- Docente: Elena Morotti
- Credits: 4
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
International Relations (cod. 9084)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Relations (cod. 9084)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Politics Administration and Organization (cod. 9085)
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from Sep 23, 2022 to Dec 09, 2022
Learning outcomes
Workshops are designed to provide students with transversal skills that can prove useful in their future careers. The objective of the workshop is to help students to practice skills through application of information technology, data analysis, decision-making techniques (e.g. simulation) in complex organizations.
Course contents
This workshop presents students a wide overview of the Data Science discipline. It focuses on processing techniques for structured data and on a deep understanding of classification routines.
More in details, the course contents are:
- Introduction to Data Mining;
- Introduction to programming in R;
- Presentation of classification techniques for Big Data;
- Implementation of R scripts to classify input data;
- Presentation of some case studies and applications.
Topics will be introduced theoretically but also verified in R-based softwares during the laboratory hours.
ATTENTION:
- the class attendance is mandatory;
- attending this module allows you to attend "B0267 - WORKSHOP ON SKILLS DEVELOPMENT - DATA SCIENCE (ADVANCED) (A)" if you desire to learn more about Data Science.
Readings/Bibliography
Slides by the teacher
ROBERT, I., et al. "R in action: data analysis and graphics with R". 2011.
Teaching methods
Lectures and Laboratory lessons.
It is necessary to previously attend the online courses on health and safety for students of University of Bologna, "module 1" and "module 2", available at https://elearning-sicurezza.unibo.it/?lang=en
Assessment methods
Evaluation of a final project.
Teaching tools
Slides by the teacher
Office hours
See the website of Elena Morotti