SDS – Octave Analytics

SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST (SDS)

Professionals with 5+ years of exciting exposure to data and analytics in Big Data can speed up the corporate ladder with a Senior Data Scientist Certification. The Senior Data Scientist (SDS) by the Data Science Council of America (DASCA) is the world’s most powerful vendor-neutral certification for accomplished data science and analytics professionals who are looking for more challenging and engaging roles in the data science and architecture fields. SDS will also paves way for Principal Data Scientist, the top-most international qualification for data scientist world over.

How to prepare

Individuals would have registered for the DASCA Data Scientist will be provided with the full official DASCA Certification Preparation kit to aid them prepare for the SDS Certification Examination.

Examination Scope

The DASCA-SDS certification will cover the following areas

A. Data Science for Business Stakeholders

– Thinking like a Data Scientist
– ‘By’ Analysis Technique
– Score Development Technique
– Monetization Exercise
– Metamorphosis Exercise

B. Data Science

– Difference Between Business Intelligence and Data Science
– Data Science Overview
– The Data Lake

C. Business Potential of Big Data

The Big Data Business Mandate
Big Data Business Model Maturity Index
The Big Data Strategy Document
The Importance of the User Experience

D. Building Cross-Organizational Support

– Power of Envisioning
– Organizational Ramifications
– Stories

E. Data Science Fundamentals for Data Scientists

– Unsupervised Learning: Clustering and Dimensionality Reduction
– Regression Overview
– Data Encoding and File Formats
– Big Data Fundamentals
– Database Overview
– Software Engineering Best Practices
– Natural Language Processing
– Time Series Analysis
– Probability Overview
– Statistics Overview

F. Advanced Data Science for Data Scientists

– Performance and Computer Memory
– Computer Memory and Data Structure
– Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Optimization
– Advanced Classifiers
– Stochastic Modelling

Certification Cost

The cost of the DASCA-SBDA Certification is $650. Octave Analytics also offers specialized training with internship opportunity for an additional $350 to aid your preparation.

Octave offers Analytics and end-to-end Customer Value Management Process Outsourcing Services, which deals with the application of computing tools, statistics and mathematical models to solve business and industry problem.