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Questions tagged [education]

education tag is used for data science programs including university programs and professional certificates.

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What do you think of Data Science certifications?

I've now seen two data science certification programs - the John Hopkins one available at Coursera and the Cloudera one. I'm sure there are others out there. The John Hopkins set of classes is focused on R as a toolset, but covers a range of…
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Starting my career as Data Scientist, is Software Engineering experience required?

I am an MSc student at the University of Edinburgh, specialized in machine learning and natural language processing. I had some practical courses focused on data mining, and others dealing with machine learning, bayesian statistics and graphical…
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Data science without knowledge of a specific topic, is it worth pursuing as a career?

I had a conversation with someone recently and mentioned my interest in data analysis and who I intended to learn the necessary skills and tools. They suggested to me that while it is great to learn the tools and build the skills there is little…
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Data Science oriented dataset/research question for Statistics MSc thesis

I'd like to explore 'data science'. The term seems a little vague to me, but I expect it to require: machine learning (rather than traditional statistics); a large enough dataset that you have to run analyses on clusters. What are some good…
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Online machine learning tutorial

Does anyone know some good tutorials on online machine learning technics? I.e. how it can be used in real-time environments, what are key differences compared to normal machine learning methods etc. UPD: Thank you everyone for answers, by "online" I…
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Qualifications for PhD Programs

Yann LeCun mentioned in his AMA that he considers having a PhD very important in order to get a job at a top company. I have a masters in statistics and my undergrad was in economics and applied math, but I am now looking into ML PhD programs. Most…
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Some suggestion for career in data science or predictive modeling

I am looking to choose my career in the area of decision science or predictive modeling and I am aware that this is kind of opinion based but I would like to have some suggestion from experts that I can use it to build my career in correct path.…
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What undergraduate degree should I take to get into data science?

I'm going to do an undergraduate degree next year. Data Science major is there but I was wondering if a statistics major with a minor in data science would be more valuable? Which degree would be more in demand? I am also planning on doing as many…
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Is Data Science just a trend or is a long term concept?

I see a lot of courses in Data Science emerging in the last 2 years. Even big universities like Stanford and Columbia offers MS specifically in Data Science. But as long as I see, it looks like data science is just a mix of computer science and…
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What are good sources to learn about Bootstrap?

I think that Bootstrap can be useful in my work, where we have a lot a variables that we don't know the distribution of it. So, simulations could help. What are good sources to learn about Bootstrap/other useful simulation methods?
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What's the difference between data products and intelligent systems?

Basically, both are software systems that are based on data and algorithms.
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What open-source books (or other materials) provide a relatively thorough overview of data science?

As a researcher and instructor, I'm looking for open-source books (or similar materials) that provide a relatively thorough overview of data science from an applied perspective. To be clear, I'm especially interested in a thorough overview that…
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Can you recommend a machine learning challenge that is suitable for novices?

I am looking for a challenge that is suitable for a group of novices who want to learn the basics of data science and machine learning. The challenge should match the following criteria: is based on a real application or is at least realistic has a…
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Help on designing data science curriculum from "traditional" offerings

So I'm hoping to ask professionals for their advice here. My university doesn't offer a "data science" major and I'm cobbling one together from different departments. So far I have a math major with stat emphasis but I'm having trouble finding…
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Establishing data science programs as an independent discipline

What are the benefits of establishing data science programs as an independent discipline rather than creating data scientists in different fields? (for students, universities and the society as a whole) I am authoring a book on data science and I…
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