Machine Learning for FinTech

3 credits · Engineering Professional

Explores the history, current environment, and near-term outlook of Machine Learning, focusing on the applications within financial innovation (FinTech). The course provides hands on experience in applying machine learning tools in a number of situations, as well as understanding the applications across finance. This class will delve into elements of the current environment of Fintech and how machine learning has contributed to the disruption. The goal of this course is that students leave with not only knowledge but hands on experience implementing machine learning to solve problems and observe how this tool works and where the present and future value may be.