Introduction to Data Science

Join the data revolution. Companies are searching for data scientists. This specialized field demands multiple skills not easy to obtain through conventional curricula. Introduce yourself to the basics of data science and leave armed with practical experience extracting value from big data.

Introduction (17 Jul 2014)

• Appetite Whetting Part 1
• Appetite Whetting Part 2
• Context
• Dimensions
• This Course Part 1
• This Course Part 2
• eScience
• Big Data
• Logistics
• Twitter Assignment: Getting Started

Relational Databases, Relational Algebra (25 Jul 2014)

• From Data Models to Databases
• Motivating Relational Algebra
• Relational Algebra Introduction
• Relational Algebra Details
  • Union, Diff, Select
  • Project, Cross Product, Equi-Join
  • Theta-Join
• SQL for Data Science
  • Interpreting Complicated SQL
  • User-Defined Functions
• Physical Optimization
• Declarative Languages
• Logical Data Independence