Mathematics for Machine Learning 🧠

EECS 245, Winter 2026 at the University of Michigan

Lecture: MW 12-1:30PM, 1013 DOW

Congrats on finishing Midterm 1! There is still lecture on Wednesday, but no lab this week.

Wed Jan 7: LEC 1 Introduction
📕 Advice 📕 Ch. 1.1 📕 Ch. 1.2📝 In-Class Notes📺 Recording
Thu Jan 8: Lab 1 Math Foundations and Environment Setup
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions 📕 Appendix 1 📕 Appendix 2
See the note in the Calendar about the Thursday 4:30-6:30PM lab section.

Mon Jan 12: LEC 2 Models and Loss Functions
📕 Ch. 1.2 📕 Ch. 1.3📝 In-Class Notes📺 Recording
Wed Jan 14: LEC 3 Empirical Risk and Simple Linear Regression
📕 Ch. 1.3 📕 Ch. 1.4 📕 Ch. 2.1📝 In-Class Notes📺 Recording
Thu Jan 15: Lab 2 Empirical Risk and Simple Linear Regression
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions
Fri Jan 16: HW 1 Means, Sums, and Calculus
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions 🍃 LaTeX Template 🎥 Template Instructions; SUR Welcome Survey

Mon Jan 19: No Lecture: MLK Day
Wed Jan 21: LEC 4 Simple Linear Regression
📕 Ch 2.2 📕 Ch 2.3 📕 Ch 2.4📝 In-Class Notes📺 Recording
Thu Jan 22: Lab 3 Simple Linear Regression and Partial Derivatives
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions
Fri Jan 23: HW 2 Empirical Risk and Simple Linear Regression
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions 🍃 LaTeX Template

Mon Jan 26: LEC 5 Vectors
📕 Ch 3.1 📕 Ch 3.2📝 In-Class Notes📺 Recording
Wed Jan 28: LEC 6 Orthogonality and the Dot Product
📕 Ch 3.3📝 In-Class Notes📺 Recording
Thu Jan 29: Lab 4 Vectors and the Dot Product
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions

Mon Feb 2: LEC 7 Projections
📕 Ch 3.4📝 In-Class Notes📺 Recording; HW 3 Vectors and the Dot Product
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions 🍃 LaTeX Template
Note the extended deadline.
Wed Feb 4: LEC 8 Span and Linear Independence
📕 Ch. 4.1 📕 Ch. 4.2📝 In-Class Notes📺 Recording
Chapter 4.4 is also useful for this week's lab and homework.
Thu Feb 5: Lab 5 Projections and Spans
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions

Mon Feb 9: LEC 9 Vector Spaces and Subspaces
📕 Ch. 4.2 📕 Ch. 4.3📝 In-Class Notes📺 Recording; HW 4 Projections and Spans
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions 🍃 LaTeX Template
Wed Feb 11: LEC 10 Bases and Dimension
📕 Ch. 4.3📝 In-Class Notes📺 Recording
Thu Feb 12: Lab 6 Vector Spaces, Subspaces, and Bases
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions
Fri Feb 13: REV Practice Midterm 1 (2:30-5:30PM, 1014 DOW)
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions 📺 Recording
We're also in the process of recording walkthrough videos for last semester's real Midterm 1.; HW 5 Linear Independence and Subspaces
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions 🍃 LaTeX Template

Mon Feb 16: EXAM Midterm 1 (7-9PM, 1670 BBB; see logistics here)
🧠 Problems ✅ Solutions
Wed Feb 18: LEC 11 Matrices
📕 Ch. 5.1 📕 Ch. 5.2

Enjoy the time off!

Mon Mar 9: LEC 14 Inverses; Projections Revisited
📕 Ch. 6.2 📕 Ch. 6.3 📕 Ch. 6.4
Wed Mar 11: LEC 15 Regression using Linear Algebra
📕 Ch. 6.4 📕 Ch. 7.1
Thu Mar 12: Lab 8 Lab 8
Fri Mar 13: HW 7 Homework 7

Mon Mar 23: LEC 18 Gradient Descent
📕 Ch. 8.3 📕 Ch. 8.4
Wed Mar 25: LEC 19 Convexity
📕 Ch. 8.4 📕 Ch. 8.5
Thu Mar 26: Lab 10 Lab 10
Fri Mar 27: REV Practice Midterm 2 (2:30-5:30PM, 1014 DOW); HW 9 Homework 9

Mon Mar 30: EXAM Midterm 2 (7-9PM)
Wed Apr 1: LEC 20 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (no live lecture!)

Live lecture is cancelled, since Suraj will be out of town. A video will be posted in advance.
Thu Apr 2: Lab 11 Lab 11