AI & Machine Learning Developer Roadmap
1. Prerequisites
- Learn Python (basic syntax, functions, OOP)
- Mathematics for ML: Linear Algebra, Calculus, Probability, and Statistics
- Data handling with NumPy, Pandas, and visualization using Matplotlib/Seaborn
2. Core Machine Learning
- Supervised Learning: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, SVM, Decision Trees, Random Forests
- Unsupervised Learning: K-Means Clustering, PCA, DBSCAN
- Model Evaluation: Confusion Matrix, Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1 Score, ROC-AUC
3. Deep Learning
- Neural Networks: Perceptron, Forward & Backpropagation, Loss functions, Optimizers
- CNNs for image classification
- RNNs, LSTMs for sequence modeling
- Libraries: TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch
4. Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Text preprocessing: Tokenization, Stop words, Lemmatization
- Word embeddings: Word2Vec, GloVe
- Transformers: BERT, GPT
AI & Machine Learning Developer Roadmap
5. Reinforcement Learning
- Q-learning, Deep Q-Networks (DQN)
- Markov Decision Processes (MDP)
- Policy gradient methods
6. Advanced Topics & Tools
- GANs, Meta Learning, AutoML
- AI Ethics & Explainability (XAI)
- Tools: Jupyter Notebooks, Git, OpenCV, HuggingFace, Scikit-learn
7. 6-Month Study Plan
Month 1-2: Python + Math + Data Handling
Month 3: Machine Learning with Scikit-learn + Small Projects
Month 4: Deep Learning with TensorFlow/Keras + CNN Projects
Month 5: NLP + Build Chatbot or Sentiment Analysis Tool
Month 6: Reinforcement Learning + Capstone Project (End-to-End)