Description: Seminar, one hour. Exploration of how rapidly emerging field of data science will fundamentally revolutionize mechanisms and strategies through which wide array of industries operate. Examination of how big data can impact campaign strategies of politicians, diagnose and treat disease, determine tactics of sports franchises, drive business strategy, and help develop automated technologies and machines. Introduction to means by which data science is conducted, such as Python programming language, statistical techniques, and algorithms. Consideration of compelling prospect of data science field, machine learning, which enables computers to learn and develop independent of human input. P/NP grading. Facilitated by Conner Hennen, with Vivian Lew as faculty mentor.

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