Data Science with Python
Time and Location
Thursday, Sept 7, 2023 at 9:00am - 3:00pm EDT
Agenda
Data Science with Python Part 1: Working with Pandas
Pandas is the workhorse for manipulating, analyzing, tweaking, and visualizing data. Get started by learning the basics: Loading data, tweaking data, and aggregating data.
Data Science with Python Part 2: From trees to XGBoost
You may have heard that XGBoost is all you need. This tutorial will give you an overview of tree-based models. You will learn about their benefits, weaknesses, and how to leverage them. We will explore trees, random forests, and XGBoost.
What you need
A desire to practice data science with Python. You should have a machine that can run Python.
See here for details on installing Python on your machine. [0]
Alternatively, you may work from Google Colab (but will need a Google account).