Data Science

HONG KONG





  WELCOME TO  



"General Assembly is an educational institution that transforms thinkers into creators through education in technology, business and design"




How it works? 


  Practical, real-world, hands 

  on instruction.  




  our STUDENTS Are individuals 

  who want to  

  •   Learn relevant 21st century skills  

  •   Increase earning potential  

  •   Career change  

  •   Become more marketable  



  DATA SCIENCE  





  sweet, sweet, data  

dATA SCIeNCE USES

  • Stack Overflow tag recommendation and response time prediction
  • Locating ethnic food in ethnic neighbourhoods
  • Building optimal NBA teams
  • Recommending new musical artists
  • Prioritize emergency calls in Seattle
  • Finding the right college for you

DATA Science WORK FLOW

  1. Acquire
  2. Parse
  3. Filter
  4. Mine
  5. Represent
  6. Refine
  7. Interact




  DATA  SCIENTISTS  

Qualities

  • Statistical and machine learning knowledge
  • Engineering experience
  • Academic curiosity
  • Product sense
  • Storytelling
  • Cleverness



  OUR SYLLABUS  


UNIT 1: THE BASICS

  • Python for Data Science.
  • Machine learning (linear models)
  • Data Visualisation


    UNIT 2:     TEXT TO DATABASE

    • Data Acquisition, Manipulation and Preparation
    • MongoDB + JSON
    • API Requests 
    • Python Pandas



    UNIT 3:     SUPERVISED LEARNING

    • Regression Techniques 
      • Regression and Regularisation
      • Logistic regression
    • Classification Techniques
      • Naive Bayes
      • Decision Trees
      • Support Vector Machines


    UNIT 4: real world problems

    • Unsupervised learning
    • Classification Systems
    • Recommendation Systems
    • Decision Systems


      UNIT 5: Your Projects  


      MAKE.03 HEALTH HACKATHON  


      The week after we finish this course! 


      OPEN DATA HONG KONG  





    COURSE DETAILS



    Instructor

    • Founder, Open Data HK (2013)
    • FEWD Instructor, GA (2013)
    • Analytical Engineer, Demyst (2013)
    • Data Architect, DAnalytics (2012)

    Data science course details

    • Runs from 27 January  to 9 April, 2014
    • Meets Mondays & Wednesdays from 19:00 -22:00
    • Classes held at CoCoon, Tin Hau
    • Expected class size is 15 students
    • Tuition is HK$ 28,000
    • Payment plan is available
    • Application deadline on 17 January





    BENEFITS

    General Assembly Benefits

    • Practical, dynamic content developed by curriculum design team & adapted by local  instructors
    • Free 3 month membership to GA Front Row
    • Final project/portfolio 
    • Permanent access to all course resources
    • Strong, global, diverse community of makers
    • Personalized instruction and support




    Is it for me?

    Commitment

    "Data Science involves the programmatic implementation of statistical models"

    • Good grasp of statistics required
    • Some knowledge of Python beneficial
    • 10 hours of pre-course work
    • 4 hours of weekly homework 

    System Requirements


    • Bring Your Own Laptop
    • Linux or OSX are preferred
    • Windows can come too
    • Python v2.7.6
    • Chrome Browser

     Question? 

    Data Science Info Session

    By Mart van de Ven

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    Data Science Info Session

    Info Session for General Assembly's Data Science course taught in Hong Kong by Mart van de Ven.

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