WORKSHOP | Beginners Data Science for Python Developers. By Navya Prakash

Every day new data is created. New parts are made and shipped from factories, people continuously tweet, and companies grow and fluctuate causing major changes in the market. With the addition of more data comes the difficulty of being able to process that data. As humans, we can understand complex scenarios, but computers are much better at being able to analyze large datasets. In this workshop, you will get a glimpse into how we can teach machines to analyze complex scenarios at a much larger scale than we're able to. After you've cleaned and organized your data, you will have an opportunity to train and test machine learning models, and even publish your predictor online for others to explore.

You do not need any prior experience with data science to attend this workshop. You are likely someone who has ~1 year experience coding, preferrably in Python, but not a requirement. You are interested in learning how to use Python libraries to call machine learning models and make predictions on your data.

You should bring your own laptop (Windows or Mac) with an Internet browser. You will be using Azure Notebooks, a cloud-based Jupyter Notebooks instance, and Azure Machine Learning Studio. All you will need is a Microsoft Account, which only requires an email address and for which you can sign up for at the event.

** A LAPTOP IS REQUIRED FOR THIS WORKSHOP **

About your speaker:

Navya has over a decade of experience working in the tech industry at companies including Dell-EMC, Microsoft, and Amazon, combined with a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California. She is passionate about education technology, providing tech literacy opportunities to underserved communities, and increasing diversity within the tech industry - especially in regards to women in tech. In her current role with the technology education company Coding Dojo, Navya has trained more than 250 students in Python, C# and MEAN, and looks forward to continuing to influence and mentor the next generation of self sufficient developers.

Navya Prakash
Director of Instruction Operations
Coding Dojo

10am - 12pm: Introduction to Machine Learning Models and Linear Regression
12pm - 1pm: Lunch
1pm - 2pm: Using the Cloud for Machine Learning with Azure ML Studio
2pm - 2:15pm: Break
2:15pm - 3:45pm: Machine Learning Capstone Project
3:45pm - 4:00pm: Wrap Up