See also Online Courses Review’s graphic design page which provides an overview of the wide range of graphic design courses available including reviews of the course materials. This gives people plenty of options if Data Visualization and D3.js isn’t quite right for them.
Experfy’s Data Science Certification taught by industry experts at Harvard, Columbia, Cisco, Nokia and State Farms. Experfy instructors are industry thought leaders who provide you with in-depth training in introductory topics like statistics to advanced ones like machine learning. This certification has 5 courses
Probability and Statistics – Harvard faculty teaches you how to apply statistical methods to explore, summarize, make inferences from complex data and develop quantitative models to assist business decision making.
Data Wrangling in R – Instructor is the founder of Analytics Incubation Center at Cisco and has 15 years of analytics development experience. This courses teaches you from start to finish real-world data preparation for further analysis using R.
Econometric Analysis: Methods and Applications – Quantitative and econometric analysis focused on practical applications taught by faculty member at the Department of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
Classification Models – How to use classification algorithms to solve real world problems . Instructor is lead data scientist at one of the largest software companies in the world, author of a best-seller and an adjunct professor at University of Toronto
Clustering and Association Rule Mining – Learn concepts of Cluster Analysis and study most popular set of Clustering algorithms with end-to-end examples in R. Taught by Machine Learning Scientist with 9+ years of hands-on experience in predictive analytics domain at companies like Target, Symphony-IRI and Genpact.
Learn how to apply basic analytical methods to IoT Data. Apply the fundamentals of machine learning and statistics to extract value from IoT data. Understand different business use-cases for IoT data. Understand different types of IoT data
This course is geared towards executives or managers responsible for implementing an IoT business in their companies.This course describes a business approach and walks through all the steps and decisions towards an IoT launch in seven 45 minute fast-paced sessions
This one-day fast paced deep dive into the Internet of Things is designed for business executives who want to understand what the Internet of Things is and the potential impacts it can have on a business
The purpose of this course is to provide a deep understanding of the digital technologies, infrastructure, and social political forces shaping the future of our urban environments. We begin by defining Smart Cites through lectures and case studies and drill down into the technologies shaping new and existing cities.
Being able to pay for each course as you go or all at once makes Coursera’s specializations very attractive. If you either don’t want to spend a lot at once, or if you just want to get a taste of Data Science, Coursera’s paths are great for getting totally new learners off the ground.
Each specialization consists of a handful of courses that are usually taken in order and require some programming experience and working knowledge of mathematics up to algebra.
Although you may take the courses for free, you can also pay to receive certificates for each course you take, which will grant you an overall specialization certificate in the end.
Like Coursera, edX also has courses bundled together to form a knowledge set, called Xseries. You can take these courses for free, or purchase verified certificates to complete the bundled track. So far, edX only offers one Xseries that is relevant to Data Science.
Udacity only has one track, or what they call a Nanodegree, that is relevant to Data Science, and that’s the Data Analyst Nanodegree. The great difference between Udacity’s track and either Coursera’s or edX’s is that you get more interaction from the staff, such as feedback on your project and career advice.
Also note that the Nanodegree programs are not exactly course based, but instead project based. Udacity has a list of courses that it recommends to complete on its platform before embarking on the Nanodegree projects.
To pursue the Nanodegree, you’ll need to set aside $200 per month for 9-12 months, but Udacity provides an amazing benefit where you’ll get half of your tuition back if you graduate in less than 12 months.
You can approach learning on Dataquest in two ways: 1. you can choose one of three tracks for a more directed study, or you can pick any particular course and begin learning that topic. Dataquest focuses on teaching Data Science using Python, and the first lesson in each course is free.
O’Reilly offers over 150 hours of exclusive training videos under its data oriented learning paths. Unlike many of the other course routes listed here, O’Reilly’s paths are pure video content, but they have several projects for you to do scattered throughout the lessons. O’Reilly allows anyone to see several of the videos in any path for free, so click on any of the path titles below to check them out.
This path is 24 hours long and takes you from beginner to an advanced level in R. You’ll begin at the very start with installation of R, and go from statistical models, to visualizing data, to machine learning, to working with Microsoft Azure and R together.
Lessons:
Learning to Program with R (~4 hours)
Introduction to Data Science with R (~8.5 hours)
Expert Data Wrangling with R (~4 hours)
Writing Great R Code (~1 hour)
Data Science with Microsoft Azure and R (~7 hours)
The Machine Learning path is 23 hours long, and will take you through 6 courses, which includes several hours of video training on deep learning, algorithms, and data structures.
Lessons:
An Introduction to Machine Learning with Web Data (~3 hours)
At 14 hours of training, you’ll not only learn all about visualizing data with D3.js, but also how to effectively communicate what your data is saying.
Lessons:
An Introduction to d3.js: From Scattered to Scatterplot (~3 hours)
Learning to Visualize Data with D3.js (~4 hours)
Using Storytelling to Effectively Communicate Data (1.5 hours)
The Hadoop video training is 16 hours long, and in it you’ll get a good intro to Apache Hadoop and other technologies in the Hadoop ecosystem, like HDFS, MapReduce, Hive, Pig, and Impala. By the end you’ll understand how to work with Hadoop and large datasets and perform analytical procedures.
Lessons:
Learning Apache Hadoop (~7.5 hours)
Hadoop Fundamentals for Data Scientists (~6 hours)
Architectural Considerations for Hadoop Applications (~2.5 hours)
This learning path is 19 hours long, and has an excellent intro to Python with lots of examples and exercises. You will also get a tutorial on iPython Notebook, which is an amazing tool to discover if you’ve never used it before. Lastly, you’ll receive a copious amount of content on algorithms and data structures in Python.
At 62 hours of video training, the SQL and Relational Databases course is the longest learning path that O’Reilly offers. This series is incredibly thorough, and the instructors, one of whom is a cofounder of relational database theory, will take you from a total beginner to an advanced SQL and relational database practitioner.
Price: $1299.99
Lessons:
Learning SQL (~3.5 hours)
Learning SQL For Oracle (~9 hours)
Relational Theory for Computer Professionals (~10 hours)
SQL: Beyond the Basics (~4 hours)
Learning Data Modeling (~8 hours)
Time and Relational Theory (~12 hours)
Nullology (~1 hour)
The Closed World Assumption (~1.5 hours)
An Introduction to Set Theory (~1 hour)
Nulls, Three-Valued Logic, and Missing Information (1 hour)
View Updating (~1 hour)
Normal Forms and All That Jazz Master Class (~10 hours)
Sliderule
Unlike many other paid Data Science course programs, Sliderule offers 1-on-1 mentorship each week. Sliderule doesn’t offer any free options, and is actually more expensive than other options if you take too long to complete it.
The Intensive track is focused on using Python for Data Science and the course setup is more for people that already have backgrounds in mathematics and computer science.
Curriculum:
Programming Tools (Python)
Data Wrangling
Data Story
Inferential Statistics
Machine Learning
Capstone Project
Career Resources
Click here to download Sliderule’s Data Science Intensive syllabus
Data Origami
Data Origami offers screencasts that range in difficulty from beginner to advanced. Since the creator, Cameron Davidson-Pilon is also the author ofthe open source book Bayesian Methods for Hackers, you can expect some very interesting videos on useful statistics for Data Science.
Training courses in Africa will be specifically highlighted in this section. If you know of any courses in your local area that we should highlight or promote on the MIIA website or via our real-time community messaging platform (MIIA on Slack), please let us know either via our #events channel on Slack or an email to info@machineintelligenceafrica.org.
Universities & Research organizations on the African continent
See below for a list of some of the top academic and research organizations on the African continent. As a MIIA community we would like to embrace and collaborate with any of these universities and research organizations that have an interest in Machine Intelligence and Data Science training, research and applications.
MIIA has partnered with HyperionDev
We’re proud to have partnered with HyperionDev
HyperionDev has pioneered mentor-led online learning in software development in Africa and is swiftly expanding into the international market.
At MIIA we believe in the transformation of tech and data science skills in Africa and HyperionDev is really contributing to this advancement by providing accessible and affordable coding education.
To celebrate this union, HyperionDev is giving a 20% discount off any of their MicroDegrees by using promo code DATA. This will be valid until the 20th November 2017.
HyperionDev also offers a course specifically in Data Science that can be taken online, part-time with 1:1 mentor support.
Hyperion runs the largest online course platform for programmers in the developing world. Advance your career on our part-time courses for working professionals available here, or browse our range of free courses for university students here.
