learning techniques. 
- _IN5400/INF5860 Machine Learning for Image Analysis_ https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/IN5400/. An introduction to deep learning with particular emphasis on applications within Image analysis, but useful for other application areas too.
- _TEK5040 Deep learning for autonomous systems_ https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/its/TEK5040/. The course addresses advanced algorithms and architectures for deep learning with neural networks. The course provides an introduction to how deep-learning techniques can be used in the construction of key parts of advanced autonomous systems that exist in physical environments and cyber environments.
- _STK4051 Computational Statistics_ https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4051/index-eng.html
- _STK4021 Applied Bayesian Analysis and Numerical Methods_ https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/