ML Study Jam - Week 2: Intermediate Machine Learning

GDG Nairobi

ML Study Jam is a learning opportunity leveraging accessible learning resources - Kaggle Learn, ML books, and free online courses. It includes hands-on assignments, tutoring, tech talks and group discussions. This is a great opportunity to join us and get started with ML.

Aug 24, 2023, 5:00 – 6:00 PM (UTC)

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Key Themes

AIKaggleMachine Learning

About this event

If you have some background in machine learning and you'd like to learn how to quickly improve the quality of your models, you're in the right place! In this course, you will accelerate your Machine Learning expertise by learning how to:

tackle data types often found in real-world datasets (missing values, categorical variables),

design pipelines to improve the quality of your machine learning code,

use advanced techniques for model validation (cross-validation),

build state-of-the-art models that are widely used to win Kaggle competitions (XGBoost), and

avoid common and important data science mistakes (leakage).

Along the way, you'll apply your knowledge by completing a hands-on exercise with real-world data for each new topic. The hands-on exercises use data from the Housing Prices Competition for Kaggle Learn Users, where you'll use 79 different explanatory variables (such as the type of roof, number of bedrooms, and number of bathrooms) to predict home prices. You'll measure your progress by submitting predictions to this competition and watching your position rise on the leaderboard!

For more details, you can check it out below 👇

https://www.kaggle.com/learn/intermediate-machine-learning

Prerequisites:

1. Have access to a Browser (preferably Google Chrome)

2. Sign up to Kaggle

3. Eager to Learn !!!

4.Have Completed "Intro to Machine Learning" course

Speakers

  • Ngesa Marvin

    Founder, Nairobi AI | Arm AI Ambassador

  • Philomena Mbura

    Data Scientist | WTM Ambassador

  • Brayan Kai Mwanyumba

    She Code Africa Nairobi

    Technical Writer

Organizers

  • Brayan Mwanyumba

    GDG Co-Lead & Crew

  • Cynthia Kamau

    Software Engineer | Programs Lead | WTM Ambassador

  • Wayne Gakuo

    Sky.Garden

    GDG Co-organizer & Crew

  • Sabina Benerdette

    PULA

    QA Engineer

  • Rachael Kimberly Msabeni

    WTM Ambassador

    UX Developer

  • Marjan Hussein

    Organizer - Demo Zones

  • Danroy Mwangi

    Branding and Marketing

  • Wangari Njeri

    Organizer - Media & Communication

  • Irene Onyango

    Organizer

  • Brian Ouma

    GDG Organizer

    Media & Designs

  • prisca akinyi

    L'Oreal East Africa

    Organizer - Partners

  • Ngesa Marvin

    Safaricom PLC

    Strategic Partnerships, Content & ML

  • Philomena Mbura

    WTM Ambassador

    Data Analyst/Scientist

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