ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Data is getting created at a rapid pace. It is estimated that more than 2 quintillion bytes of
data have been created each day in the last two years. As organizations experience an
overflow of data, they are sparing no effort to extract meaningful insights to make smarter
business decisions. In order to help you unravel the true worth of data, MIT Professional
Education offers Applied Data Science Program: Leveraging AI for Effective Decision-Making.
In this program that lasts for 12 weeks, you will be able to upgrade your data analytics
skills by learning the theory and practical application of supervised and unsupervised
learning, time-series analysis, neural networks, recommendation engines, regression, and
computer vision, to name a few. Moreover, the program offers a focus on AI and ML-based
projects and case studies, providing you with real-world applications and experiences in
utilizing AI for data-driven decision-making.
Upon successful fulfillment of requirements, you will receive a Certificate of
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
Learn from award-winning MIT faculty via live
virtual sessions from the convenience of
your home.
Fuel your career transition with 1-on-1 career
sessions, resume and LinkedIn review, and
an e-portfolio with multiple hands-on projects
and a 3-week capstone project.
Receive a Certificate of Completion from MIT
Professional Education.
Benefit from live mentorship from industry
experts on the applications of concepts taught
by faculty.
Earn 16.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
on successful completion of the program.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
This is a 12-week program
2 weeks Foundational courses on Python and Statistical Science.
6 weeks Core curriculum including practical applications. Involves 58 hours
of live virtual sessions by MIT faculty and industry experts, with
hands-on practical applications and problem solving.
1 week Project submissions.
3 weeks Final, integrative capstone project.
Self-Paced 2 modules on ChatGPT and Generative AI.
Please note:
Recordings of the live virtual sessions will be available,
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WHO IS THIS
PROGRAM FOR?
Professionals who are interested
in a career in Data Science and
Machine Learning.
Professionals interested in leading
Data Science and Machine Learning
initiatives at their companies.
Entrepreneurs interested in
innovation using Data Science
and Machine Learning.
AFTER THIS COURSE
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
Understand the intricacies of Understand the theory behind
Data Science techniques and recommendation systems and explore
their applications to real-world their applications to multiple
problems. industries and business contexts.
Learn how various Machine Learning Explore the realms of Machine Learning,
techniques can be used to solve Deep Learning, and Neural Networks,
complex problems and make and how they can be applied to areas
data-driven business decisions. like Computer Vision.
Develop a strong understanding Build an industry-ready portfolio of
of how Python is used to apply projects to demonstrate your ability
Data Science. to extract business insights from data.
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PRO GRA M C URRIC UL U M
The program is 12 weeks long:
2 weeks for foundations
6 weeks of core curriculum, including practical applications
1 week for project submissions
3 weeks for a final, integrative capstone project
2 self-paced modules on ChatGPT and Generative AI
Module 1 Week 1 & 2
Foundations for Data Science
Python Foundations - Libraries: Pandas, NumPy, Arrays and Matrix handling,
Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
Statistics Foundations: Basic/Descriptive Statistics, Distributions (Binomial,
Poisson, etc.), Bayes, Inferential Statistics
Module 2 Week 3
Data Analysis & Visualization
Exploratory Data Analysis, Visualization (PCA and t-SNE) for visualization and
batch correction
Introduction to Unsupervised Learning: Clustering includes - Hierarchical, K-Means,
DBSCAN, Gaussian Mixture
Networks: Examples (data as network versus network to represent dependence
among variables), determine important nodes and edges in a network,
clustering in a network
Module 3 Week 4
Machine Learning
Introduction to Model Evaluation- Introduction to
Supervised Learning Cross Validation and Supervised Learning-
-Regression Bootstrapping Classification
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Learning Break Week 5
Module 4 Week 6
Practical Data Science
Decision Trees Random Forest Time Series (Introduction)
Module 5 Week 7
Deep Learning
Intro to Convolutional Transformers
Neural Networks Neural Networks
Module 6 Week 8
Recommendation Systems
Intro to Recommendation Systems
Matrix
Tensor, NN for Recommendation Systems
Learning Break Week 9
Time for participants to finish and submit their projects
Module 7 Week 10-12
Capstone Project
Week 10: Week 11: Week 12:
Milestone Submission Final Submission Synthesis + Presentation
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Self-Paced Modules with an Optional Masterclass
Demystifying ChatGPT ChatGPT:
and it's Applications The Development Stack
Overview of ChatGPT and OpenAI Mathematical Fundamentals for Generative AI
Implications for Work, Business and Education Transformer Models: Generative AI for Natural Language
Prompt Engineering for Fine-Tuning Outputs Hands-On ChatGPT Prototype Creation
Great Learning Hackathon (Optional) Week 13-14
Hackathons allow you to collaborate with a variety of working professionals and
learn from each other’s achievements and failures. During the 3-day hackathon,
you will be working as a team to code a data science-backed solution to a problem
statement with an aim to maximize its on a certain evaluation metric
Benefits:
Get the chance to work as a part of a team
Gain access to a live leaderboard to view your ranking
Display your problem-solving capabilities
Earn a certificate of achievement from Great Learning
Sample Hands-on Projects
Healthcare Real Estate
Malaria Detection AI-Powered Boston House Price Prediction
Detect whether Red Blood Cells (RBCs) Predicting house prices in the Boston metropolitan
are infected with malaria using area based on features of the property and its
Image Classification Techniques locality using Regression techniques
Concepts Used: Concepts Used:
Image Classification, Linear Regression, Logistic Regression,
Convolutional Neural Networks and K-Nearest Neighbors
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