MIT Data Science & Machine Learning Online Certificate Course

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Curriculum TheDataScienceandMachineLearning:MakingData-DrivenDecisionsProgramhasacurriculumcarefullycraftedbyMITfacultytoprovideyouwiththeskillsandknowledgetoapplydatasciencetechniquestohelpyoumakedata-drivendecisions. ThisDataScienceprofessionalcertificateprogramhasbeendesignedfortheneedsofdataprofessionalslookingtogrowtheircareersandenhancetheirdatascienceskillstosolvecomplexbusinessproblems.Inarelativelyshortperiod,theprogramaimstobuildyourunderstandingofmostindustry-relevanttechnologiestoday,suchasmachinelearningtodeeplearning,networkanalytics,recommendationsystems,graphneuralnetworks,andtimeseries.Hence,theprogramisbestsuitedforlearnerswithpriorexposuretoworkingwithdatausingsometoolsandapplyingbasicalgorithmsandmethods. CurriculumdesignedbyMITfacultyinDataScienceandMachineLearning BecomeaDataSciencedecisionmakerbylearningDeepLearning,MachineLearning,RecommendationSystems,andmore. TaughtinPython DownloadCurriculum Weeks1-2:FoundationsofDataScience Inthefirsttwoweeks,wewillcoverthefoundationalconceptsforDataSciencethatformthebuildingblocksofthecourseandwillhelpyousailthroughtherestofthejourneywithease. PythonforDataScience 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy Python,forDataScientistsandMachineLearningspecialists,isalinguafrancaowingtotheimmensepromiseofthiswidely-usedprogramminglanguage.TostrengthenyourPythonfoundations,thismodulefocusesonNumPy,Pandas,andDataVisualization. Numpy NumpyisaPythonpackageforscientificcomputingthatenablesonetoworkwithmulti-dimensionalarraysandmatrices. Pandas Pandasisanopen-sourceandpowerfullibraryinPythonthatisusedtoanalyzeandmanipulatedata. DataVisualization DataVisualizationmeansdealingwiththegraphicrepresentationofdata,whicheffectivelygeneratesinsightsfromdatabyusingmatplotlib,seaborn,etc.,libraries. StatisticsforDataScience 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy Thisweek’schapterwillhelpyouunderstandtheroleofstatisticsinhelpingorganizationsmakeeffectivedecisions,learnitsmostwidely-usedtools,andlearntosolvebusinessproblemsusinganalysis,datainterpretation,andexperiments.Itwillcoverthefollowingtopics: DescriptiveStatistics Itgivesyouthefundamentalmeasuresofastatisticalsummaryofthedata. InferentialStatistics Itwillexploretheareasofdistributionsandparameterestimation,ultimatelyallowingyoutomakeinferencesfromthedata. Week3:MakingSenseofUnstructuredData Inthisweek,youwilllearnhowtoapplydifferentMLtechniquestodiscoverpatternsandinsightsinunstructureddata. Introduction Here,youwilllearnaboutoneoftheessentialaspectsofML-UnsupervisedLearning. Whatisunsupervisedlearning,andwhyisitchallenging? Unsupervisedlearningalgorithmswillassistyouinanalyzingandclusteringunlabelleddatasets.Thischapterteachesyouaboutunsupervisedlearningandthechallengesencounteredusingthesealgorithms. Examplesofunsupervisedlearning Thischapterwillmakeyouunderstandtheimplementationofseveralunsupervisedlearningalgorithmswithexamples. Clustering 2CaseStudies 2CaseStudies Clusteringisanunsupervisedlearningtechniquetogroupsimilarsetsofdatapoints.ThenextmoduleofthecourseinDataSciencefromMITwillintroduceyoutothewidelyusedclusteringtechniques,i.e.,K-meansclustering. Whatisclustering? Here,wewilldiscussthebasicintuitionbehindclusteringandwhyitisincrediblyprevalentinnumerousindustries. Whentouseclustering? Thischapterwillteachyoutheprocedureforusingclusteringtechniques. K-meanspreliminaries ThischapterwillmakeyouunderstandafewpreliminariesbeforebeginningwithK-meansclustering. TheK-meansalgorithm TheK-meansalgorithminclusteringisoneofthemostcommonlyimplementedunsupervisedlearningalgorithmsforresolvingclusteringproblemsinDataScienceorMachineLearning. Howtoevaluateclustering? Thischapterwillmakeyoufamiliarwiththeproceduretoevaluateclustering. BeyondK-means:Whatmakesacluster? Here,youwilllearnseveraltechniquesthatmakeacluster. BeyondK-means:Othernotionsofdistance Thischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwithseveralothertypesofdistancemethodsinclusteringandteachyoutheusecasesforthesame. BeyondK-means:Dataandpre-processing Datapre-processingisatechniquetocleanrawdatatouseformachinelearningapplications.Itistheinitialandforemoststepwhenimplementingamachinelearningproject. Thischapterwilldiscusswhypre-processingisnecessaryforDataScienceandallthestepsinvolved. BeyondK-means:BigdataandnonparametricBayes Bigdataisutilizedfordetermininglargeandcomplexdatasetsthatcanbebothstructuredandunstructured.YoucanimplementbigdataforFraudProtection,MachineLearning,andProductDevelopment. ABayesiannonparametricmodelisaBayesianmodeloninfinite-dimensionalparameterspace. Beyondclustering Inthischapter,youwillunderstandallthecrucialtopicsbeyondclusteringanditsapplications. SpectralClustering,Components,andEmbeddings 2CaseStudies 2CaseStudies Spectralclusteringisoneofthemostwidelyimplementedtechniquesforclustergraphsandnetworks.Here,youwilllearnaboutspectral,modularityclustering,andthePCAalgorithm.Thismodulewilldiscussspectralclusteringanditscomponentsandembeddings. Whatifwedonothavefeaturestodescribethedataornotallaremeaningful? Thischapterwillteachyouhowtoprovideasolutionifyoudonothaveanyfeaturestodescribethedataorifnotallaremeaningful. Findingtheprincipalcomponentsindataandapplications PrincipalComponentAnalysisisamethodtoreducethecomplexityofanunsupervisedmachinelearningmodel.InLayman’sterms,PrincipalComponentAnalysisislikeeliminatingtheinputvariablesforapredictivemodeltoavoidoverfitting. ThemagicofeigenvectorsI Inthischapter,youwillunderstandtheproceduretoimplementeigenvectorsinamatrix. Clusteringingraphsandnetworks Here,youwillgainanunderstandingofclusteringingraphsandnetworks. Featuresfromgraphs:ThemagicofeigenvectorsII Here,youwillunderstandtheproceduretoimplementeigenvectorsinamatrixusingseveralfeaturesfromgraphs. Spectralclustering Spectralclusteringwillenableyoutoreducecomplexmulti-dimensionaldatasetsintoidenticaldataclustersinrarerdimensions. ModularityClustering ThemeasureofthestrengthofanetworkdivisionintoclustersiscalledModularityclustering. Embeddings:Newfeaturesandtheirmeaning Anembeddingisamoderatelylow-dimensionalspacetotranslatehigh-dimensionalvectors,whichassistsinmakingiteasiertodomachinelearningonenormousinputs. Week4:LearningbreakwithaconceptualsessiononMakingSenseofUnstructuredDataandRegressionandPrediction. Week5:RegressionandPrediction Inthisweek,youwillexploretheclassicalandmodernregressionmethodsforpredictionandinferentialpurposes. ClassicalLinearandNonlinearRegressionandExtensions 2CaseStudies 2CaseStudies Here,youwilllearnaboutlinearandnonlinearregressiontogetherwiththeirextensions,includingthecrucialcaseoflogisticregressionforbinaryclassificationandcausalinference,wherethegoalistounderstandtheeffectsofactivelymanipulatingavariableasopposedtopassivelymeasuringit. Linearregressionwithoneandseveralvariables Here,youwillunderstandtheproceduretoimplementlinearregressionwithoneandseveralvariables. Linearregressionforprediction Thischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwiththeproceduretoimplementlinearregressionforpredictiveanalysis. Linearregressionforcausalinference Thischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwiththeproceduretoimplementlinearregressionforcausalinference. Logisticandothertypesofnonlinearregression LogisticregressionisasimpleclassificationalgorithminMachineLearningthatpredictsthecategoricaldependentvariablesusingindependentvariables. ThischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwithallthefundamentalsofLogisticRegressionandothertypesofnonlinearregressioninMachineLearning. ModernRegressionwithHigh-DimensionalData 1CaseStudies 2CaseStudies InthenextmoduleofthisDataScienceforworkingprofessionalscourse,youwilllearnaboutmodernregressionwithhigh-dimensionaldataorfindinganeedleinahaystack.Forlargedatasets,itbecomesnecessarytosortoutwhichvariablesarerelevantforpredictionandwhicharenot.Recentyearshavewitnessedthedevelopmentofnewstatisticaltechniques,suchasLassoorRandomForests,thatarecomputationallysuperiortolargedatasetsandautomaticallyselectrelevantdata. Makinggoodpredictionswithhigh-dimensionaldata Thischapterwillteachyoutheprocessofmakinggoodpredictionswithhigh-dimensionaldata. Avoidingoverfittingbyvalidationandcross-validation Overfittingoccurswhenamodelover-trainsthedata.InLayman'sterms,supposeamodellearnsthedetailandnoisewithinthetrainingdata.Inthatcase,thetrainingdatawillnegativelyaffecttheperformanceofthemodelonnewdata. Thischapterwillteachyoutheprocessofavoidingoverfittingthroughvalidationandcross-validationtechniques. RegularizationbyLasso,Ridge,andtheirmodification Here,youwillunderstandregularizationbyLasso,Ridge,andtheirmodification. RegressionTrees,RandomForest,BoostedTrees RegressionTreesarebuiltusingbinaryrecursivepartitioning,aniterativeprocessthatsplitsthedataintopartitionsorbranches.Itlatersplitseachportionintosmallergroupsastheprocessadvanceseverybranch. RandomForestisaprevalentsupervisedMachineLearningalgorithmthatconstitutesnumerousdecisiontreesonthegiveninnumerablesubsetsofadataset.Later,itwillcalculatetheaveragetoenhancethedataset'spredictiveaccuracy.Boostingisameta-algorithminMachineLearning,whichtransformsrobustclassifiersfromseveralweakclassifiers. BoostingcanbedistinguishedasGradientboostingandAdaptive(ADA)boosting. TheUseofModernRegressionforCausalInference 2CaseStudies 2CaseStudies Thispartwillcoverregressionandcausalinferencetoexplainwhy“correlationdoesnotimplycausation”andhowwecanovercomethisintrinsiclimitationofregressionbyresortingtorandomizedcontrolstudiesorcontrollingforconfounding. RandomizedControlTrials ThischapterwillteachyoutheprocessofidentifyingandworkingwithRandomizedControlTrials. ObservationalStudieswithConfounding Confoundingisacommonhazardofobservationalclinicalresearchopposingrandomizedexperiments.Yet,itcaneasilypassunrecognized,althoughitsrecognitionisessentialforsignificantlyinterpretingcausalrelationships,likeevaluatingtreatmenteffects. Week6:ClassificationandHypothesisTesting Inthisweek,youwilllearnaboutthebasicsofanomalydetection,classification,andfundamentalsofhypothesistesting,whichistheformalizationofscientificinquiry.Thisdelicatestatisticalsetupobeysaspecificsetofrulesthatwillbeexplainedandputincontextwithclassification. HypothesisTestingandClassification 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy InthismoduleoftheMITDataSciencecertificateprogram,youwilllearnHypothesistestingandseveralclassificationalgorithms.HypothesisTestingisatechniquetoperformexperimentsusingtheobserved/surveyeddata.Asthenameindicates,classificationisatechniquetoclassifyadatasetintodifferentcategoriesandcanbeperformedonbothstructuredandunstructureddata. Whatareanomalies?Whatisfraud?Spams? Anomaliesoccurwhendatabasesareinadequatelyplannedandun-normalized,whereallthedataisstoredinonetable.Fraud,asthenamesuggests,isafraudulentactwithnoauthorization.Spamisunsoliciteddigitalcommunication,suchassendingmessages,emails,etc.,tovastamountsofpeopleforcommercialpurposes. Inthischapter,youwillunderstandtheproceduretodetectanomalies,fraud,andfilterspaminMachineLearning. BinaryClassification:FalsePositive/Negative,Precision/Recall,F1-Score Binaryclassificationisasupervisedmachinelearningtechnique,wherethecategoriesarepredefinedandclassifiedintonewprobabilisticobservations.Whentherearetwocategories,itiscalledbinaryclassification. LogisticandProbitregression:Statisticalbinaryclassification Probitregressionisamethodwherethedependentvariabletakesonlytwovalues.Thischapterwilldiscussalltheessentialconcepts,likeLogisticregression,Probitregression,andStatisticalbinaryclassification. Hypothesistesting:RatioTestandNeyman-Pearsonp-values:Confidence Here,youwillgainanunderstandingofallthecriticalconceptsofhypothesistesting. Supportvectormachine:Non-statisticalclassifier SupportVectorMachine,shortenedtoSVM,isanotherpopularMachineLearningalgorithmusedforregressionandclassificationproblems. Perceptron:Simpleclassifierwithelegantinterpretation Aperceptronisanartificialneuron,orplainly,amathematicalmodelofabiologicalneuron.Thischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwithperceptronanditsvariousconcepts. Week7:LearningbreakwithaconceptualsessiononClassificationandHypothesisTesting Week8:DeepLearning Deeplearninghasemergedasadrivingforceintheongoingtechnologicalrevolution.TheessenceofDeepLearningliesinitsabilitytoimitatethehumanbraininprocessingdataforvariouspurposes,thattoowithoutanyhumansupervision.Neuralnetworksareattheheartofthistechnology.ThisweekwilltakeyoubeyondtraditionalMLandintotherealmofNeuralNetworksandDeepLearning.You’lllearnhowDeepLearningcanbesuccessfullyappliedtoareassuchasComputerVisionandmore. DeepLearning 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy Here,thelearnerswillunderstandallthecriticalconceptsofDeepLearning,suchasimageclassification,back-propagation,transferlearning,NLP,speechrecognition,andmuchmore. Whatisimageclassification?IntroduceImageNetandshowexample Imageclassificationisafundamentalconceptindeeplearning.Itidentifiesobjectsinanimagebytrainingamodelthroughexperimentationwithlabeledimages. ThischapterwillteachyoutheprocessofidentifyingobjectsinanimageandintroduceyoutoImageNet,alongwithseveralexamples. Classificationusingasinglelinearthreshold(perceptron) Here,youwilllearntheprocessofimplementingclassificationtechniquesusingasinglelinearthreshold(perceptron). Hierarchicalrepresentations Here,youwilllearntheprocessofrepresentingdeeplearningmodelsinahierarchicalstructure. Fittingparametersusingback-propagation Inthischapter,youwilllearnhowtofindcoefficients(parameters)foroneornumerousmodelsforfittingdata. Non-convexfunctions Thischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwithnon-convexoptimizationfunctionsindeeplearning. Howinterpretableareitsfeatures? Here,youwillunderstandhowthefeaturesareinterpretable. Manipulatingdeepnets(ostrichexample) Here,youwillunderstandtheprocessofmanipulatingdeepneuralnetworksusingtheostrichexample. Transferlearning Transferlearningisawidelyimplementeddeeplearningapproach.Itisamodeldevelopedforanapplicationthatcanbereusedastheinitialpointforamodelonasecondapplication. OtherapplicationsI:Speechrecognition Speechrecognitionisatechniquetotransformhumanspeechintowrittentextbyrecognizingthevoiceofanindividual. OtherapplicationsII:Naturallanguageprocessing Naturallanguageprocessing(NLP)isatechniqueforapplyingcomputationallinguisticstobuildreal-worldapplications,whichworkwithlanguagescomprisingseveralstructures.Here,weattempttoteachacomputertolearnlanguagesandlaterexpectthecomputertoanalyzeandunderstandtheselanguagesusingsuitable,efficientalgorithms. Week9:RecommendationSystems Asorganizationsareincreasinglyleaningtowardsdata-drivenapproaches,anunderstandingofrecommendationsystemscanhelpnotonlydatascienceexpertsbutalsoprofessionalsinotherareassuchasmarketingwho,too,areexpectedtobedataliteratetoday.Learnwhyrecommendationsystemsarenoweverywhereandsomeinsightonwhatisrequiredtobuildasuitablerecommendationsystembycoveringstatisticalmodelingandalgorithms. RecommendationsandRanking 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy RecommendationSystemalgorithms,simplyput,suggestrelevantitemstousers-explainingthetrendsoftheirusageacrossarangeofindustriesandtheircentralroleinrevenuegeneration. Whatdoesarecommendationsystemdo? Asthenameindicates,recommendationsystemsassistyouinpredictingthefuturepreferenceofanyproductandrecommendingthebest-suiteditemstousers. Inthischapter,youwillunderstandtheproceduretoutilizearecommendationsystemtochoosethebestproductsforusers. Sowhatistherecommendationpredictionproblem?Andwhatdatadowehave? Thetechniquewherethesystempredictswhetheranindividualorabusinesslikestheproduct(aclassificationproblem)orthereviewsorratingsbythem(aregressionproblem)isknownastherecommendationpredictionproblem. Usingpopulationaverages Here,youwillunderstandtheprocedureforusingpopulationaverages. Usingpopulationcomparisonsandranking Here,youwillunderstandtheprocedureforusingpopulationcomparisonsandranking. CollaborativeFiltering 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy Collaborativefilteringisanaspectofrecommendationsystemswithwhichweinteractquitefrequently.Uponcollectingdataonthepreferencesofmultipleusers,collaborativefilteringmakespredictionsforthechoiceofaparticularuser. Personalizationusingcollaborativefilteringusingsimilarusers Here,youwillunderstandtheproceduretousecollaborativefilteringwiththehelpofsimilarusers. Personalizationusingcollaborativefilteringusingsimilaritems Here,youwillunderstandtheproceduretousecollaborativefilteringwiththehelpofsimilaritems. Personalizationusingcollaborativefilteringusingsimilarusersanditems Here,youwillunderstandtheproceduretousecollaborativefilteringwiththehelpofsimilarusersanditems. PersonalizedRecommendations 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy Assuggestedbythenameitself,personalizedrecommendationsworktofilteroutrecommendationsthatarepersonallyrelevantforauser,basedontheirbrowsingtrends,etc. Personalizationusingcomparisons,rankings,anduseritems Here,youwilllearnhowtoutilizepersonalizationrecommendationswiththehelpofcomparisons,rankings,anduseritems. HiddenMarkovModel/NeuralNets,Bipartitegraph,andgraphicalmodel TheHiddenMarkovModel(HMM)isastatisticalMarkovmodelinwhichthesystembeingmodeledisregardedasaMarkovprocesswithhidden/unobservedstates. Usingsideinformation ThischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwiththeproceduretousesideinformationwiththeassistanceofMeta-Prod2Vec. Buildingasystem:Algorithmicandsystemchallenges Thischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwiththeproceduretomakeasystemconsideringalgorithmicandsystemchallenges. Week10:LearningbreakwithaconceptualsessiononDeepLearningandRecommendationSystems Week11:NetworkingandGraphicalModels Inthisweek,youwillgetasystematicoverviewofmethodsforanalyzinglargenetworks,determiningimportantstructuresinsuchnetworks,andinferringmissingdatainnetworks.Anemphasisisplacedongraphicalmodels,bothasapowerfulwaytomodelnetworkprocessesandtofacilitateefficientstatisticalcomputation. Introduction InthismoduleoftheMITDataSciencecourse,youwillgettoknowwhatnetworksareandhowwecanrepresentnetworkswiththeirpracticaluse-casesaroundus. Introductiontonetworks Youcandefineanetworkasagroupoftwoormorecomputersystemslinkedtogetherusingseveralhardwarecomponents,suchashubs,switches,andmore. Examplesofnetworks Inthischapter,youwillgainanunderstandingofalltheexamplesofnetworks. Representationofnetworks Thischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwiththeproceduretorepresentnetworks. Networks 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy InthenextmoduleoftheMITDataScienceonlinecourse,youwilllearnaboutthestandarddescriptivemeasuresofanetwork,suchascentrality,closeness&betweenness,andstandardstochasticmodelsfornetworks,likeErdos-Renyi,preferentialattachment,infectionmodels,notionsofinfluence,etc. Centralitymeasures:degree,eigenvector,andpagerank Thischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwiththeproceduretoimplementcentralitymeasures,suchasdegree,eigenvector,andpagerank. Closenessandbetweennesscentrality Here,youwillgainanunderstandingofclosenessandbetweennesscentrality. Degreedistribution,clustering,andsmallworld Here,youwillgainanunderstandingofDegreedistribution,clustering,andthesmallworld. Networkmodels:Erdos-Renyi,configurationmodel,preferentialattachment TheErdos-Renyimodelassistsyouincreatingrandomnetworksorgraphsonsocialnetworking.Theconfigurationmodelisatechniquetogeneraterandomnetworksfromagivendegreesequence.Preferentialattachmentisamethodinwhichnewnetworkmembersattempttoestablishaconnectionwiththemoreprevalentexistingmembers. Stochasticmodelsonnetworksforthespreadofvirusesorideas Here,youwillgainanunderstandingofstochasticmodelsonnetworksforthespreadofvirusesorideas. Influencemaximization Theproblemofidentifyingasmallsubsetofnodes(seednodes)inasocialnetworkthatmaymaximizethespreadofinfluenceiscalledinfluencemaximization. GraphicalModels 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy Here,youwillgettoknowhowtousegraphicalmodelstoestimateanddisplayanetworkofinteractions. Undirectedgraphicalmodels Inthischapter,youwilllearnaboutundirectedgraphicalmodels. IsingandGaussianmodels Isingmodelspecifiesthejointprobabilitydistributionofavectortounderstandphasetransitions.AGaussianmodelisatwo-dimensionalnormaldistributionoftheconcentrationinthecrosswindandverticaldirectionscenteredaroundthedownwindaxisfromtheinitialpoint. Learninggraphicalmodelsfromdata Here,youwillgainanunderstandingofseveralgraphicalmodelsfromdata. Directedgraphicalmodels Adirectedgraphicalmodelreferstotheprobabilityofrandomvariablesintoaproductofconditionalprobabilities,availableforeverynodeinthegraph. V-structures,“explainingaway,”andlearningdirectedgraphicalmodels Here,youwillunderstandmoreaboutdirectedgraphicalmodels,V-structures,and“explainingaway”. Inferenceingraphicalmodels:Marginalsandmessagepassing Thischapterwillteachyouaboutinferenceingraphicalmodels,suchasMarginalsandmessagepassing. HiddenMarkovModel(HMM) ThischapterwillbrushyourpreviousknowledgeoftheHiddenMarkovModel(HMM). Kalmanfilter TheKalmanfilteralgorithmisusedtoprovideestimatesofsomeunknownvariables,giventhemeasurementsareobservedoveraparticularperiod. Week12:PredictiveAnalytics Inthisweek,youwilllearnaboutsomepracticalexamplesoftemporaldatasourcesandhowwecanbegintounderstandthem.Then,youwilldiveintoseveralstrategiesforfeatureextraction,includingDeepFeatureSynthesiswithprimitivesandstacking.Finally,youwilllooktowardmodelsfortherealworldandhowtoensuretheysuccessfullypredictfuturedata. PredictiveModelingforTemporalData 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy Predictivemodelingisthetechniqueofutilizingpreviousresultsforcreating,processing,andvalidatingamodel,whichcaneventuallybeusedtomakefuturepredictions.Here,youwilllearnaboutthestructureoftemporaldataandhowwecanclearlydefinetraininginputsandoutputsforprediction. PredictionEngineering Predictionengineeringisthetechniqueofgeneratingtrainingexamplesfromexistingdatatotrainamachinelearningmodelforfuturepredictions. FeatureEngineering 1CaseStudy 1CaseStudy Inthispart,youwillknowhowtoutilizefeatureengineeringtechniquestoextractmeaningfulinsightsfromtemporaldata;whatareeffectivestrategiesforevaluatingmodelperformanceandpreparingtodeployitintherealworld? Introduction Thischapterwillintroducelearnerstofeatureengineering,atechniquetotransformdatafromtherawstatetoanappropriatestateformodeling.Itassistsintransformingthedatacolumnsintofeaturesthatbetterrepresentagivensituationintermsofclarity. FeatureTypes Thischapterwillfamiliarizeyouwiththreefeaturetypes:quantitative,ordinal,andcategorical. DeepFeatureSynthesis:PrimitivesandAlgorithms DeepFeatureSynthesis,shortenedtoDFS,isanautomatedprocessthatexecutesfeatureengineeringonrelationalandtemporaldata. ThischapterwillteachyouaboutprimitivesandalgorithmsinvolvedinDFS. DeepFeatureSynthesis:Stacking ThischapterwillteachyouaboutstackinginDFS. CertificateofCompletionfromMITIDSS Uponsuccessfulcompletionoftheprogram,youwillreceiveoneofthebestprofessionalcertificatesinDataScience,foritwillbefromMITInstituteforData,Systems,andSociety(IDSS). ProjectsandCaseStudies Followinga“learnbydoing”pedagogy,theDataScienceandMachineLearningProgramoffersyoutheopportunitytoconstructyourunderstandingthroughsolvingreal-worldcasestudiesandpracticeactivities. Belowaresamplesofpotentialprojecttopicsandcasestudies. Healthcare PimaIndiansDiabetes AreaofProject ExploratoryDataAnalysis SmallSummary AnalyzethedifferentaspectsofDiabetesinthePimaIndianstribe. Tools&Techniquesused: Python,EDA,DescriptiveStatisticsetc. Learnmore Entertainment MoviesRecommendationSystem AreaofProject RecommendationSystems SmallSummary BuildyourownrecommendationsystemthatcanrecommendthebestmoviestoauserliketheoneusedbyNetflix. Tools&Techniquesused: Python,Contentbasedalgorithms,CollaborativeFiltering,Popularityrecommendations,etc. Learnmore Transportation NYCTaxiTrips AreaofProject PredictiveAnalytics SmallSummary Topredictthetripdurationofanewyorktaxicabride,builddifferenttypesoffeaturesandevaluatethem. Tools&Techniquesused: Python,Regression,FeatureEngineering,etc. Learnmore Research PredictingWages AreaofProject Regression&Prediction SmallSummary Predictwagesandassesspredictiveperformanceusingvariouscharacteristicsofworkers. Tools&Techniquesused: Python,Regression,etc. Learnmore Media GroupingNewsStories AreaofProject Clustering SmallSummary Buildyourownclusteringforonlinenewsstories—similartohowGoogleNewsorganizesstoriesviaauto-generatedtopics. Tools&Techniquesused: Python,Clustering,NLP,etc. Learnmore Space TheChallengerDisaster AreaofProject ClassificationandHypothesisTesting SmallSummary Estimatethelikelihoodoffailureoftheequipmentinarocketpostthelaunch. Tools&Techniquesused: Python,Classification,Hypothesistesting,etc. Learnmore Manufacturing Decisionboundaryofadeepneuralnetwork AreaofProject DeepLearning SmallSummary Playwithoneortwolayerperceptronstoassesstheirdecisionboundaries. Tools&Techniquesused: Python,NeuralNetworks,etc. Learnmore Healthcare IdentifyingnewGenesthatcauseAutism AreaofProject NetworkingandGraphicalModels SmallSummary Usenetwork-theoreticideastoidentifynewcandidategenesthatmightcauseautism. Tools&Techniquesused: Python,Networks,GraphicalModels,etc. Learnmore MITFacultyandIndustryExperts LearnfromthevastknowledgeoftopMITfacultyinthefieldofDataScienceandMachineLearning,alongwithexperienceddatascienceandmachinelearningpractitionersfromleadingglobalorganizations. ProgramFaculty AnkurMoitra RockwellInternationalCareerDevelopmentAssociateProfessor,MathematicsandIDSS,MIT CarolineUhler HenryL.&GraceDohertyAssociateProfessor,EECSandIDSS,MIT DavidGamarnik NanyangTechnologicalUniversityProfessorofOperationsResearch,SloanSchoolofManagementandIDSS,MIT DevavratShah Professor,EECSandIDSS,MIT GuyBresler AssociateProfessor,EECSandIDSS,MIT JonathanKelner Professor,Mathematics,MIT KalyanVeeramachaneni PrincipalResearchScientistattheLaboratoryforInformationandDecisionSystems,MIT. PhilippeRigollet Professor,MathematicsandIDSS,MIT StefanieJegelka X-ConsortiumCareerDevelopmentAssociateProfessor,EECSandIDSS,MIT TamaraBroderick AssociateProfessor,EECSandIDSS,MIT VictorChernozhukov Professor,EconomicsandIDSS,MIT PrevNext ProgramMentors MatthewNickens Manager,PartnershipScience Meta BhaskarjitSarmah DataScientist BlackRock BradfordTuckfield SeniorManager,DataScience CharlesSchwab OdaiyappanPichappan SeniorDataScientist Verizon4GWireless UditMehrotra DataScientist Dell ShirishGupta LeadDataScientist Novartis VaibhavVerdhan AnalyticsLeader,GlobalAdvancedAnalytics AstraZeneca PrevNext YourLearningExperience TheDataScienceandMachineLearning:MakingData-DrivenDecisionsProgramisdistinguishedbyitsuniquecombinationofMITacademicleadership,recordedlecturesbyMITfaculty,anapplication-basedpedagogy,andpersonalizedmentorshipfromindustryexperts. LEARNWITHMITFACULTY LearnDataScienceandMachineLearningwithMITFaculty Self-pacedprogramwithrecordedlecturesfromMITfacultyinDataScience&MachineLearning. Programcurriculumanddesignbyworld-renownedMITfaculty. Positionyourselfasadatascienceleaderbygainingindustry-valuedskills. PERSONALIZEDANDINTERACTIVE PersonalizedMentorshipandSupport WeeklyonlinementorshipfromDataScienceandMachineLearningexperts. Smallgroupsoflearnersforpersonalizedguidanceandsupport. Interactwithlike-mindedpeersfromdiversebackgroundsandgeographies. DedicatedProgramManagerprovidedbyGreatLearning,foracademicandnon-academicqueries. ViewExperience PRACTICALANDHANDS-ON BuildyourDataScienceandMachineLearningPortfolio DemonstrateDataScienceleadershipbybuildingaportfolioof3industry-relevantprojectsand15+casestudies. Learnviapracticalapplicationstounderstandhowdatascienceandmachinelearningconceptstranslateintotherealworld. WhyOurLearnersChoosetheDataScienceandMachineLearningProgram ThisisthefirststepinwhatIhopetobeaveryfruitfuladditiontomycareerinbehavioraleconomicsinhealthpromotionandnutritionsciences.Istronglyrecommendthisprogramtootherswhoarelookingtolearnmoreabouthowtointegratedatascienceandmachinelearningintoyourfieldofstudy.It’scompletelyworthit. MonicaPampell HealthscienceAnalyst,FoodandDrugAdministration,USA Thecombinationofthecurriculumandrelevantfacultytodeliveritwasamajorstrokefortheprogram,IreallyenjoyedthemodulesNeuralNetworkandDeepLearningwhereasrecommendationsystemsandPredictiveAnalyticswaschallengingandexcitingatthesametime. KaaseGbakon SeniorAnalyst,MinistryofEnergyandResource,GovernmentofSasketchewan PrevNext LearnerTestimonials MyexposuretoDataScienceandMachineLearningProgramwasexceptional.Theprofessorswerephenomenal.Theywerepatientandsupportedourlearningwithmentoringsessionsandampleonlinevideoeducationalsessionsthroughoutthecourse. LanettaBronte-Hall PresidentandCEO ,FoundationforSickleCellDiseaseResearch Beinganonlineprogram,onecanhaveallthebenefitsoftheflexiblestudyandinstantaccesstotherichresourcesthroughtheadvancedlearningplatform. RanaRisheh Developer-DirectorandQualitySupervisor ,Knowlgica Theinstructorsandcoordinatorswereamazing,theyalwaysansweredmyquestionsandclearedmydoubts.Iamalreadyusingunsupervisedmachinelearningalgorithmsinmyroboticsprojects. SalmanSiddiqui ControlSystemIntegrator ,Cherkam Sincerely,Ihavetakenseveralprograms,buttheexperiencefromthisprogramissimplydifferentfrommulti-dimensionalperspectives.IwouldrecommendthisprogramagainandagaintoprofessionalswhowouldliketoupgradetheirskillsinDataScienceandMachineLearning. 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Readallreviews ProgramFees DataScienceandMachineLearning:MakingData-DrivenDecisions USD1900 EasyEMIoptionavailable ViewPlans RecordedlecturesfromworldrenownedMITFaculty LiveMentorshipfromDataScience&MachineLearningExperts 3industry-relevantprojectsand15+real-worldcasestudies ProgramManagerfromGreatLearningforAcademic&Non-AcademicSupport Apply Now Apply Now CandidatescanpaythecoursefeethroughCredit/DebitCardsandBankTransfer.Forfurtherdetails,pleasegetintouchwithouradmissionsteam. ContactUs ApplicationProcess Step1:Filltheapplicationform Registerbycompletingthe onlineapplicationform. Step2:ApplicationScreening Yourapplicationwillbereviewedtodetermineifitisafitwiththeprogram. Step3:JointheProgram Ifselected,youwillreceiveanofferfortheupcomingcohort.Secureyourseatbypayingthefee. UpcomingApplicationDeadline Admissionsareclosedoncetherequisitenumberofparticipants enrollfortheupcomingcohort.Applyearlytosecureyourseat. 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WhyDataScienceandMachineLearning WhyDataScienceandMachineLearning? Theadvancementoftechnologyinvariousfieldscontributesgreatlytothegrowthofindustries.Hence,manybusinessesareusingadvancedMachineLearningandDataScienceapplicationstodrawthebestoutcomes.Letusunderstandafewofthebenefitsoftheseboomingdomainsoftechnology.   Buildingbetterbusinessstrategies ByemployingDataScienceandMachinelearning,organizationscandevelopthebestbusinessplan.DataScienceandMachinelearningprovidesolutionstocomeupwiththebestbusinessplanthatsupportscompanies'exponentialgrowth.Today,mostofthetop-notchcompaniesareapplyingDataScienceandMachinelearninginprojectsandoperationmanagementtoobtainbetteroutcomes.   BetterResearchandInventions Organizationsmustbeconsciousofthelatesttrendsintheirmarket.Adata-drivenbusinessteamwouldshapetheirbusinessinthebestwaythatsuitstherequirementsofendcustomers.Adata-drivenorganizationwouldlearncurrenttechnologicaltrends,planabusinessstrategythatdeliversthebestservices.Businesseswithagoodvisionandwellversedindatacancomposegroundbreakingsolutions.Data-backedapproachesassistbusinessestoaddvaluetotheirproductsbyadaptingthemselvestothelatesttrendsinthemarketbyincorporatingthelatesttechnology.    CostReduction CostreductionisoneofthemajorbenefitsthatDataScienceandMachineLearningcontributetoanybusiness.Smallandmediumscalecertainlystrivefortheirenduranceconsideringtheirlimitedbudgetandresources.DataScienceandMachineLearninghelpinformulatingbusinesssolutionsthatarecost-effective. Therefore,takingupacertificationcourseindatascienceandmachinelearningwouldfetchyouthebestcareeropportunitieswithseveralindustriesinthemarket. Whatisdatascience? Datascienceisafieldofstudythatemploysascientificapproachtoextractmeaningfulinsightsfromdata.Datascienceisafieldthatfunctionsatmorethanonelevel.Meaningfulinsightsaredrawnfromdatasets,producingknowledgethathelpsinrecommendingaptactionsforbusinessgrowth.Theknowledgederivedfromdatasciencebeingatplayisacombinationoftechnology,statisticsandtrendsinthebusinessdomain. Whatismachinelearning? Machinelearningreferstoagroupoftechniquesusedbydatascientiststhatallowcomputerstolearnfromdata.ItistheunderlyingprocessallowingmachinestolearnfromdatawhichresultsinyougettingallyourrecommendationsandpredictionsfromAlexa.Fromleisuretowork,ourlivesaremadeeasierwithmachinelearning.  Theresponsibilitiesofamachinelearningspecialistconstituteaspectrumextendingfromthecreationofmachinelearningmodelstoretrainingsystems.AspecializationinmachinelearningmeansacquiringthenecessarytoolsandtechniquesforthemostcrucialAIsubset.Aholisticskillsethere,therefore,ismadeupofexceptionaltechnicalskillsaswellasaninherentlearningattitude.  WhatisthefutureofDataScience? Organizations,onunlockingthepotentialofdatascience,havebeenknowntoseeincreasedefficiencyonseveralfronts.Theseincludefindingwaystoreducecosts,expandingintonewmarkets,tappingondifferentdemographics,analysingtheeffectivenessofmarketingcampaignsandultimately,decidingonthenewproductsandservicesthatcanbelaunched.ThisresonatedinGartnerpredictingthat,“By2022,90%ofcorporatestrategieswillexplicitlymentioninformationasacriticalenterpriseassetandanalyticsasanessentialcompetency.” Whatisthedemandfordatascientists? DataScienceroleshavebeenamongthemostin-demandjobrolesinrecentyears.AccordingtoLinkedIn,hiringfordatascientistssawanincreaseof46%inthelastyear.TheU.SBureauofLaborStatisticshasalsopredictedthatthedemandfordatascientistsisfurtherexpectedtorise27.9%by2026.  So,wearewellwithintheageofBigDataandthedecisionmakingthatitdrivesacrossindustriesforbusinessgrowth.FromenhancingleisureexperiencessuchasfilteringNetflixrecommendationstosuggestingadirectionforlegalpolicies,DataScienceandMachineLearningareatthecoreofitall.Bymakingholisticconceptsnowmeasurableandpredictingsomethingasgrandas“howpeoplewilllive,”datascienceshineswithimmensepossibilities.Yet,allthisdata,withitsunparalleledpotential,isoflittleuseunlesstherightmindsareatworktoprocessit.Employersworldwidethusrealizetheimportanceofdatascientistsandmachinelearningspecialistsandevenencouragea“cultureofanalytics”thatweseeemerginginworkplacestoday HowtobecomeaDataScientist? Agoodacademicbackgroundcanalwaysbeapluswhenyouareembarkingonyourjourneybuttherearecertainspecificskillsthatareessentialtomasterthetoolsandtechniques.Therightcombinationoftechnicalandnon-technicalskillsisimperativetochiseloutacareerinDataScienceandMachineLearning.  Revisitingyourmathematicalandstatisticalabilitiescanbeagoodmotivatortofurtheryourjourneyintoadatascienceandmachinelearningspecialization.Whileyoumustbeexperiencedwithprogramming,hands-onexperiencewithPython,R,etc.willmarkthebeginningofyourtransitionintodatascience.Effectivedatascienceandmachinelearningcoursewillnotonlycommencewithfulfillingtheserequirementsforyoubutshouldbebuilttotranslateyourlearningsintoasuccessfulcareerwithacomprehensivecurriculum,alsohighlightingtheroleofaprofessionalcertificateindatascienceandmachinelearning. WhatcodingskillsareneededtobeaDataScientist? Complexalgorithmsandsophisticatedtoolsmakeupalargepartofadatascientist'sday.Inadditiontodataanalysistools,keepingupwiththelatesttoolsindataacquisition,datacleansing,datawarehousinganddatavisualizationisbecomingincreasinglyimportantasthehistoricallyseparaterolesofdatascientistandanalystbecomemergedforincreasedefficiency.PythonisthelinguafrancaofdatasciencebutknowledgeofR,SAS,SQL,andsometimesJava,Scala,Juliaamongothersmustalsobeacquiredatthefoundationallevelitself.Technicalsoundnessisamustformovingforwardtowardssolutionswhileavoidingroadblocks. HowmuchsalarycanaDataScientistandMachineLearningSpecialistearn? Varyingdataresonateswithonefact:TheaveragesalaryofaDataScientistandaMachineLearningspecialistiswelloverUSD100,000.IndeedrecordedanaverageannualsalaryofUSD142,858forMachineLearningspecialistsandUSD126,927forDataScientistsintheUS.  Thelistofindustriesincorporatingdatascienceandmachinelearningonlycontinuestogrow.ThespecializationcommandsauthorityacrossprocessesinvolvedinHealthcare,Cybersecurity,Banking,OilandGas,Transportation,Education,TalentAcquisition,InventoryManagement,RecommendationSystemsandPriceOptimizationamongotherkeybusinessinsights.Withitsinherentlyadaptivenature,theworldofdatascienceandanalyticsisheretostayandthosemasteringthetoolsandtechniquesofitsstandtoadvancetheircareerswhilebeingattheforefrontofallinnovation. 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IntroductiontotheDataScience&MachineLearningCoursefromMITforWorkingProfessionals NumerousprofessionalcoursesareavailableacrosstheglobeforDataScienceandMachineLearning.Yet,thereareseveralreasonsforworkingprofessionalstoregisterinthisMachineLearningandDataScienceprofessionalcertificateprogramfromMITIDSS,collaboratingwithGreatLearning.Thereasonsaredraftedbelow: MITisanabbreviationoftheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,oneoftheworld'shighest-rankedinstitutions. AccordingtorankingsbyQSWorldUniversityRankings2022,MIThasranked#1universityglobally,andaccordingtorankingsbytheU.S.NewsandWorldReport2022,MITisranked#2intheworld. TheobjectiveofMITIDSSistoextendeducationandresearchinstate-of-the-artanalyticaltechniquesinstatisticsanddatascience,informationanddecisionsystems,andthesocialsciences,andtoapplythesetechniquestoaddresscomplexsocietalchallengesinamiscellaneoussetofareaslikefinance,urbanization,socialnetworks,energysystems,andhealth. BenefitsofPursuingMITDataScienceCertificateCourse PursuetheMITDataSciencecertificatecourseandlearnthesecutting-edgetechnologiesfrom11award-winningMITfacultyandinstructors. Theseaward-winningMITfacultymembershavedesignedthecurriculumtobuildindustry-valuedskills. YoucandemonstrateyourDataScienceandMachineLearningLeadershipbycreatingaportfolioof15+casestudiesand3real-lifeprojects. YouwillworkinarobustcollaborativeenvironmenttocommunicatewithpeersinDataScienceandMachineLearning. ObtainlivementorshipsessionsandguidancefromMachineLearningandDataScienceprofessionalsonapplyingconceptstaughtbythefaculties. AlumniIDSSBenefits HaveaglanceatthebenefitsofferedbyIDSSalumni: ParticipantscanobtainexclusivediscountsonpresentandfutureonlinecoursesofferedbyMITIDSS. 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