Course detail

Python Programming – Data Science

FSI-VPD Acad. year: 2021/2022 Summer semester

Students will use the Python programming language and its libraries to solve problems in the field of Data Science.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to use knowledge in practical areas of Data Science. The main goal of data specialists is to clean and analyze large data.

Prerequisites

Fundamental level of programming in course VP0 (Python programming).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Programming using examples from the field of Data Science.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The active participation and mastering the assigned task.

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

Understand the use of Python and its libraries (pandas, numpy, matplotlib, etc.) for Data Science. Advanced Python programming.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Education runs according to week schedules. Attendance at the seminars is required. The form of compensation of missed seminars is fully in the competence of a tutor.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-AIŘ-P: Applied Computer Science and Control, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 4 credits, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

P1: Overview of basic machine learning methods and applied statistics.
P2: Advanced machine learning methods. Combination of learning algorithms. Learning in multirelational data. Mining in graphs and sequences.
P3: Big data analytics. Machine learning theory Bias-variation tradeoff. Learning models. Data visualization.
P4: Search for frequent patterns and association rules: Apriori algorithm; alternatives; common patterns in multirelational data. Detection of remote points.
P5: Knowledge mining from selected data types: text mining, mining in temporal and spatio-temporal data, web mining, biological sciences and bioinformatics.

Computer-assisted exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

The project form reflects the content of the lectures (4 projects with defense, checkpoints).