Course Overview
Ever wonder how the Netflix recommendation engine works or how Amazon.com determines what items “you may also like?”.All of these things are driven by training a computer how to learn using the large datasets.
The data science course is a practical introduction to the interdisciplinary field of data science and machine learning which is at the intersection of computer science, statistics, and business.
You will learn to use Python to help you acquire, parse and model your data. A significant portion of the course will be a hands-on approach to the fundamental modeling techniques and machine learning algorithms that enable you to build robust predictive models of real-world data and test their validity. You will also practice communicating your results and insights. By the end of the course, students will be able to:
‣ Perform exploratory data analysis with python.
‣ Build and refine machine learning models to predict patterns from data sets.
‣ Communicate data driven insights to a technical and nontechnical audience alike.