In this structured series of hands-on guided projects, we will master the fundamentals of data analysis and manipulation with Pandas and Python. Pandas is a super powerful, fast, flexible and easy to use open-source data analysis and manipulation tool. This guided project is the third of a series of multiple guided projects (learning path) that is designed for anyone who wants … [Read more...] about Mastering Data Analysis with Pandas: Learning Path Part 3
Data Science
Exploring NCAA Data with BigQuery
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. Use BigQuery to explore the NCAA dataset of basketball games, teams, and players. The data covers plays from 2009 and scores from 1996. Watch How the NCAA is using Google Cloud to tap into decades of sports data. … [Read more...] about Exploring NCAA Data with BigQuery
Using ggplot
In this project, you will learn about using ggplot, specifically ggplot2 (the latest version of ggplot). This program is a plotting package for the programming language R. R is a computer programming language, and it is also an open-source software often used among data scientists, statisticians, and data miners in their everyday work with data sets. The gg in ggplot2 means … [Read more...] about Using ggplot
Tracking Objects in Video with Particle Filters
In this one hour long project-based course, you will tackle a real-world computer vision problem. We will be locating and tracking a target in a video shot with a digital camera. We will encounter some of the classic challenges that make computer vision difficult: noisy sensor data, objects that change shape, and occlusion (object hidden from view). We will tackle these … [Read more...] about Tracking Objects in Video with Particle Filters
Investment Risk Management
By the end of the project, you will learn how to quantify risk-to-reward using Treynor Ratio, and calculate the value at risk for investment portfolio. ATTENTION: To take this course, it is required that you are familiar basic financial risk management concepts. You can gain them by taking the guided project Compare Stock Returns with Google Sheets. Note: This course works … [Read more...] about Investment Risk Management