What is Data Science
Data Science: Jordan Boyd-GraberUniversity of MarylandJANUARY 14, 2018
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Mathematical Foundations
Data
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Answers
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Hidden Structure
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Will NetFlix user 24601 like Transformers?
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Will NetFlix user 24601 like Transformers?
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How do you know?
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Group many images and determine the number of groups
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Which genes are associated with a disease? How can expression values be
used to predict survival?
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Is it likely that this stock was traded based on illegal insider information?
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Who will vote and for whom?
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Where are the faces?
STAT 151B
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Example: face detection
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Data contain patternsthat can help us solve problems.
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