Schedule


Technology Fundamentals for Business Analytics

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Class Date Topic Notes
1 8/31 The Rise of Analytics and the Tools of the Data Scientist - Lab Start of Classes
  9/7 No Classes - Labor Day - Lab  
2 9/14 Data Types and Structures - Lab Add Deadline; Lab 1 due before class
3 9/21 Accessing and Processing Data - Lab Lab 2 Due (Blackboard)
4 9/28 Linking and Aggregating Data - Lab Lab 3 Due (Blackboard)
5 10/5 Missing Data and Introduction to Feature Creation - Lab Lab 4 Due (Blackboard)
6 10/13 Introduction to Modeling - Lab Columbus Day/Class Tuesday Rather than Monday
7 10/19 Introduction to Modeling II - Lab Kaggle 1 Assignment Due 10/23; 10/23 is Drop Deadline
8 10/26 Midterm & Kaggle Project Presentations - Lab  
9 11/2 Introduction to Visualization - Lab Guest Speaker Dave Geoghegan from Channel Eyes
10 11/9 Introduction to Text Mining - Lab  
11 11/16 Model Evaluation & Visualization Continued - Lab  
12 11/23 Intro to Big Data and Case Study - Lab  
13 11/30 Intro to Spark and Case Study - Lab Kaggle 2 Assignment Due 12/1 11:59 PM
14 12/7 Final Exam - Lab