Session 1
Session 1: Preliminaries, Set-Up and Fundamentals of Machine
Learning in Finance
July 2026
,Python Programming in Jupyter Notebook
Setting Up Python Environment
Python Basics for Beginners
Machine Learning in Finance
What is Machine Learning?
How We Get Machines to Learn
Types of Machine Learning Algorithms
Features and Labels
Feature Engineering
Lab Works
Python Programming with Copilot
Portfolio Analytics
Data Cleansing
,Python Programming in Jupyter Notebook
Setting Up Python Environment
Python Basics for Beginners
, Setting Up Your Python Environment
Anaconda
A free Python distribution that contains
The core Python language
Some most popular scientific libraries
Jupyter Notebooks
Download (https://www.anaconda.com/download) the binary and follow the instructions.
If you are asked during the installation process whether you’d like to add Anaconda to the
system PATH environment variable, say yes.
Session 1: Preliminaries, Set-Up and Fundamentals of Machine
Learning in Finance
July 2026
,Python Programming in Jupyter Notebook
Setting Up Python Environment
Python Basics for Beginners
Machine Learning in Finance
What is Machine Learning?
How We Get Machines to Learn
Types of Machine Learning Algorithms
Features and Labels
Feature Engineering
Lab Works
Python Programming with Copilot
Portfolio Analytics
Data Cleansing
,Python Programming in Jupyter Notebook
Setting Up Python Environment
Python Basics for Beginners
, Setting Up Your Python Environment
Anaconda
A free Python distribution that contains
The core Python language
Some most popular scientific libraries
Jupyter Notebooks
Download (https://www.anaconda.com/download) the binary and follow the instructions.
If you are asked during the installation process whether you’d like to add Anaconda to the
system PATH environment variable, say yes.