- Applied Data Science

Catalog description

An introduction to Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD), also known as Machine Learning. Students will gain hands-on experience with a variety of concepts and tools associated with the field of KDD. Students will also study and apply KDD processes, tools, and techniques, working with small and large data sets representing various business domains and problem types. The class will cover topics such as common database interactions (relational, document, and graph databases), data set creation, data quality analysis, dimension reduction, variance and bias in data, classifier types, and model assessment approaches.