Due to recent advances in technology, humanity is collecting vast amounts of data at an unprecedented rate, making the skills necessary to mine insights from this data increasingly valuable. So what does it take for a Developer to enter the world of data science?

Join me on a journey into the world of big data and machine learning where we will explore what the work actually looks like, identify which skills are most important, and design a roadmap for how you too can join this exciting and profitable industry.

R is a very popular open-source programming language for machine learning. Its interactive programming environment and powerful data analysis capabilities make R an ideal tool for machine learning. This session will provide an introduction to the R programming language using RStudio. In addition, we will demonstrate how we can use R to train a series of machine learning models. Finally, we’ll learn how to deploy these models to production to make predictions given new data.