Data Science Course

WHO IS THIS FOR?

This workshop is aimed at anyone looking to gain a greater understanding of how data science and AI can be practically used to further business objectives. It is suitable for middle to senior management in any organization where optimizing data usage is a key goal. No computer science experience is necessary.

TOPICS

Day 1: 17th/19th

09:30 Welcome Coffee
10:00 Inspiring Applications of Data Science and AI
11:00 Break
11:15 Install/run R and RStudio
12:15 Lunch Break
13:00 Introductory Programming in R
14:00 Break
14:15 Visualization Techniques with ggplot2
15:15 Break
15:30 Data Manipulation and Statistical Analysis
17:00 End of Day1

Day 2: 18th/20th

09:30 Welcome Coffee
10:00 Introduction to Machine Learning
11:00 Break
11:15 Predictive Modeling: Regression and Classification
12:15 Lunch Break
13:00 Clustering Algorithms
14:00 Break
14:15 Association Rule Mining & Recommender Systems
15:15 Break
15:30 Deep Learning and the Future of Data Science
17:00 End of Day2

FACILITATOR

Dr. Mohammad Shokoohi-Yekta is currently a Senior Applied Scientist at Microsoft, and instructor at Stanford University. He is a former Data Scientist at Apple and has previously worked for Samsung, Bosch, General Electric and UCLA Research Labs.

Dr. Mohammad is the author of the book, ‘Applications of Mining Massive Time Series Data’, and he has been a keynote speaker at more than 45 Data Summits/Conferences around the globe to date.

Due to the expected popularity of the workshop, and to enable as many people to participate as possible we will be holding two sessions of this workshop. Session one will be 17 & 18 October and session two will be 19 & 20 October. Choice of date will be available on a first come first served basis. The workshop will be certified by the UAE’s National Program for Artificial Intelligence.