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Full day workshop

Applied Data Science for BI Professionals and DBAs

This session offers an accessible and practice-oriented introduction to data science, specifically aimed at BI professionals and DBAs. Starting from familiar concepts, the step is made from traditional data analysis to a more data-science-driven approach, in which not only insight but also prediction takes centre stage.

Attendees are taken through the entire data science process: from statistical basic principles and model selection to building machine learning models in R and Azure Machine Learning. In addition, attention is paid to operationalising models, so that analytics does not remain merely experimental, but actually adds value in production environments.

Learning goals
  • Understanding what data science is and how it differs from traditional BI
  • Gaining insight into the data science process and associated workflows
  • Acquiring basic knowledge of statistics and interpreting data
  • Getting acquainted with machine learning concepts such as regression, classification and clustering
  • Learning how to build models with R and Azure Machine Learning
  • Understanding how to evaluate and improve models
  • Gaining insight into operationalising models
Level
Intermediate
Topics
Statistics R SQL Server Azure Machine Learning
Materials
Slides Demo scripts
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