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PyTorch Basics for Machine Learning

Beginner 15 hours English Verified CertificateFREE

About this course

PyTorch Basics for Machine Learning is the first half of IBM's PyTorch sequence, covering the fundamentals: tensors, automatic differentiation, and building your first simple models. It's the on-ramp before the deep learning course that follows it.

The honest take: this is intentionally foundational — if you already know PyTorch basics from elsewhere, skip ahead to the deep learning course. For genuine PyTorch beginners, it's a clean, focused starting point rather than an overwhelming firehose.

What you'll learn

Work with PyTorch tensors and operations
Understand automatic differentiation (autograd)
Build basic linear and logistic regression models
Use PyTorch's data loading utilities
Train a first simple model end-to-end
Prepare for deep learning model building

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Requirements

  • Basic Python knowledge

Who this course is for

  • PyTorch beginners
  • Python developers new to deep learning frameworks

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No — this is the entry point, assuming only basic Python.
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Deep Learning with Python and PyTorch, which builds on these fundamentals.
No — it's specifically about PyTorch's tensor/autograd system, not general Python programming.
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