Tag: college
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Free Data Science University Course Notes
University can be a great way to learn data science. However, many universities are very expensive, difficult to get admitted, or not geographically feasible. Luckily, a few of them are willing to share data science, machine learning and deep learning materials online for everyone. Here is just I small list I have come across lately.…
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Help for Academic Programs in Data Science
Brandon Rohrer (along with others) created an excellent resource for academic programs, Industry recommendations for academic data science programs. The resource is authored by a number of industry data scientists and university faculty. It is collection of useful information for college data science programs. Here are some of the topics: What do Industry data scientists do? What…
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How to stand out as a fresh graduate looking for a data science job?
As a college or university student, it can be difficult to stand out when looking for your first data science job. Here is a suggestion. Build a project you can share with prospective employers. If you like this video, subscribe to the YouTube channel, Ryan Swanstrom, for more videos like this.
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Tips for Data Science Students – FB Live
Awhile ago, I recorded a Facebook Live on Tips for Data Science Students. It goes along with the following post: Getting the most from your Data Science Masters Program.
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NBA Basketball Analytics Hackathon
The National Basketball Association is hosting an Analytics Hackathon. Application are accepted until August 6, 2017 and the actual competition occurs on September 23-24, 2017. The competition has 2 focus areas: Basketball Analytics Business Analytics The prizes for winning consist of: Lunch with NBA Commissioner A trip to the All-Star Game Tickets to a game…
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Valparaiso University is Turning Homework into Social Change
Recently, I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Karl Schmitt from Valparaiso University. He is the director of the Data Science undergraduate program at Valparaiso University. We had a very nice discussion, and I thought I would pass along my summary. What are the Details of the Valparaiso Undergraduate Program? The program is housed…
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Georgia Tech Masters in Analytics for Less than $10k
Georgia Tech University just announced a new online master’s degree in Analytics. Georgia Tech Creates First Online Master of Science in Analytics Degree for Less Than $10,000 The degree will begin in August 2017 and will be fully online. It will offer 3 tracks: Big Data Analytical Tools Business Analytics (coming at a later date)
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Data Science College Programs Across the Globe [Interactive Map]
Continuing this weeks theme on data science colleges, the nice folks at Silk.co created an interactive map of the Data Science University Programs across the globe. Click the map to view the interactive visualization. Where are the Programs? Based upon the visualization, it is easy to see most of the programs are in the United…
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Data Science Colleges by US State
Creating the Awesome Data Science Colleges List has opened the data for some analysis. The above chart shows the states with the most data science programs based upon the total number of colleges in the state (dark red is best, followed by orange, followed by yellow, and finally black is for states with no data…
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Awesome Data Science Colleges List
I recently compiled a huge list of colleges and universities with data science-related degree programs. The compiled list is available on Github as Awesome Data Science Colleges. I encourage you to contribute to the list if you know of missing programs.
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3 Questions When Choosing a Data Science Program
I was honored to write a guest blog post for Master’s in Data Science. The site contains a very detailed list of graduate programs in data science. The post I authored is title: 3 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Data Science Program Not to ruin the post, but the 3 questions are: What is…
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List of Over 200 Data Science College Programs
My previous list of Colleges with Data Science Degrees has grown very large, and numerous people have requested the ability to sort and/or filter. Thus, I built a new list. It is available at: Data Science Colleges. As far as I know, this is the most comprehensive list of data science programs available. Here are…