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

Inspiring applications of Data Science and AI
Install/run R and RStudio
Introductory programming in R and data visualization using the “ggplot2” package
Data manipulation and statistical analysis

Day 2

Introduction to Machine Learning
Predictive modeling: Training regression and classification models to predict the future
Clustering algorithms
Building recommender systems by applying association rule mining
Advanced Topics: Deep Learning and the future of Data Science

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.