What is Data Science

In this course you will learn what data science is and why it is important - especially in the industrial world.

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About this course

Welcome to the course on data science
This course will help you understand what data science is and why it is important - especially in the industrial world.
 
By the end of this module, you will understand

  • What data is
  • How a data scientist work with data
  • Data science vs other fields

In this course, you will learn what data science is - and what it isn’t - as well as the work data scientists do.

Who should take this course?
This course was created for anybody interested to learn more about the basics of data science.
This course is independent, but also part of the learning path Data Science Fundamentals. We recommend that you take all courses from the Data Science Fundamentals series and take the final test to receive a certificate of completion.

Estimated duration
20 min

Instructors 
The courses are developed by Cognite Academy in collaboration with other industry experts.

Rebecca Seyfarth
Senior ML Engineer in Contextualization at Cognite AS

Alina Astrakova
Senior ML Engineer in Services - Solution Architecture at Cognite AS

 

Collaborators



Vegard Flovik, Ph.D.
Lead Data Scientist | Associate Professor II in Machine

Delon Saks
Data Scientist II in Customer success at Cognite AS 

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum

  • What is data science?
  • What is data science?
  • What are you going to learn?
  • What is data?
  • All companies have data
  • What does a data scientist do?
  • What does a data scientist do with the data?
  • Let's meet a real data scientists
  • Vegard Flovik - What skills make you a good data scientist?
  • Delon Sacks - What skills make you a good data scientist?
  • Check your knowledge
  • Data science vs other fields
  • Data science, data mining, computer science, big data...
  • Key takeaways
  • Check your knowledge
  • Feedback
  • Well done

About this course

Welcome to the course on data science
This course will help you understand what data science is and why it is important - especially in the industrial world.
 
By the end of this module, you will understand

  • What data is
  • How a data scientist work with data
  • Data science vs other fields

In this course, you will learn what data science is - and what it isn’t - as well as the work data scientists do.

Who should take this course?
This course was created for anybody interested to learn more about the basics of data science.
This course is independent, but also part of the learning path Data Science Fundamentals. We recommend that you take all courses from the Data Science Fundamentals series and take the final test to receive a certificate of completion.

Estimated duration
20 min

Instructors 
The courses are developed by Cognite Academy in collaboration with other industry experts.

Rebecca Seyfarth
Senior ML Engineer in Contextualization at Cognite AS

Alina Astrakova
Senior ML Engineer in Services - Solution Architecture at Cognite AS

 

Collaborators



Vegard Flovik, Ph.D.
Lead Data Scientist | Associate Professor II in Machine

Delon Saks
Data Scientist II in Customer success at Cognite AS 

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum

  • What is data science?
  • What is data science?
  • What are you going to learn?
  • What is data?
  • All companies have data
  • What does a data scientist do?
  • What does a data scientist do with the data?
  • Let's meet a real data scientists
  • Vegard Flovik - What skills make you a good data scientist?
  • Delon Sacks - What skills make you a good data scientist?
  • Check your knowledge
  • Data science vs other fields
  • Data science, data mining, computer science, big data...
  • Key takeaways
  • Check your knowledge
  • Feedback
  • Well done