Training Session: Machine Learning in R Part II
Training Session: Machine Learning in R Part II

Abstract: 

Modern statistics has become almost synonymous with machine learning, a collection of techniques that utilize today’s incredible computing power. This two-part course focuses on the available methods for implementing machine learning algorithms in R, and will examine some of the underlying theory behind the curtain. We start with the foundation of it all, the linear model and its generalization, the glm. We look how to assess model quality with traditional measures and cross-validation and visualize models with coefficient plots. Next we turn to penalized regression with the Elastic Net. After that we turn to Boosted Decision Trees utilizing xgboost. Attendees should have a good understanding of linear models and classification and should have R and RStudio installed, along with the `glmnet`, `xgboost`, `boot`, `ggplot2`, `UsingR` and `coefplot` packages.

Bio: 

Jared Lander is the Chief Data Scientist of Lander Analytics a data science consultancy based in New York City, the Organizer of the New York Open Statistical Programming Meetup and the New York R Conference and an Adjunct Professor of Statistics at Columbia University. With a masters from Columbia University in statistics and a bachelors from Muhlenberg College in mathematics, he has experience in both academic research and industry. His work for both large and small organizations ranges from music and fund raising to finance and humanitarian relief efforts.

He specializes in data management, multilevel models, machine learning, generalized linear models, data management and statistical computing. He is the author of R for Everyone: Advanced Analytics and Graphics, a book about R Programming geared toward Data Scientists and Non-Statisticians alike and is creating a course on glmnet with DataCamp.

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