Applied Data Science
Course Summary
The Intermediate Level focuses on applying data science methods to solve real-world problems. Participants will dive deeper into machine learning, and advanced data visualisation, and work with unstructured data. This hands-on course emphasises project-based learning and prepares learners for real-life data science tasks.
Course Outline
- Week 1-2: Advanced Data Visualisation
- Custom visualisations with Python (Matplotlib, Seaborn)
- Data storytelling and dashboard design
- Case studies in visualisation
- Week 3: Machine Learning Models
- Decision trees, Random forests, and K-Nearest Neighbors
- Feature engineering and model optimisation
- Hyperparameter tuning
- Week 4: Working with Unstructured Data
- Introduction to text data and natural language processing (NLP)
- Basic sentiment analysis
- Handling large datasets (Hadoop/Spark)
- Week 5-6: Predictive Analytics
- Building predictive models (time series, forecasting)
- Evaluating and fine-tuning models
- Case studies in predictive analytics
- Week 7: Hands-on Data Science Project
- Developing a data pipeline
- Presenting and defending model results
- Collaboration and feedback
- Week 8: Final Project Presentation
- Comprehensive project incorporating learned techniques
- Peer review and feedback
Learning Objectives
- Apply machine learning techniques to real-world datasets
- Develop predictive models and evaluate their performance
- Create advanced data visualisations to communicate complex insights
- Work with unstructured data and use it in analysis
Who Should Attend
- Analysts or data scientists with foundational knowledge
- Professionals looking to apply machine learning to business problems
- Teams seeking to implement data science projects in their organisations
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- Proficiency in
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