1. Microsoft Professional Program
Data Science Track
Microsoft Professional Program
Suha GÜNGÖREN

2. Our Sponsors
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3. About Me
Suha GÜNGÖREN
Database Professional with 20 years of experience
Microsoft Certified Trainer since 1998
Focus on MS SQL Server since version 6.5
Studied Business Administration & Economics in Vienna
MCSE, MCITP, MCDBA, ...
Based in Vienna

4. Overview The Need for Data Science What is Data Science?
Process of Data Science
Why Should You Care?
Microsoft Data Science Track
Data Science Track Study Path
What can we do for you? The ETC Offer
Q & A

5. The Need for Data Science
Exponentially growing repositories of data
Structured (Databases, Data Warehouses, …)
Semi-structured (Social media, public domain data, …)
Fast changing conditions require quick & accurate decisions
Challenges for decision making
Human subjectivity (a.k.a. “gut feeling”) is fallible
Slow processing

6. What is Data Science? Turn data into actionable information
Interdisciplinary approach
Statistics, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Database, Pattern Recognition, Visualization,
Data Warehousing, Probability Models, …
Used in many problem domains
Economics & Finance, Health Care, Search Engines, Social Sciences, …

7. Process of Data Science
Data Collection
Data Processing
Data Cleansing
Exploratory Analysis
Models & Algorithms
Visualization & Reporting
Decision Making

8. Why Should You Care?
Growing demand for Data Science and Data Scientists
Skills applicable across a broad spectrum of domains & industries
No sell by date for skills acquired!
Know how based on mathematics & statistics
Know how based on widely accepted industry standards & de facto standards

9. Microsoft Data Science Track
Self paced online courses covering core areas & skills
Content delivered by experienced practitioners and academicians
Hosted on the edX platform
Four runs in a year
Each run concludes with a “Capstone Project”
Cortana Intelligence Competition
Digital certificates available for individual courses and the program as a whole

10. Microsoft Professional Program DATA SCIENCE @ ETC
Details unter

11. What can we do for you? The ETC Offer
Comprehensive trainer led learning offer consisting of
Classic MOC Courses
Querying Data with T-SQL
Data Warehousing
PowerBI …
Data Science Track Courses - New Offering
Track Overview / Q & A
Intro into Statistics
Statistics for Data Scientists
Introduction to R for Data Scientists
Programming with R
Azure Machine Learning
“Capstone Project” Workshop
Data Science Track Courses will be aligned with the official track schedules

12. Q & A Any questions? Contact me: suha@datalab.at Contact ETC:

13. Links & Ressources
Microsoft Data Science Program edX Short History of Data Science What is Data Science? Cortana Intelligence Gallery

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If you think, that a SQL Saturday is a nice possibility to learn from and network with fellow SQL Server enthusiasts FOR FREE,
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