Intro to Kaggle: XG Boost! with Kaggle's Dr. Rachel Tatman

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Dr. Rachael Tatman from Seattle is going to give an introduction to Kaggle and a beginner-friendly workshop on XG Boost algorithm

What is needed for workshop: just your laptop

It is not required but would be helpful to do in advance:

1. Set up your Kaggle account (https://www.kaggle.com/account/login)
2. if you are not familiar with R, work through "Getting staRted in R: First Steps" https://www.kaggle.com/rtatman/getting-started-in-r-first-steps/ About Rachael

Dr. Rachael Tatman has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Washington. She studies computational sociolinguistics, or how our social identity affects the way we use language in computational contexts. She is currently a Data Preparation Analyst at Kaggle, where she's working to increase the breadth & depth of the data available on their public data platform.

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• What to bring
Please bring your laptops, but no need to install anything in advance.

• Important to know
workshop, study group, code of conduct