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Data Preparation for Machine Learning

This course focuses on the fundamentals of preparing data for machine learning using Databricks. Participants will learn essential skills for exploring, cleaning, and organizing data tailored for traditional machine learning applications. Key topics include data visualization, feature engineering, and optimal feature storage strategies. Through practical exercises, participants will gain hands-on experience in efficiently preparing data sets for machine learning within the Databricks. This course is designed for associate-level data scientists and machine learning practitioners. and individuals seeking to enhance their proficiency in data preparation, ensuring a solid foundation for successful machine learning model deployment.


Languages Available: English | 日本語 | Português BR | 한국어

Skill Level
Associate
Duration
4h
Prerequisites

In this course, the content was developed for participants with these skills/knowledge/abilities: 

• Completed the Get Started with Databricks for Machine Learning (Onboarding) course or possess equivalent foundational knowledge of working in the Databricks environment.

    - Learners should be familiar with navigating the Databricks workspace, creating and running notebooks, and understanding the basic machine learning workflow on Databricks. This course builds on that foundation to focus on data preparation for machine learning.

• Intermediate-level proficiency in Python programming for data preparation and analysis.

    - Learners should be comfortable using libraries such as pandas, numpy, and scikit-learn for data manipulation, handling missing values, and basic feature transformations.

• Basic understanding of machine learning fundamentals.

    - This includes familiarity with concepts such as training and test datasets, feature engineering, and model development pipelines.

• Familiarity with Databricks platform workflows.

    - Learners should be able to perform basic tasks such as creating clusters, running code in notebooks, and using common notebook operations.

• Basic knowledge of data formats and lakehouse concepts.

    - Learners should be familiar with common data formats such as CSV, JSON, and Parquet, and have introductory knowledge of Delta Lake and the Lakehouse architecture.

• Foundational understanding of exploratory data analysis and basic statistics.

    - This includes awareness of data distributions, missing values, outliers, and simple data visualization techniques used to assess data quality.

Outline

Managing and Exploring Data

• Managing and Exploring Data in the Lakehouse

• Demo: Load and Explore Data

• Lab: Load and Explore Data


Data Preparation and Feature Engineering

• Fundamentals of Data Preparation and Feature Engineering

• Data Imputation

• Data Encoding

• Data Standardization

• Demo: Data Imputation and Transformation Pipeline

• Demo: Build a Feature Engineering Pipeline

• Lab: Build a Feature Engineering Pipeline


Feature Store

• Demo: Using Feature Store for Feature Engineering

• Lab: Feature Engineering with Feature Store


Upcoming Public Classes

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Jun 02
08 AM - 12 PM (Asia/Kolkata)
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English
$750.00
Jul 02
01 PM - 05 PM (Australia/Sydney)
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English
$750.00
Jul 02
09 AM - 01 PM (America/New_York)
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English
$750.00

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Apache Spark Developer

Apache Spark™ Programming with Databricks

This course serves as an appropriate entry point to learn Apache Spark Programming with Databricks. 

Below, we describe each of the four, four-hour modules included in this course.

Introduction to Apache Spark

This course offers essential knowledge of Apache Spark, with a focus on its distributed architecture and practical applications for large-scale data processing. Participants will explore programming frameworks, learn the Spark DataFrame API, and develop skills for reading, writing, and transforming data using Python-based Spark workflows. 

Developing Applications with Apache Spark

Master scalable data processing with Apache Spark in this hands-on course. Learn to build efficient ETL pipelines, perform advanced analytics, and optimize distributed data transformations using Spark’s DataFrame API. Explore grouping, aggregation, joins, set operations, and window functions. Work with complex data types like arrays, maps, and structs while applying best practices for performance optimization.

Stream Processing and Analysis with Apache Spark

Learn the essentials of stream processing and analysis with Apache Spark in this course. Gain a solid understanding of stream processing fundamentals and develop applications using the Spark Structured Streaming API. Explore advanced techniques such as stream aggregation and window analysis to process real-time data efficiently. This course equips you with the skills to create scalable and fault-tolerant streaming applications for dynamic data environments.

Monitoring and Optimizing Apache Spark Workloads on Databricks

This course explores the Lakehouse architecture and Medallion design for scalable data workflows, focusing on Unity Catalog for secure data governance, access control, and lineage tracking. The curriculum includes building reliable, ACID-compliant pipelines with Delta Lake. You'll examine Spark optimization techniques, such as partitioning, caching, and query tuning, and learn performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and best practices for efficient data engineering and analytics to address real-world challenges.

Languages Available: English | 日本語 | 한국어

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16h
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