Welcome to Econ 425T: Machine Learning for Economists.

Today

• Introduction (ISL 1) and course logistics

• Overview of machine/statistical learning (ISL 2).

Announcement

• Please fill out a short survey. It helps me better tailor the course to your background.

• Slack channel: https://uclaecon425t2-zqd6620.slack.com/. You are not required to use it; but I will try to answer questions on Slack at my earliest convenience.

• Homework 1 is posted and due Jan 20 @ 11:59pm.