Tag: Education
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Big Data Education
I recently read, Big Data Education: 3 Steps Universities must take Here are the 3 steps listed: Data Science cannot be an undergraduate degree A graduate degree should contain math, stats and computer science Research Step 2 seems obvious. Math, stats, and computer science are some of the key areas for data science. I would…
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Data Science: It’s Not All About Business
Recently, a great comment was posted on the list of Colleges With Data Science Degrees. Currently, many of the data science related college programs are being built in the Business Department. While it is great that colleges are starting to build data science programs, data science is so much bigger than just business. This was…
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Machine Learning from CalTech
Once again, California Institute of Technology will be broadcasting Learning From Data online. This is an introductory course on machine learning. All of the videos are broadcast live, and online homework and discussion forums are available. I have not participated in the course, so I would love some comments about how this class compares with…
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Coursera Adds 17 New Universities
Just Announced, Coursera adds 17 new universities. Those universities include Columbia and Brown, as well as a few international universities. A few notable courses for data science are: a new machine learning course from the University of Washington, Linear Algebra from Brown, and Natural Language Processing by Michael Collins from Columbia. See the following pages…
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Columbia University Data Science Course
I just recently (yesterday) found out that Columbia University is offering a Data Science course. Dr. Rachel Schutt of the Department of Statistics is teaching the course. She is also blogging some of the course material. Sorry, I could not find any video lectures. However, Cathy O’Neil is sitting in on the course and will…
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Two More Coursera Courses Start Today
Coursera has so many courses, it is difficult to keep track. New ones are starting all the time. Here are 2 more that will be beneficial to people interested in learning more about data science. Statistics One – Technically, it started yesterday, but you will not miss out on much if you start today. If…
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BigData and College
This infographic is somewhat related to the previous infographic I posted. The first paragraph under point #1 is worth noting. Schools now have the ability to collect massive amounts of data; they just need to analyze it to acquire useful information. Presented By: OnlineDegrees.org
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Gamification, Education, and BigData
This is a nice infographic about gamification in education. I am curious to watch how gamification plays a role in the online education scene at places like Udacity and Coursera. I think gamification is going to lead to many new and interesting problems in bigdata. Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
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U of Washington Data Science Information Session Today
A virtual information session about the Data Science Certificate Program at the University of Washington is today. If you are interested in the program, it is probably worth your time to attend.
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Two Relevant Coursera Courses Starting Today
Web Intelligence and Big Data – Artificial Intelligence, NoSQL, map-reduce!! Oh My! I think this course will have some really good information. Gamification – From the first glance, this course may not directly relate to data science. However, gamification can lead to better user engagement which can lead to tons more data for prediction. I…
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Scalable Machine Learning Course
During the Spring 2012, Alex Smola taught a course at Berkeley on Scalable Machine Learning. Alex is an Adjunct Professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a Visiting Scientist at Google. Alex was kind enough to put all the course materials on the internet. That includes papers, slides, links, and video lectures. Like…
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“Why Online Education Won’t Replace College — Yet” I Disagree And Here Is Why
Recently, I read an article titled, Why Online Education Won’t Replace College–Yet. The article is most likely a response the recent success of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) such as those offered by Udacity and Coursera. The author, David Youngberg an Assistant Professor of Economics, presents 5 reasons why online education won’t replace college. I…