Analytics Workshops
Predictive Analytics World, October 5-9, 2014
in Boston
Track 1 sessions are for All Levels
Track 2 sessions are Expert/Practitioner Level
Sunday, October 5
R for Predictive Modeling Hands-On: Business
and Healthcare
Full-day: 9:00am – 4:30pm
- This one-day session provides a hands-on introduction to R, the well-known open-source platform for data analysis.
Max KuhnDirector, Nonclinical Statistics
Pfizer
Sunday, October 5
Big Data: Proven Methods You Need to Extract Big Value
Full-day: 9:00am – 4:30pm
- This one day workshop reviews major big data success stories that have transformed businesses and created new markets.
Vladimir Barash Senior Researcher
Graphika
Wednesday, October 8
Modeling Methods: The Best and
the Worst of Predictive Analytics
Full-day: 9:00am - 4:30pm
- The key inner workings of leading algorithms, case studies demonstrating their performance and comparison of merits.
John Elder, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder
Elder Research
Wednesday, October 8
Supercharging Prediction with
Ensemble Models
Full-day: 9:00am - 4:30pm
- This workshop dives into the key ensemble approaches including Bagging, Random Forests, and Stochastic Gradient Boosting.
Dean Abbott
President
Abbott Analytics
Thursday, October 9
Advanced Methods Hands-On:
Predictive Modeling Techniques
Full-day: 8:45am – 4:30pm
- Dive in hands-on employing the key predictive analytics algorithms, and gain experience with leading software.
Dean Abbott
President
Abbott Analytics
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On-Demand
Predictive Analytics Applied –
An Online Introduction
Online 5 ½-hour training program – on demand
- New to predictive analytics? Take this online course instructed by the chair of PAW to ramp up before the conference. On-demand access at any time.
Eric Siegel Ph.D.
Conference Chair
Predictive Analytics World
