NOTE: Please register via the form below by April 25th to be considered. Thank you!
Form for registration: https://www.thisismetis.com/events/odab-registration-nyc
Back by popular demand, Metis NYC will be hosting One Day at Bootcamp to give you a chance to see what the experience is really like!
Youll receive free, interactive training in Python, focusing on Pandas & SciKit Learn from Metis Senior Data Scientist, Vinny Senguttuvan.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The curriculum is designed for those familiar with Python data structures, loops, functions, & other common programming requirements.
Please register via the form only if you plan to attend - seats are limited & in high demand.
Required prerequisites:
Familiarity with beginner Python
Computer with Anaconda installed
Schedule:
-10:00 - 10:30 - Setup & Orientation
- 10:30 - 11:00 - Intro to Machine Learning
- 11:00 - 12:00 - Intro to Pandas
- 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch*
- 1:00 - 1:20 - Intro to Regression
- 1:20 - 3:00 - Predicting House Prices with Regression
*Lunch is not provided & it is recommended to bring your lunch
After a brief introduction to the concepts of machine learning, we'll dive into a hands-on session with Pandas to wrangle data.
After lunch, we'll reconvene & focus on the basic theory of linear regression & how to apply it in a practical way. We'll use a dataset about house prices in Iowa to learn to make useful predictions.
About the Metis Instructor:
Vinny views data as a facet of perception.
Vinny comes to Metis after leading a team of Data Scientists at High 5 Games. Prior to that he taught Machine Learning at General Assembly & built tools for Animators & Effects Artists at Blue Sky Studios (the company that made Ice Age, Rio & The Peanuts Movie). He has a Masters in Computational Engineering & another in Creative Writing. He enjoys the nexus of mathematics, computer programming, human perception & arts. Over the past three years, Vinny has been knee-deep in large distributed data -- aggregating, building recommendation systems, measuring popularity & predicting Lifetime Value. In that time, he also finished a first draft of his novel. An avid programmer, Vinny has won various programming contests including the Regional ACM Collegiate Programming Contest. He has taught at the University of Miami & has given talks & presentations at various colleges & conferences.
About Metis
Metis (thisismetis.com) accelerates careers in data science by providing full-time immersive bootcamps, evening part-time professional development courses, online resources, & corporate programs based in Seattle, New York, Chicago, & San Francisco.
Brought to you by Kaplan, Metis focuses primarily on Python, machine learning, data visualization, deep learning, big data processing, statistical foundations, & more. Students & alumni of the bootcamp program receive continuous support from our career advisors, empowering them to pursue a successful career in the fast-growing field of data science.
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