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Mandatory Courses<\/strong><\/td>\nContents<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numerical Linear Algebra<\/td>\n\n
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  • Standard Problems of Numerical Linear Algebra. General Techniques. Vector and Matrix Norms.<\/li>\n
  • Perturbation Theory. Gaussian Elimination.<\/li>\n
  • Error Analysis in Gaussian Elimination.<\/li>\n
  • Special Linear Systems.<\/li>\n
  • Linear Least Squares Problems. Normal Equations. QR Decomposition.<\/li>\n
  • Orthogonal Matrices. Householder Transformations. Givens rotations. Singular Value Decomposition.<\/li>\n
  • Principal Components Analysis.<\/li>\n
  • Google’s PageRank algorithm.<\/li>\n
  • Algorithms for the Nonsymmetric Eigenproblem. Power Method.<\/li>\n
  • Canonical Forms. Computing Eigenvectors from the Schur Form. Inverse Iteration. Orthogonal Iteration.<\/li>\n
  • Iterative Methods for Linear Systems. Basic Iterative Methods. Jacobi’s Method. Gauss Seidel Method. Successive Overrelaxation. Convergence of Jacobi’s, Gauss-Seidel, and SOR(w) methods on the Model Problem. Detailed Convergence Criteria for Jacobi’s, Gauss Seidel, and SOR(w) Methods.<\/li>\n
  • Algorithms for the Singular Value Decomposition. Tridiagonal and Bidiagonal Reduction. QR Iteration and Its Variations for the Bidiagonal SVD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Optimization<\/td>\n\n
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  • Optimization. First examples and background<\/li>\n
  • Unconstrained and constrained optimization with equalities. Optimality conditions<\/li>\n
  • Gradient methods for unconstrained optimization<\/li>\n
  • Alternating directions methods<\/li>\n
  • Constrained optimization<\/li>\n
  • Convexity<\/li>\n
  • Duality<\/li>\n
  • Subgradient methods<\/li>\n
  • Stochastic methods: Genetic algorithms<\/li>\n
  • Stochastic optimization methods<\/li>\n
  • Penalty methods for constrained optimization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bayesian Statistics and Probabilistic Programming.<\/td>\n\n
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  • Probability<\/li>\n
  • Random variables<\/li>\n
  • Simulation<\/li>\n
  • The Bayesian paradigm<\/li>\n
  • Markov chains<\/li>\n
  • Bayesian binomial model<\/li>\n
  • More conjugate models<\/li>\n
  • Monte-Carlo methods<\/li>\n
  • Prior distributions<\/li>\n
  • MCMC with a continuous state space<\/li>\n
  • Gibbs sampling<\/li>\n
  • Programming Bayesian simulations<\/li>\n
  • MCMC convergence diagnostics.<\/li>\n
  • Hamiltonian Monte Carlo<\/li>\n
  • Bayesian linear and generalized linear models.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Machine Learning<\/td>\n\n
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  • Introduction to Machine Learning<\/li>\n
  • About Data<\/li>\n
  • Performance measures<\/li>\n
  • Dissecting machine learning algorithms<\/li>\n
  • Feasibility of the learning process<\/li>\n
  • Introduction to overfitting<\/li>\n
  • Stochastic Subgradient Methods<\/li>\n
  • Regularization<\/li>\n
  • Uniform bounds<\/li>\n
  • Introduction Probabilistic Models<\/li>\n
  • Gaussian discrimination and PCA<\/li>\n
  • Gaussian processes<\/li>\n
  • Mixture Models<\/li>\n
  • Linear models<\/li>\n
  • Kernels<\/li>\n
  • Ensemble Learning<\/li>\n
  • Neural Networks<\/li>\n
  • Manifold learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agile Data Science<\/td>\n\n
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  • Introduction to Data Science<\/li>\n
  • Software Engineering & Agile<\/li>\n
  • Scrum<\/li>\n
  • User Stories<\/li>\n
  • Estimating & Planning<\/li>\n
  • Kanban<\/li>\n
  • GIT<\/li>\n
  • PANDAS<\/li>\n
  • Regular Expressions<\/li>\n
  • Web-Scraping<\/li>\n
  • NoSQL<\/li>\n
  • Data Analysis<\/li>\n
  • Data Visualization<\/li>\n
  • Software as a service<\/li>\n
  • Containers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Presentation and Data Visualization<\/td>\n\n
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  • Perception and Patterns<\/li>\n
  • Theory. Data and visualization models<\/li>\n
  • Creation of visualizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethical Data Science<\/span><\/td>\n\n
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  • Data\u00a0<\/span>science<\/span>\u00a0has the potential to be both beneficial and detrimental to individuals and\/or the wider public. To help minimise any adverse effects,\u00a0<\/span>data<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>scientists<\/span>\u00a0can seek to understand the potential impact of their work and consider any opportunities that may deliver benefits for the public. This course, focused on\u00a0<\/span>ethics<\/span>\u00a0specifically related to\u00a0<\/span>data<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>science<\/span>, will provide the student with the framework to analyze these concerns. This framework will include theoretical basis as well practical approaches to avoid or mitigate potential problems.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Master Project<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Optional Courses<\/strong><\/td>\nContents<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Data<\/td>\n\n
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  • Introduction to Big Data.<\/li>\n
  • Introduction to classical computing<\/li>\n
  • Evolution of Big Data<\/li>\n
  • Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure<\/li>\n
  • Introduction to Docker and Kubernetics<\/li>\n
  • Big Data Storage.<\/li>\n
  • Technologies of NoSQL Database and management systems<\/li>\n
  • Introduction to messaging systems<\/li>\n
  • Kaffka and Stream processing<\/li>\n
  • HDFS\/S3<\/li>\n
  • Introduction of distributed storage<\/li>\n
  • Advanced HDFS<\/li>\n
  • Introduction to S3 and basic data access<\/li>\n
  • Big Data Ingestion<\/li>\n
  • ETL Management<\/li>\n
  • Introduction to Distributed processing.<\/li>\n
  • Introduction to Spark<\/li>\n
  • Data Science Life cycle Managment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deep Learning<\/td>\n\n
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  • Introduction to Deep Learning and its applications.<\/li>\n
  • Automated differentiation & Backpropagation, Training a Neural Network from Scratch.<\/li>\n
  • Tensorflow programming model. Dense Neural Networks.<\/li>\n
  • Tensorflow ecosystem: Keras, tf-contribution.<\/li>\n
  • Recurrent Neural Netwoks.<\/li>\n
  • Embeddings.<\/li>\n
  • Convolutional Neural Networks.<\/li>\n
  • Convolutional Neural Networks for Large Scale Learning.<\/li>\n
  • Unsupervised Learning I.<\/li>\n
  • Unsupervised Learning II.<\/li>\n
  • Deep Reinforcement Learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Recommenders<\/td>\n\n
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  • Introduction to Recommender Systems<\/li>\n
  • Non-Personalized Recommenders<\/li>\n
  • Collaborative-Based Recommenders<\/li>\n
  • Dimensionality Reduction for Recommender Systems<\/li>\n
  • Content-Based Recommender Systems<\/li>\n
  • Item-Based Recommender Systems<\/li>\n
  • Evaluation of Recommender Systems<\/li>\n
  • Item-Item methods<\/li>\n
  • Graph Based Recommendations<\/li>\n
  • Deep Learning and Recommender Systems<\/li>\n
  • Context Aware Recommender Systems<\/li>\n
  • Current Practices in Industry and Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Probabilistic Graphical Models<\/td>\n\n
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  • Introduction tp PGM<\/li>\n
  • Markov networks.<\/li>\n
  • Bayesian networks.<\/li>\n
  • Template models<\/li>\n
  • Exact inference. (Variable elimination)<\/li>\n
  • Approximate inference. (Belief propagation \/ Sampling)<\/li>\n
  • Stan.<\/li>\n
  • Variational inference.<\/li>\n
  • Learning in PGM.<\/li>\n
  • PGM and Deep learning.<\/li>\n
  • Edward, Pyro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Business Analytics<\/td>\n\n
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  • What is Business Analytics?<\/li>\n
  • Impact of Business Analytics in a Company. General approach.<\/li>\n
  • Value Chain in a company.<\/li>\n
  • Canvas model as an alternative.<\/li>\n
  • New Value Chain: Impact of Business Analytics.<\/li>\n
  • Business Analytics impact in Marketing.<\/li>\n
  • Business Analytics impact in Human Resource Management and Organization Models.<\/li>\n
  • How to evaluate new opportunities.<\/li>\n
  • Impact of Business Analytics in different sectors: New Business and transformation.<\/li>\n
  • Framework for the adoption of Business Analytics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natural Language Processing<\/td>\n\n
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  • Introduction to linguistics<\/li>\n
  • NLP Applications<\/li>\n
  • Tokenization and Standarization<\/li>\n
  • Introduction to NLTK<\/li>\n
  • Morphological analysis and Pos-Tagging<\/li>\n
  • Syntax<\/li>\n
  • Parsing<\/li>\n
  • Semantics and NLP<\/li>\n
  • Distributional Semantics<\/li>\n
  • Word embedding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Computer Vision<\/td>\n\n
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  • Image processing principles<\/li>\n
  • Features from images<\/li>\n
  • Image retrieval<\/li>\n
  • Recognizing objects in images<\/li>\n
  • Convolutional Neural Networks<\/li>\n
  • Medical imaging<\/li>\n
  • Image segmentation<\/li>\n
  • Scene understanding and captioning<\/li>\n
  • Face analysis and affective computing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Complex Networks<\/td>\n\n
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  • Big networks. Big data<\/li>\n
  • Network data. Representations<\/li>\n
  • Network characterization. Microscale<\/li>\n
  • Network characterization. Macroscale<\/li>\n
  • Network models: random graphs, small worlds, scale-free networks<\/li>\n
  • Network characterization. Mesoscale<\/li>\n
  • Network visualization<\/li>\n
  • Time dependent networks<\/li>\n
  • Dynamics on networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data Science for Health<\/span><\/td>\n\n
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  • Big data<\/span>\u00a0arising in the biomedical\u00a0<\/span>sciences<\/span>\u00a0and public health, including but not restricted to various forms of\u00a0“omics”\u00a0<\/span>data<\/span>, imaging\u00a0<\/span>data<\/span>, geospatial\u00a0<\/span>data<\/span>, mobile health\u00a0<\/span>data<\/span>\u00a0and electronic health records, present unprecedented challenges and opportunities for research and development. This course will focus on specific methods for\u00a0<\/span>data<\/span>\u00a0collection and preparation,\u00a0<\/span>data<\/span>\u00a0analytics methods and tools as well as how to generate and communicate meaningful insight from analytics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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