Data Science and Analysis

Full course description

The course builds on the knowledge obtained during the course Basic Programming Skills and is valuable to students choosing any of the three concentrations in year 3. Within the modern world and in science, abundant streams of data are generated. This course focuses on methods to pre-process, analyse and interpret relevant information. Items that are introduced are datamining, pre-processing, databases, explore data, datatypes, labelling, machine learning and data visualizations. You apply these techniques in computer assignments that are completed in appropriate software environment.  Furthermore, data management is an essential aspect to conduct responsible research. You learn to understand the general rules of appropriate data management and define roles and responsibilities regarding data management. You study scientific literature on this topic with a focus on an engineering and natural sciences point of view. Subsequently, you are required to develop and implement a communication plan dealing with data management issues.