Hands-on and Concepts Workshops for All Levels
PAW Boston – September 30 – October 5, 2012
Track 1 sessions are for all levels.
Track 2 sessions are expert/practitioner level.
Tuesday, October 2 |
Tuesday, October 2 |
R Bootcamp: For Newcomers to R
Three hours: 6:30-9:30pm |
Mapping Groups of People and What They are Talking About in Social Media
Three hours: 6:30-9:30pm |
Designed for newcomers to the language of R, "R Bootcamp" covers the R ecosystem and core elements of the language, so you attain the foundations for becoming an R user. |
This evening session provides a quick end-to-end guide to creating a social media network map with content analysis using free and open tools. |
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Max Kuhn
Director, Nonclinical Statistics
Pfizer |
Marc A. Smith, Ph.D.
Chief Social Scientist
Connected Action Consulting Group |
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Wednesday, October 3 |
Wednesday, October 3 |
R for Predictive Modeling:
A Hands-On Introduction
Full-day: 9:00am – 4:30pm |
Model Ensembles:
Advanced Hands-On Workshop
Full-day: 9:00am – 4:30pm |
Gain experience driving R for predictive modeling across real examples and data sets. Survey the pertinent modeling packages. |
This workshop dives into the key ensemble modeling methods including Bagging, Random Forests, and Stochastic Gradient Boosting. |
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Max Kuhn
Director, Nonclinical Statistics
Pfizer |
Dean Abbott
President
Abbott Analytics |
Sponsored by:
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Wednesday, October 3 |
Thursday, October 4 |
The Best and the Worst of Predictive Analytics: Predictive Modeling Methods and Common Data Mining Mistakes
Full-day: 9:00am – 4:30pm |
Advanced Methods Hands-on:
Predictive Modeling Techniques
Full-day: 9:00am – 4:30pm |
The key inner workings of leading algorithms, case studies demonstrating their performance and comparison of merits |
Dive in hands-on employing the key predictive analytics algorithms, and gain experience with leading software. |
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John Elder, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder
Elder Research |
Dean Abbott
President
Abbott Analytics |
Sponsored by:
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Friday, October 5 |
On-Demand |
Making Text Mining Work:
Practical Methods and Solutions
Full-day: 9:00am – 4:30pm |
Predictive Analytics Applied –
An Online Introduction
Online 5 ½-hour training program – on demand |
The text mining solutions available now, the problems for which they are best suited and best practices in text mining. |
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. |
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Andrew Fast
Director of Research
Elder Research, Inc |
Eric Siegel Ph.D.
Conference Chair
Predictive Analytics World |
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To register go here