MINE 272 Applied Data Science Units: 4.50
This course presents a comprehensive overview of the key elements of data science for engineers. Topics include data cleaning, organization and manipulation, data collection, visualization and noise filtering. Data analysis techniques including regression, decision trees, feature selection, clustering and classification are covered. Emphasis is on spatial analysis and visualization, as well as the analysis of time series. An introduction to advanced topics such as deep learning, big data management and analysis is provided. The focus is on the practical application of data science in the engineering context to make predictions and decisions based on the statistical inference of data.
(Lec: 3, Lab: 1.5, Tut: 0)
(Lec: 3, Lab: 1.5, Tut: 0)
Requirements: Prerequisites: APSC 142 or APSC 143 or CISC 101 or MNTC 313, and CHEE 209 or STAT 263 or MECH 203 or MTHE 224 or ENPH 253 or permission of the department
Corequisites:
Exclusions: CISC 251, CMPE 251
Offering Term: W
CEAB Units:
Mathematics 0
Natural Sciences 0
Complementary Studies 0
Engineering Science 54
Engineering Design 0
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Perform data management and visualization in a programming environment.
- Obtain data from various resources.
- Analyze data using data analysis techniques to be able to make decisions and predictions.
- Detect outliers and filter data.
- Simulate future events based on historic data while incorporating randomness.