225 Machine Learning Projects with Python

 

Machine Learning Projects for Beginners

Before moving to the complex projects in the next section, I advise you to explore these beginner-level projects if you are new to Machine Learning. You only need knowledge of Python libraries like Numpy, Pandas, Malpotlib, Seaborn and Scikit-Learn to understand and work on the projects below:

  1. WhatsApp Chats Analysis

Advanced Machine Learning Projects

Now, these are the projects where you will deal with real-time problems. You need to have some knowledge of Python libraries like Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, Keras, and Pytorch to understand and work on the projects below:

  1. End-to-end Machine Learning Project

Summary

I hope you liked this article on 225 machine learning projects solved and explained by using the Python programming language. Feel free to ask your valuable questions in the comments section below.


Application is the best way to learn. There are a number of books, blogs, videos, etc. out there about Machine Learning and its applications. Being a serial consumer of such content can easily lead you to fall into the trap of thinking you’re moving closer to competence when in truth you’re not.

The secret to knowing whether you’ve understood the applied aspects of Machine Learning is simple. Implement it for yourself. If you cannot, it does not mean that you’re stupid, it simply means there are gaps in your knowledge therefore you must go back to learn.

True comprehension comes from implementing, failing, learning from the failure, and implementing again.

This is one of the many reasons experienced practitioners would advise beginners to get started on projects as soon as possible. Another justification for project work is exposure. Working on projects, as close as possible to problems being solved in the real world, will give beginners a good understanding of what it is like to work in a real-world environment.

Knowing what projects to get started with can be challenging so here are some ideas:

#1 Solving A Personal Problem

We all have problems in our lives. Facing our problems is usually a massive growth opportunity but it can be daunting due to our innate fear of failure. Being able to feel the fear and proceed is an extremely valuable skill for our own lives and we can make it fun by using our machine learning skills.

Being able to spot problems and convert them into Machine Learning problems is a skill within itself, hence why I personally favor this method overall. Solving a problem you’ve identified on your own reveals your breadth of competence since you would be engaged in a number of tasks you may not be required to do, depending on your role.

For instance, deploying and monitoring machine learning models in production may need to be part of your core competencies as an ML engineer, but building your own project would provide you with crucial insights regarding other areas within an ML models pipeline, such as Data Acquisition.

#2 Code Machine Learning Algorithms From Scratch

I remember the day my line manager asked me to talk about decision trees — not because it was useful, he was merely being curious about ML methods. To cut a long story short, I got stumped. I was talking a whole bunch of nothing and it bugged me because I was so sure I understood how a Decision tree worked after I read about it.

My greatest understanding of various Machine Learning algorithms came when I started my Algorithms From Scratch Series. The idea was to learn about each algorithm and code them up from scratch then compare my implementation to the implementation provided by Scikit-Learn to see how I performed.

This phase developed my understanding of the mechanics behind various Machine Learning models and I learned how to translate mathematical formulas into code.

The only bit of advice I have for someone embarking on this method is to try and start as simple as possible then build up. For example, start by implementing Linear Regression then extend your Linear Regression model to a Logistic Regression model.

#3 Recommendation Engines With MovieLens

YouTube, Amazon, and Netflix are all great examples of where recommendation engines have been applied to generate value for end-users. It’s not uncommon for us to expect there to be some level of personalization when we visit certain sites. Consequently, recommender systems have become extremely popular, and learning about them may be of particular interest.

MovieLens is a known dataset meaning there are many implementations online that could help if you ever get stuck. The dataset consists of 62,000 movies by 162,000 users. I’ve done some work with this dataset in the past which you could use as a starting point.

#4 Fake News Detection

Whenever I hear the words “Fake News”, I can’t help but think of Donald Trump. While I did not agree with many of his sentiments and ideologies, his hate towards fake news was somewhat justifiable.

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With so many people being connected via the likes of social media, Fake News can spread like a wildfire, and it often does. Distinguishing fake news is more critical than ever hence why Facebook has already created its own fake news detector to filter such from people's news feed. Leveraging Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, you can build your own fake news classifier to detect fake news.

#5 Boston Housing Price Prediction

The Boston House Price dataset is an extremely popular resource that has been used to benchmark algorithms. The data contains information gathered by the U.S Census service regarding housing within the Boston area. Initially, it was published by Harrison, D. and Rubinfeld, D.L. `Hedonic prices and the demand for clean air’, J. Environ. Economics & Management, vol.5, 81–102, 1978.

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The price of a house depends on various factors (i.e. number of rooms, location, proximity to schools, etc). Using ML is a good way to uncover the underlying patterns and estimate the value of a property based on various features.

While working on this project, you may decide to collect some more data and extend the predictions to houses beyond Boston.

Wrap Up

I definitely believe the project ideas shared in this article are good for developing your intuition which is extremely necessary. However, when it comes to getting hired, I believe you should do slightly more if you wish to stand out. This doesn’t necessarily mean doing more projects. Instead, I would suggest focusing on doing 1 or 2 projects and doing them really well.

I’m a massive fan of Vin Vashista’s videos on YouTube. I’d definitely recommend you check out his video on Building Independent Data Science Projects That Get You Hired if you’re interested in taking your projects to the next level.

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