[Haskell-beginners] Machine Learning/ANN's in Haskell.

Hi all, I have been interested in Haskell for a long time now, and am definitely going to invest a considerable amount of time into learning it. Next year is the final year of my CS degree, and I am set on having a final year project orientated around ML. Now, my question is this:- What are the advantages/disadvantages of using Haskell for such a project? Bearing in mind of course that I am an absolute beginner. Regards, Jack Hunt