I see many people dive into ML research by tinkering along the way. Although I have no objection to particular tastes, two courses that made modern ML easy for

I see many people dive into ML research by tinkering along the way. Although I have no objection to particular tastes, two courses that made modern ML easy for me were: 1. Linear Dynamical Systems by Stephen Boyd [https://ee263.stanford.edu/archive/ https://ee263.stanford.edu/archive/] 2. Convex Optimisation by Stephen Boyd. [https://see.stanford.edu/Course/EE364A https://see.stanford.edu/Course/EE364A] Both lecture series and course notes are availabe from the official page of the instructor.