ELEN90088 System Optimisation & Machine Learning (University of Melbourne): rated 3.9/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ELEN90088 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology in Electrical Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 系统与机器学习
Type: Graduate coursework subject
Subject area: Electrical Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Graduate coursework Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
This subject introduces the basic principles, analysis methods, and applications of optimisation and machine learning to engineering systems; encompassing fundamental concepts and practical algorithms. It covers the fundamentals of continuous optimisation followed by machine learning basics for e.
ELEN90088 has 3 scored reviews: overall 3.9/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 5.0 stars); 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.3/5).
On Reddit: "I shared some of my comments on System Optimisation & Machine Learning in this thread from a few months ago. A few extra things I can add about ELEN90088: The lecture content is quite mathematical, perhaps moreso than the AI subject. You'll want to hold onto your linear algrebra…"
On Reddit: "Sure I'm taking ELEN90060 Power Systems Analysis and right now the topic is on network optimisation so there's a nice overlap. Communications also has a lot of optimisation areas. Both of these are workshop questions in ELEN90088 although it comes down to math equations anyway."
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Q: Is ELEN90088 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 3.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ELEN90088, and when is it offered?
A: ELEN90088 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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