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MSDA 665 - Big Data Analytics for Business

In-depth study of the concepts, methods, and tools for Data Science and Big Data Analytics with the focus on business scenarios. This course is designed to introduce students to advanced analytics techniques that can be applied to big data sets. Topics include Python programming, principal component analysis (PCA), data imputation, web scraping, image processing, natural language processing (NLP), and mathematical optimization. All the topics are covered using Python on Google Colaboratory along with various Python libraries such as pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, BeautifulSoup, Keras, TensorFlow, and gurobipy.

Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MSDA 649 or consent of department. CRQ: MSDA 645X or consent of department.

Credits: 3