Class Data Science

Current times are characterized by an exponential growth in the volume, variety and velocity of data production. The curricular unit of Data Science aims to teach students, with the support of case studies and software, main methodologies, methods, techniques and tools that underpin the preparation, structuring, description, analysis, inference and visualization of data to extract knowledge, detect patterns and support decision-making. It is intended that students develop skills in identifying problems that can be solved using data science, in describing data, in structuring problems through descriptive and predictive models, in the use of data analysis tools and in the interpretation of the results obtained after applying statistical and artificial intelligence methods.