Introduction to Data Science
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Computer Science |
Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S ![Requerida a integração com o Moodle Ícone do Moodle](/fcup/pt/imagens/MoodleIcon)
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: As aulas serão em inglês no caso de haver estudantes que não falam português. Todos os materiais estão em inglês. Classes are in English iin case there are non-Portuguese speaking students. All materials are in English.
Objectives
Students will obtain a global perspective on the different steps of a Data Science project. For each of these steps, some of the main techniques and methods will be presented while further details will be addressed in more specific courses.
Learning outcomes and competences
Students should:
- know all the steps of a data science project and its most common operations;
- identify different types of data science problems;
- justifiably select appropriate methods, algorithms and tools to solve these problems
- justifiably apply methods, algorithms and tools to solve these problems
- explain the foundations of methods, algorithms and tools
- evaluate the results and propose improvements
- know the specifics of the application of data science solutions in a production environment
Working method
Presencial
Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)
Programming knowledge, especially in Python or R Knowledge of statistics
Program
The CRISP-DM model. Data collection and pre-processing. Modeling and different types of learning problems. Data science algorithms. Model evaluation methods. Putting models into production.
Mandatory literature
Jake VanderPlas; Python Data Science Handbook, O'Reilly, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-491-91205-8
Teaching methods and learning activities
Tutorial classes with theory exposition and problem solving activities.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
designation |
Weight (%) |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto |
35,00 |
Exame |
40,00 |
Teste |
25,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
designation |
Time (hours) |
Elaboração de projeto |
78,00 |
Estudo autónomo |
42,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
42,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Grade above zero in the assignment and in the test. Answer to class quastions submitted online.
Calculation formula of final grade
There will be one test and one group assignment.
There will be activities to promote participation and feedback such as class questions and group discussions.
There will be final exam.
The final grade is given by the weighted average of theoretical and practical grades according to the following formula:
Final Grade.0 = 0.40 x GradeExam + 0.35 x GradeAssignment + 0.25 x GradeTest
CompIndividual=weighted_avg(GradeExam, GradeTest)
FinalGrade = min (FinalGrade.0, CompIndividual*1.35)
Classification improvement
Assignments are not subject to improvement in the appeal season