Netflix Movie Recommendation System using Machine Learning

Working of Netflix Movie Recommendation System

A course by
Srikanth Varma,
Lead DSML Instructor at Scaler

About this Free Netflix Movie Recommendation System using Machine Learning Course

Embark on a journey into the world of recommendation systems with our Netflix Movie Recommendation System course. Explore the intricacies of collaborative-based approaches to provide personalized movie recommendations for Netflix users. From problem definition to model evaluation, delve into data preprocessing, exploratory analysis, and similarity matrix computation. Learn to implement state-of-the-art techniques, including Surprise library integration, matrix factorization, and SVD++, to develop and fine-tune recommendation models.

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Duration
3h 6m (1 Modules)
Course Level
Beginner
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What you’ll learn

The skills that you would learn after taking up this Netflix Movie Recommendation System using Machine Learning online course are:
  • Mapping business problems to machine learning (ML) problems.
  • Formulating ML problems based on business objectives.
  • Exploratory data analysis (EDA) techniques for preprocessing and analysis.
  • Handling temporal train-test splits for time-series data.
  • Computing similarity matrices for user-user and movie-movie relationships.
  • Using the Surprise library for building recommendation models.
  • Feature engineering and featurization techniques for regression tasks.
  • Transforming data for compatibility with specific ML libraries (e.g., Surprise).
  • Implementing ML models such as XGBoost for regression tasks.
1 Modules | 28 Lessons | 3h 6m
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Instructor of this course

Srikanth Varma
Srikanth Varma
Lead DSML Instructor at Scaler
Srikanth Varma
Lead DSML Instructor at Scaler
2000+ Students on Scaler Platform
600+ Hours of Lectures Delivered
5 Star Instructor on Scaler
9 Courses
  • Co-Founder & Principal Instructor, Applied AI & AppliedRoots
  • Senior ML Scientist @ Amazon, Palo Alto and Bangalore
  • Co-Founder, Matherix Labs
  • Research Engineer, Yahoo! Labs
  • Masters from IISc Bangalore, Gate 2007(AIR 2)
  • 13 years of experience in AI and Machine Learning

Key Features of this Netflix Movie Recommendation System Course

  • Gain insights into recommendation systems, specifically focusing on movie recommendations for Netflix users.
  • Engage in practical exercises and projects to reinforce learning and implementation of recommendation algorithms.
  • Learn techniques for cleaning and preparing data for recommendation model development.
  • Explore data distribution, temporal trends, and address challenges such as the cold start problem.
  • Understand and implement user-user and item-item similarity matrices for recommendation.
  • Evaluate and compare the performance of different recommendation models using appropriate metrics.
  • Gain insights into the practical application of recommendation systems in the context of the Netflix movie recommendation engine.

Pre-requisites for Netflix Movie Recommendation System Course

Prior to embarking on this course, familiarity with the following concepts is recommended:

  • Familiarity with programming concepts, preferably in Python, for implementing recommendation algorithms.
  • Basic knowledge of machine learning concepts, including supervised and unsupervised learning.
  • Proficiency in data analysis techniques using libraries like pandas and numpy.
  • Understanding of linear algebra and statistical concepts, beneficial for understanding recommendation algorithms.
  • Basic knowledge of recommendation system concepts and techniques is recommended but not mandatory.
  • A keen interest in understanding and developing recommendation systems specifically for movie recommendations.

Who should learn this Netflix Movie Recommendation System Course?

This course is ideal for:

  • Data scientists and machine learning enthusiasts interested in recommendation systems.
  • Software developers aiming to specialize in building recommendation engines.
  • E-commerce professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of recommendation algorithms.
  • Students pursuing degrees or certifications in data science or machine learning.
  • Anyone intrigued by the inner workings of recommendation systems and their application in the entertainment industry.

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