Welcome to the 2025 edition of Statistical Learning Methods in Data Science! In this course you will learn about the inner workings of several modern statistical (machine) learning methods, and how to apply these in practice. The course will be based on the book The Elements of Statistical Learning. Starting Aug 20, the plan is to have two lectures every other week and exercise classes every other week. There will be two mandatory assignments that you need to pass to be allowed to taken the final exam, which will be a written exam (pen-and-paper). More info about the course will be given during the first lecture, and feel free to send me (Johan) an email if you have any questions about the course.