Prof Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa's Caltech course "Learning from Data" (http://work.caltech.edu/telecourse http://work.caltech.edu/telecourse) is probably the best int

Prof Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa's Caltech course "Learning from Data" (http://work.caltech.edu/telecourse http://work.caltech.edu/telecourse) is probably the best introductory course for really understanding the physics of how machine learning works. See Prof's Yaser's 1 min overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlP0DpiM7Lw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlP0DpiM7Lw The "Learning from Data Book" videos are online for free, and the book is on Amazon... Videos: http://home.caltech.edu/lectures.html http://home.caltech.edu/lectures.html Book: http://www.amazon.com/Learning-From-Data-Yaser-Abu-Mostafa/dp/1600490069 http://www.amazon.com/Learning-From-Data-Yaser-Abu-Mostafa/d... The course is also availble on EdX: https://www.edx.org/course/caltechx/cs1156x/learning-data/1120 https://www.edx.org/course/caltechx/cs1156x/learning-data/11...