Data Science, Machine Learning, and Analytics - Complete Notes
Month 1 & 2: Training + Industry-Level Project Development
Week 1: Foundations
- Introduction to Data Science, Machine Learning (ML), and Analytics
- Career Roadmap in DS & ML
- Types of Data: Structured, Unstructured, Semi-structured
- Data Science Life Cycle: Data Collection -> Cleaning -> Modeling -> Evaluation -> Deployment
- Data Preprocessing: Handling missing values, encoding, scaling
- Performance Evaluation Metrics: Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-Score, ROC-AUC
- Python Basics for DS & ML: Numpy, Pandas, basic syntax
Week 2: EDA & Tools
- Project Planning and Discussion
- Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): summary stats, visualizations, correlation
- Imputation Techniques: Mean, Median, Mode, KNN Imputation
- Outlier Detection: IQR, Z-Score methods
- Normalization & Standardization
- WEKA for Data Mining
- Introduction to MATLAB
Week 3: Visualization & Supervised Learning
- Data Visualization: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly
- Data Augmentation for images/text
- Supervised Learning: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Decision Trees
- Math Essentials: Algebra, Statistics, Probability, Calculus basics
- Power BI: interactive dashboards
Week 4: Probability & Model Optimization
- Bayes Theorem and Probability Distributions
- Optimization Algorithms & Gradient Descent
- Overfitting & Underfitting
- Cross-Validation Techniques
- Hyperparameter Tuning: GridSearchCV, RandomizedSearchCV
Evaluation Day: Project Review & Feedback
Week 5: Unsupervised & Reinforcement Learning
- Clustering: K-Means, Hierarchical, DBSCAN
- Dimensionality Reduction: PCA, t-SNE
- Reinforcement Learning: Positive/Negative, Rewards & Penalties
Week 6: NLP & Time Series
- Predictive Analytics
- NLP: Text Cleaning, Tokenization, TF-IDF, Word2Vec
- Time Series: Trend, Seasonality, ARIMA, Moving Average
Week 7: Deep Learning & Computer Vision
- Image Processing with OpenCV
- Deep Learning: ANN, CNN, RNN, LSTM
- Frameworks: TensorFlow, Keras
- Video Processing Basics
Week 8: Deployment & Databases
- SQL Basics: CRUD operations, Joins, Aggregations
- Deployment: Flask, FastAPI, Streamlit
- Cloud Deployment: Heroku, AWS, Azure
Month 3: Applied Skills & Preparation
Week 9: Cloud & LLMs
- Azure & AWS Fundamentals
- LLMs: GPT, BERT and real-world use cases
Week 10: Advanced Concepts
- Mathematics: Linear Algebra, Probability Theory, Gradient Calculus
- DVP: Data Visualization Projects
- IoT Analytics: Sensors, Data Capture, Real-time dashboards
Week 11: Big Data & Resume
- Big Data: Hadoop, Spark, Hive Basics
- Resume Building: Projects, GitHub, LinkedIn, Role-specific skills
Week 12: Final Prep
- Mock Interviews: Technical Round, Case Studies, HR
- Final Assessments: Theory + Practical (Capstone Project)