EIT Digital
Data Science for Business Innovation
EIT Digital

Data Science for Business Innovation

Taught in English

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

Marco Brambilla
Emanuele Della Valle

Instructors: Marco Brambilla

4.3

(257 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
7 hours to complete
3 weeks at 2 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • What is data science

  • How data science, machine learning, and data-driven innovation can benefit business outcomes

  • Foundational concepts and intuitions about machine learning techniques

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There are 4 modules in this course

This module introduces the course and offers some basic overview of the topics. It presents the crucial concepts related to data science and big data and provides an outlook on how to use them in real world settings for increasing business value.

What's included

3 videos2 readings2 quizzes

In this module, you will learn the foundational concepts of machine learning and data science. You will understand how these techniques can be useful in terms of increased business value for organizations, thanks to the discussion of a very well known success story, namely Netflix, which can be deemed as a completely data-driven business. You will also understand how machine learning is different from programming.

What's included

3 videos3 readings3 quizzes

In this module, you will learn the concepts and intuitions about the basic approaches for data analysis, including linear regression, naive Bayes, decision trees, clustering, and logistic regression. All the methods are presented starting from typical business uses and are covered in an intuitive way through a guided explanation of how the approach works on simple examples.

What's included

5 videos5 readings5 quizzes

This module summarizes the concepts learned so far and introduces a set of challenges and risks that data-savvy managers must take into account when deciding for a data-driven strategy.

What's included

2 videos1 reading1 quiz

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4.4 (83 ratings)
Marco Brambilla
EIT Digital
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