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The Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programme is designed for IT and non-IT professionals who are interested to transition their career into data science, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. The programme includes practical training, industry certificate of achievement and job placement support to help professionals secure a job as a Data Analyst or Data Scientist.
The Data Science & AI Programme is delivered in a 24 week part time and 12 week full time format and is designed for career-driven professionals to transition into the big data and AI industry. The programme includes pre-work, intensive practical training, industry certificate of achievement and a job outcomes programme in collaboration with industry partners. The course content has been tailored to give you the skills that are demanded by businesses in today’s rapidly evolving job market.
Remote learning is available for this programme. The interactive remote format enabled by video conferencing technology is a rich and connected experience featuring virtual break-out rooms, shared screens, digital whiteboards, peer to peer collaboration and instructor support.
The Institute of Data welcomes you to New Zealand’s most in-demand practical data science training programme.
Learn how to create predictive models by learning to wrangle, analyse, visualise, predict and find insight into data alongside the best data science trainers in New Zealand.
The Data Science & AI Programme is a structured training programme designed to help you develop the practical skills you will need as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst. After completing your Data Science & AI Programme, you will be awarded the Data Science Certificate of Achievement from the Institute of Data.
Hundreds of professionals choose the Institute of Data every year to prepare them for their future career after careful consideration of their desired career progression and to attain maximum return on investment for their education. Leading the future of the profession, the Institute of Data offers a collaborative and successful programme, driven to ensure you have the best start to your career.
Practical data science training is an essential requirement to practice as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst in New Zealand. Learn from industry experts on how to apply machine learning and AI techniques for businesses and government organisations including business consulting and simulating commercial projects. This means you will be ready to work as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst.
Meet great people and become a member of the Institute
Beyond a healthy discipline of practical education and learning, you will meet great friends in your virtual or real classroom and become a member of the Institute of Data. Many students continue to keep in touch with their fellow students and the community becomes a strong network as you enter the industry.
“I wanted to be able to maintain my full-time job while building on my skills. The part time nature and career assistance at the end of the programme are the main things that appealed to me.”
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- Course Introduction and Overview
- Programming Fundamentals for Data Science
- Maths & Statistics Fundamentals for Data Science
- Data Science Practice (ongoing)
- Data Cleaning and Quality Assessment
- Data Visualisation
- Statistical Testing
- Succeeding as a Data Scientist in Industry
- Mini Project 1 – Data Science Practice
- Critical Thinking Training
- Relational and Non-Relational Databases
- SQL
- Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
- Data Science Practice (ongoing)
- Introduction to Machine Learning
- Feature Modelling
- Evaluating Regression Models
- Overfitting and Regularisation
- Questioning Technique Training
- Logistic Regression
- Evaluating Classification Models
- Support Vector Machines
- Bayesian Inference
- Data Science Practice (ongoing)
- K-means Clustering
- Principal Components Analysis
- Research and Documentation Training
- Mini Project 2 – Data Science Practice
- Decision Trees
- Random Forests
- Bias and Variance
- Bagging
- Boosting
- Stacking
- Data Science Practice (ongoing)
- Web Scraping
- Text Pre-processing
- Sentiment Analysis
- Text Classification
- Presentation Skills Training
- Data Science Practice (ongoing)
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Reinforcement Learning
- Deep Feedforward Neural Networks
- Recurrent Neural Networks
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Mini Project 3 – Data Science Practice
- Introduction to Cloud Computing
- Deployment of Machine Learning Models
- Cluster Computing
- Streaming Data
- Storytelling Training
- Capstone Project
- Additional Topics: Determined by Students and Lead Trainer
- Job Outcomes Programme
- Consultation and Presentation Training
- Data Science Practice
- Capstone Project
The Institute of Data Consulting Business Skills is an essential part of every Institute of Data certified professional. The Institute of Data educates and certifies professionals not only with technical skills but also with expertise in business consulting and communication to clients, managers, directors and stakeholders. Many certified professionals choose to work independently or join an existing consultancy.
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