APPLIED DATA SCIENCE PROGRAM:
LEVERAGING AI FOR EFFECTIVE
DECISION-MAKING
LEARN HOW TO BECOME A DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKER WITH THE
12-WEEK LIVE VIRTUAL PROGRAM DELIVERED BY MIT FACULTY
Now Featuring ChatGPT and Generative AI Modules
USING A "LOW CODE" APPROACH
ABOUT MIT
PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION
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gateway to renowned MIT research,
knowledge and expertise for working
professionals engaged in science and
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Central to MIT’s vision, MIT Professional
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industry, and to incorporate industry
feedback and knowledge into MIT
education and research.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Data is getting created at a rapid pace. It is estimated that more than 2 quintillion bytes
of data have been created each day in the last two years. As organizations experience
an overflow of data, they are sparing no effort to extract meaningful insights to make
smarter business decisions. In order to help you unravel the true worth of data, MIT
Professional Education offers the Applied Data Science Program: Leveraging AI for
Effective Decision-Making.
In this program that lasts for 12 weeks, you will be able to upgrade your data analytics
skills by learning the theory and practical application of supervised and unsupervised
learning, time-series analysis, neural networks, recommendation engines, regression,
and computer vision, to name a few. Moreover, the program offers a focus on AI and
ML-based projects and case studies, providing you with real-world applications and
experiences in utilizing AI for data-driven decision-making.
Upon successful fulfillment of requirements, you will receive a Certificate of Completion
from MIT Professional Education at the end of the program.
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your home.
sessions, resume and
experts on the applications of concepts taught
by faculty.
on successful completion of the program.
This is a 12-week program. For 5 weeks of MIT Faculty live lectures, each week amounts to an average time
commitment of 15-18 hours. For the remaining 7 weeks, an average time commitment of 12-14 hours per week
is expected from the learners. (This includes live virtual sessions, mentor learning sessions, self-study, etc.)
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WHO IS THIS
PROGRAM FOR?
Professionals who are interested
in a career in Data Science and
Machine Learning.
Professionals interested in leading
Data Science and Machine Learning
initiatives at their companies.
Entrepreneurs interested in
innovation using Data Science
and Machine Learning.
AFTER THIS PROGRAM,
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
Understand the intricacies of Understand the theory behind
Data Science techniques and recommendation systems and explore
their applications to real-world their applications to multiple
problems. industries and business contexts.
Learn how various Machine Learning Explore the realms of Machine Learning,
techniques can be used to solve Deep Learning, and Neural Networks,
complex problems and make and how they can be applied to areas
data-driven business decisions. like Computer Vision.
Develop a strong understanding Build an industry-ready portfolio of
of how Python is applied in projects to demonstrate your ability
Data Science. to extract business insights from data.
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Pre-work: Foundations of Applied Data Science
To help you get the most out of the program, we provide access to prework content that
covers foundational topics in Python programming, statistics, and an introduction to
Data Science and AI. While prework is optional and does not count toward program
completion, it is strongly recommended—especially for learners who do not have prior
experience in programming or statistics. Going through the material early will better
prepare you for the core courses with MIT faculty.
Estimated Time Commitment:
Mandatory content: ~2.5 hours
Optional content: ~9 hours
We also conduct optional live sessions over the weekend before the program launch
to support your learning and answer any questions.
Module 1 Week 1 & 2
Foundations - Python and Statistics
Module 2 Week 3
Data Analysis & Visualization
Module 3 Week 4
Machine Learning
Introduction to Supervised Learning - Regression Model
Evaluation - Cross Validation and Bootstrapping
Introduction to Supervised Learning - Classification
Learning Break Week 5
Module 4 Week 6
Practical Data Science
Decision Trees Random Forest Time Series (Introduction)
Module 5 Week 7
Deep Learning
Intro to Convolutional Transformers
Neural Networks Neural Networks
Module 6 Week 8
Recommendation Systems
Intro to Recommendation Systems
Matrix
Tensor, NN for Recommendation Systems
Learning Break Week 9
Time for participants to finish and submit their projects
Module 7 Week 10-12
Capstone Project
Week 10: Week 11: Week 12:
Milestone Submission Final Submission Synthesis + Presentation
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Self-Paced Modules with an Optional Masterclass
Introduction to ChatGPT:
Generative AI The Development Stack
Overview of ChatGPT and OpenAI Mathematical Fundamentals for Generative AI
Implications for Work, Business, and Education Transformer Models: Generative AI for Natural Language
Prompt Engineering for Fine-Tuning Outputs Hands-On ChatGPT Prototype Creation
Great Learning Hackathon (Optional) Week 13-14
Hackathons allow you to collaborate with a variety of working professionals and
learn from each other’s achievements and failures. During the 3-day hackathon,
you will be working as a team to code a data science-backed solution to a problem
statement with an aim to maximize its performance on a certain evaluation metric.
Benefits:
Get the chance to work as a part of a team
Gain access to a live leaderboard to view your ranking
Display your problem-solving capabilities
Earn a certificate of achievement from Great Learning
Sample Hands-on Projects
Healthcare Real Estate
Malaria Detection AI-Powered Boston House Price Prediction
Detect whether Red Blood Cells (RBCs) Predicting house prices in the Boston metropolitan
are infected with malaria using area based on features of the property and its
image classification techniques locality using regression techniques
Concepts Used: Concepts Used:
Image Classification, Linear Regression, Logistic Regression,
Convolutional Neural Networks and K-Nearest Neighbors
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Marketing Retail
Predicting Potential Customers Amazon AI Product
Identifying leads who are more likely to convert Recommendation System
to paid customers based on their attributes and Recommending the best Amazon products
interaction details available to users based on past rating data
using AI-driven recommendation techniques
Concepts Used:
Decision Trees and Random Forests Concepts Used:
Rank-Based, Similarity-Based, Matrix
Factorization-Based, and Content-Based
Recommendation Systems
Examples of Capstone Projects
BFSI Research
Loan Default Prediction Facial Emotion Detection
Build a classification model to predict clients who Use Deep Learning and AI techniques to create a
are likely to default on their loans. Give Computer Vision model that can accurately
recommendations to the bank on important detect facial emotions. The model should be able
features to consider while approving a loan. to perform multi-class classification on images of
facial expressions and categorize them according
to the associated emotion.
Concepts Used:
Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Random
Forests, and Ensemble Methods Concepts Used:
Artificial Neural Networks, Convolution Neural
Networks, Computer Vision, Transfer Learning,
and CNN Regularization
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PROGRAM FACULTY
Devavrat Shah
Director, Statistics and Data Science Center (SDSC) at MIT
Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS)
at MIT, PhD (Stanford University)
Munther Dahleh
Director, MIT Institute for Data, Systems and Society (IDSS)
William A. Coolidge Professor, Electrical Engineering &
Computer Science (EECS) at MIT, PhD (Rice University)
Caroline Uhler
Henry L. & Grace Doherty Associate Professor, Institute for Data,
Systems and Society (IDSS) and Dept. of Electrical Engineering
& Computer Science (EECS) at MIT, PhD (UC Berkeley)
John N. Tsitsiklis
Clarence J Lebel Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science (EECS) at MIT, Professor, Laboratory for Information and Decision
Systems (LIDS) at MIT, PhD (MIT)
Stefanie Jegelka
X-Consortium Career Development Associate Professor, Electrical
Engineering & Computer Science (EFCS) at MIT, Member, Computer
Science & Artificial Intelligence Labo
Note: This is an indicative list and is subject to change based on the availability of faculty and mentors
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Founder, Kmbara and Data Scientist,
Data Science Consultant WestJet
Manager, Partnership Science, Senior Machine Learning
Meta Engineer, Apple
Senior Data Scientist, Co-Founder & Core Contributor,
Dell Technologies PyCaret
Senior Analyst Data Scientist, Co-Founder, CTO and Data Scientist,
Johnson & Johnson Vision Calido
Data Engineer - Business Planning, Global Director of Data Science and Analytics,
IKEA Anheuser-Busch InBev
Analytics Leader, Global Advanced Analytics,
Senior Data Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Walmart Canada
Senior Actuarial Data Scientist, Data Scientist - Revenue Expansion,
Allstate Shopify
Senior Data Scientist, Senior Data Scientist,
Siemens Healthineers Nestlé
Data Scientist,
Novartis
Note: This is an indicative list and is subject to change based on the availability of faculty and mentors
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L EARN ER TESTI MO NI AL S
Here’s what some of our learners have to say about their program experience:
“The platform used to deliver the program was highly organized. World-class professors
taught the program and the mentors’ level of engagement was astonishing. I have never
had the same experience with other platforms. Thank you for your hard work and
great support!”
KHASHAYAR EBRAHIMI, PhD
Senior Engineer, Solver and Developer
Gamma Technologies, LLC (US)
without diminishing the experience of hands-on learning. My program manager was
incredibly responsive, empathetic and professional. I enjoyed this program very much and
would recommend it to anyone interested in learning these skills.”
TANYA JOHNSON
Customer Engineering Manager
Google (US)
“The program was a wonderful hands-on learning experience. The lecturers and mentors
are top-notch, and the pace was intense but very engaging! The learning format and
applications of concepts allow you to apply them across case studies and projects. The
program support team was extremely helpful and requests were resolved quickly”.
BASIL BALUTA
CEO and CTO
Plexina Inc. (Canada)
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L EARN ER TESTI MO NI AL S
Here’s what some of our learners have to say about their program experience:
"The content and delivery by MIT professors was consistently high-quality and engaging.
The program faculty and mentors were knowledgeable and the staff was collaborative,
helpful, and enthusiastic throughout the journey. Thank you so much for this whole
experience!"
SABINA SUJECKA
AI Interaction and Product Designer
Orange Labs R&D (USA)
“I want to thank the mentors, MIT professors, teaching assistants, and everyone who made
the Applied Data Science Program run smoothly. I really learned a lot from the program
and I feel much more confident in exploring data and machine learning. The mentors
did an excellent job providing context for topics and going through examples.”
MATTHEW WOLF
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Guelph (Canada)
“I believe this program is one of the best Data Science programs out there. It is aptly
opportunity to attend live lectures and learn from some of the best faculty members in
the world.”
ABHISHEK M.
Principal Data Scientist
Nielsen (US)
"The program structure is laid out perfectly with working professionals in mind. The delivery
mechanism is tuned to 21st century education. MIT professors provide great context and
breadth about the topics covered. The weekend sessions with Great Learning mentors
provide real, applicable industry skills that are directly translatable to the workforce."
ARMAN SEUYLEMEZIAN
Research Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (USA)
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C ERTIF IC ATE O F C O MPL ETI O N
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APPL IC ATIO N PR O C ESS
STEP-1 STEP-2 STEP-3
Application Form Application Screening Join the Program
Register by completing the A panel from Great Learning will review After a final review,
online application form. your application to determine your fit you will receive an offer
for the program. They will evaluate your for a seat in the upcoming
application on academic performance, cohort of the program.
work experience, and motivation.
A PP L I C AT IO N & F EE DET AI L S
Program Duration: Prerequisites:
12 weeks Exposure to Computer Programming and a High School-Level
Knowledge of Statistics and Mathematics
Fees: Program Completion Criteria:
USD 3900 Learners should score at least 60% in each course,
including the Elective and Capstone Project
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