Women Who Code - 3rd Edition : Data Science With R

We are back with the 3rd edition of Women Who Code, Bangalore! This time, Suchana Seth, a Data Science evangelist and a Senior Analytics Consultant, is going to teach us how to get our hands dirty working on data with R Programming Language. Here's the agenda for the workshop:

This workshop will be a hands-on introduction to data science with R. We sill explore real-world data-sets, visualize data, and build models. We will take a look at best practices and discuss a career in data science. The following areas will be covered -

> What Is Data Science?

> Getting Started with R

> Data Munging with R

• getting data into R
• cleaning & prepping data

> Exploratory Data Analysis

• data visualization 101
• generating insights

> Machine Learning 101

• dimensionality reduction
• feature engineering
• classification
• clustering
• accuracy metrics

> Beyond The Basics

• learning resources
• data science careers

Prerequisites:
> Basic knowledge of probability and statistics.
> Passion for learning.

So mark your calendars. See you ladies on Dec 20th at ThoughtWorks, Bangalore.

Who should attend?

1. If you identify yourself to be female
2. If you like to code and want to learn the latest technologies.
3. If you are willing to spend 3-4 hours on a Saturday.
4. If you want an opportunity to network to the awesome women tech community and contribute in any way possible.

Logistics:
Bring a laptop and charger.

Disclaimer: This event is ONLY open to people who identify as women.

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Thanks!