Analytics Workshops
Predictive Analytics World, March 16-21, 2014 in San Francisco
Sunday, March 16
R for Predictive Modeling:
A Hands-On Introduction
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 Kuhn
Director,
Nonclinical Statistics
Pfizer
Sunday, March 16
The Big Picture on 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.
Marc Smith
Chief Social Scientist
Connected Action Consulting Group
Wednesday, March 19
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.
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Dr. John ElderCEO and Founder
Elder Research, Inc.
Wednesday, March 19
Supercharging Prediction:
Hands-On 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, Inc.
Sponsored by:
Wednesday, March 19
Making Text Mining Work: Practical Methods and Solutions
Full-day session: 9:00am - 4:30pm
- The text mining solutions available now, the problems for which they are best suited and best practices in text mining.
Andrew Fast
Chief Scientist
Elder Research, Inc.
Thursday, March 20
Advanced Methods Hands-on:
Predictive Modeling Techniques
Full-day: 8:30am - 4:30pm
- Dive in hands-on employing the key predictive analytics algorithms, and gain experience with leading software.
Dean Abbott
President
Abbott Analytics
Sponsored by:
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
