Machine Learning for Data Science and Analytics

Machine Learning for Data Science and Analytics

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Syllabus

  • What machine learning is and how it is related to statistics and data analysis
  • How machine learning uses computer algorithms to search for patterns in data
  • How to use data patterns to make decisions and predictions with real-world examples from healthcare involving genomics and preterm birth
  • How to uncover hidden themes in large collections of documents using topic modeling
  • How to prepare data, deal with missing data and create custom data analysis solutions for different industries
  • Basic and frequently used algorithmic techniques including sorting, searching, greedy algorithms and dynamic programming

Prerequisite

  • High school math
  • Some exposure to computer programming

Instructors

Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi
Department of Computer Science
Columbia University

Cliff Stein
Professor of IEOR and of Computer Science
Columbia University

David Blei
Professor of Computer Science and Statistics
Columbia University

Itsik Peer
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Columbia University

Mihalis Yannakakis
Professor of Computer Science
Columbia University

Peter Orbanz
Assistant Professor of Statistics
Columbia University

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Columbia University is a private university located in Morningside Heights, in the north-western part of the borough of Manhattan, in New York (United States). Its origins lie in King's College, founded in 1754 by King George II of Great Britain. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States and is part of the Ivy League group of eight of the country's oldest, most famous, most prestigious and most elitist universities.

Columbia is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in the world. The admission rate was 5.1% in 2019, comparable to Harvard and Stanford. Ranked first in the United States for research, it is sixth in the world (fourth in the United States) in the CUWR ranking of the world's top 1,000 universities and eighth in the Shanghai University Rankings.

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