Introduction to Machine Learning
Spring 2026

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Announcements for (Monday Feb 2 - Sunday, Feb 8)

Welcome to 6.390! We're excited to work with you this Spring. Keep an eye out for weekly announcements right here on the Home Page.

This Week:

  • Monday, Feb 2

  • Wednesday, Feb 4

    • First lab. See times and rooms. You can find your section assignment next to your Kerberos after logging in. By default, you're enrolled in your Registrar-assigned section. To switch, use the self-switch system. No need to contact the staff for making the change; all adjustments should be made through self-signup.

  • Thursday, Feb 5 / Friday, Feb 6

DAS Note Taker: A student in our class needs copies of class notes as an approved accommodation. If you're interested in serving as a paid note taker, please reach out to DAS at 617-253-1674 or das-student@mit.edu. See the note for more details.

Cross-registration: See announcements here.

Archived announcements are available here.

Recent Past and Near Future (full-term calendar available here):

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Feb 02 Feb 03 Feb 04 Feb 05 Feb 06

Lecture 1: Intro to ML & Linear Regression

Homework 1 Out

Exercise 1 Due

Recitation 1

Exercise 1 Out

Lab 1
Feb 09 Feb 10 Feb 11 Feb 12 Feb 13

Lecture 2: Regression & Regularization

Homework 2 Out

Exercise 2 Due

Recitation 2

Exercise 2 Out

Lab 2

Homework 1 Due
Feb 16 Feb 17 Feb 18 Feb 19 Feb 20

Presidents' Day

Lecture 3: Gradient Descent

Exercise 3 Due

Recitation 3

Exercise 3 Out

Homework 3 Out

Lab 3

Homework 2 Due