Introduction to Data Science (grads)

The course enables participants to navigate the core themes in Data Science for Finance. overview of: Data and Analytics; Data Science Workflow; Ethics, Privacy and Risk – Tools and Methods: Scientific Method, Statistics and Machine Learning; Programming vs Non-Programming; Advanced Analytics Examples – Case Studies in Finance

Suitability

Not intended to be a technical course — broad audience assumed with/without prior statistical knowledge

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, participants will be able to discuss the growth of data and data-driven methodologies and its application to business decision-making in general and the financial services world in particular.

Course Content

• Why has data science become such a hot topic?
• Case studies: Data science in business (and finance in particular)
• What kind of data is used?
• What do data scientists (actually) do all day?
• Overview of some example modelling methods, including interactive examples
o Comparing statistical approaches versus machine learning approaches
o What about us? AI and machine learning vs humans in finance
• The role of data science in our organisation
o Are we all data scientists now?
o Prototyping vs the end product
o Communication and compliance

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We are thought leaders in instructional and learning journey design and holistic solution architects. We have extensive finance and investments experience combined with skills application to deliver performance improving results. We develop immersive learning environments that maximize time to productivity, support talent retention and added value to improving quality of hires.

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We are focused on mining the embedded organisational intellectual capital for the benefit of the next generation. We create and curate best in class practice gathered from our experience with the leading financial institutions. We design our programmes with the end in mind – what results are you trying to achieve with this intervention? What metrics will we set ourselves to achieve that?

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