{"id":4841,"date":"2017-12-14T15:46:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T23:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/paul\/?p=4841"},"modified":"2017-12-14T15:46:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T23:46:49","slug":"new-class-practical-machine-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/new-class-practical-machine-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"New class: Practical Machine Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019ve added\u00a0a\u00a0third brand-new class to our Spring line-up in\u00a0Chicago:\u00a0<em>Immersion Event on Practical Machine Learning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s a combination 2-day class plus 3-day class, taught by industry expert Rafal Lukawiecki, presented on May 7-8 and 9-11, 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This course has two parts. You start with the 2-day\u00a0<em>Part 1: Introduction to Machine Learning, AI &amp; Data Science with Azure ML and SQL Server<\/em>\u00a0followed by the 3-day\u00a0<em>Part 2: Intermediate Machine Learning in R on SQL Server and Microsoft ML Server.<\/em>\u00a0The first part introduces the most important concepts and tools, while the second part teaches you R and how to use it for machine learning on the Microsoft platform.<\/p>\n<p>Target Audience<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Part 1:<\/em>\u00a0Analysts, budding data scientists, database and BI developers, programmers, power users, DBAs, predictive modelers, forecasters, consultants.<\/li>\n<li><em>Part 2:<\/em>\u00a0Data scientists and attendees of Part 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;ve attended a prior course on Machine Learning, like Rafal&#8217;s week-long class\u00a0<em>Practical Data Science<\/em>\u00a0that was offered in 2015\u20132017, and if you&#8217;re versed in model validity, accuracy, and reliability, consider attending\u00a0<em>Part 2<\/em>\u00a0only. Ask yourself these questions: can I explain the difference between\u00a0<em>cross-validation<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>hold-out<\/em>\u00a0testing, do I know which business metrics correspond to\u00a0<em>precision<\/em>\u00a0and which to\u00a0<em>recall<\/em>, is model\u00a0<em>accuracy<\/em>\u00a0more important than\u00a0<em>reliability<\/em>, and how does a\u00a0<em>boosted decision tree<\/em>\u00a0work. If in doubt, please attend\u00a0<em>both<\/em>\u00a0Parts 1 and 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The modules are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Part 1: Introduction to Machine Learning, AI &amp; Data Science with Azure ML and SQL Server\u00a0<em>(Mon-Tue)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Machine Learning Fundamentals<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Algorithms<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Data<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Process of Data Science<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Introduction to Model Building<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Introduction to Model Validation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Part 2: Intermediate Machine Learning in R on SQL Server and Microsoft ML Server\u00a0<em>(Wed-Fri)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Working with R<\/li>\n<li>Data Preparation in R<\/li>\n<li>Plots and Visualizations in R<\/li>\n<li>Clustering, Segmentation, Anomaly Detection<\/li>\n<li>Classification<\/li>\n<li>Classifier Validation<\/li>\n<li>Regressions<\/li>\n<li>Regression Validation<\/li>\n<li>Deployment to Production<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read a more detailed curriculum\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/sql-server-training\/iepml\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0and all the class registration and logistical details are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/sql-server-training\/chicago-iepml-20180507\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve added\u00a0a\u00a0third brand-new class to our Spring line-up in\u00a0Chicago:\u00a0Immersion Event on Practical Machine Learning. 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