Clustering is an extremely powerful and versatile unsupervised machine learning technique that is especially useful as a precursor to applying supervised learning techniques like classification. In this course, Building Clustering Models with scikit-learn, you will gain the ability to enumerate the different types of clustering algorithms and correctly implement them in scikit-learn. First, you will learn what clustering seeks to achieve, and how the ubiquitous k-means clustering algorithm works under the hood. Next, you will discover how to implement other techniques such as DBScan, mean-shift, and agglomerative clustering. You will then understand the importance of hyperparameter tuning in clustering, such as identifying the correct number of clusters into which your data ought to be partitioned. Finally, you will round out the course by implementing clustering algorithms on image data – an especially common use-case. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to select the correct clustering algorithm based on the problem you are trying to solve, and also implement it correctly using scikit-learn.
Author Name: Janani Ravi
Author Description:
Janani has a Masters degree from Stanford and worked for 7+ years at Google. She was one of the original engineers on Google Docs and holds 4 patents for its real-time collaborative editing framework. After spending years working in tech in the Bay Area, New York, and Singapore at companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Flipkart, Janani finally decided to combine her love for technology with her passion for teaching. She is now the co-founder of Loonycorn, a content studio focused on providing … more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Building a Simple Clustering Model in scikit-learn
  54mins
• Performing Clustering Using Multiple Techniques
  56mins
• Hyperparameter Tuning for Clustering Models
  27mins
• Applying Clustering to Image Data
  13mins