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ML Roadmap 2026–27

From Python basics to research-ready. Check off tasks as you go — everything saves automatically to your computer.

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Phase 1 — Before College Now → July 15, 2026

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Week 1

Python refresh

Variables
Loops
If-else
Functions
Rock Paper Scissors
Number Guessing Game

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Week 2

Data structures

Lists
Dictionaries
Strings
Quiz Application
Student Marks Manager
Derivatives revision
Graphs of functions

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Week 3

Files + Git

File handling
Error handling
Create GitHub account
Learn commits
Upload projects
Integration revision
Expense Tracker

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Week 4

OOP + Lin. Algebra

Classes & OOP
Vectors
Matrices
Matrix operations
Library Management System

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Week 5

Mini project

Cricket / IPL / Student analyzer
Matrix multiplication
Determinants
Project pushed to GitHub

✓Python refreshed ✓GitHub created ✓4–5 projects ✓Calculus revised ✓Linear algebra started

Phase 2 — Semester 1 July 2026 → February 2027

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Weekly schedule

Recurring rhythm

Mon–Fri

1h · Eng. Mathematics1h · Python / NumPy30–60m · Assignments

Saturday

3h · Math deep dive2h · Build something

Sunday

2h · Weekly review2h · Project work1h · Read paper/blog

Aug 2026

Settle in

Attend all classes
Python fluency baseline
GitHub hygiene

Sep 2026

NumPy

Arrays
Matrix operations
Numerical computing basics
CGPA ≥ 8.5 on track

Oct 2026

Pandas

DataFrames
CSV files
Cleaning data
Analyze IPL dataset
Analyze weather dataset

Nov 2026

ML begins

Linear Regression
Train/test split
Loss functions
House price prediction

Dec 2026

First project

Topic chosen
Project built
Pushed to GitHub
README written

Jan 2027

Profile building

One-page resume / CV
Clean GitHub repos
Paper read — week 1
Paper read — week 2
Paper read — week 3
Paper read — week 4

Feb 2027

Reach out

10 IISc professors listed
20 IIT professors listed
10 IISER professors listed
Read one paper per lab
Emails drafted
Emails sent

Target profile by Feb 2027

Academics

CGPA 8.5+ (aim for 9+)

Coding

Python · Git · NumPy · Pandas

Math

Calculus · Linear algebra · Probability

Projects

1 substantial + 2–3 smaller on GitHub

Research

A few papers read · Understand structure