Turn ODSC into a mini-bootcamp with our 3 day bootcamp options
Avail free access to live and on-demand pre-bootcamp training and hackathon to win prizes.
Join Pre-Bootcamp Training & Hackathon
Start learning in the summer with the very fundamentals of data science, followed by a live training and hackathon to build confidence, and win prizes.
Learn Applied Skills at the Mini- Bootcamp
Join the 3 or 4-day live mini-bootcamp and learn the languages, algorithms, and tools from some of the leading data scientists in the world
Career Support
Network with attendees from 1,600+ companies and meet over 40 companies hiring directly at ODSC, career days, webinars, resume reviews and more
Get Certified
Get a certification of completion upon finishing 3 or 4 days of instruction
Mini-Bootcamp Programs
Kick-start your career in data science, from beginner to advanced in just 3 days. Get the skills you need, taught by world-renowned experts
ODSC Mini Virtual Bootcamp is the best way to gain in-demand data science skills in the shortest time with minimum investment. Starting in the summer, the Live and on-demand pre-Bootcamp Training & the Learning Hackathon will provide the right preparation and confidence to put your practice to work in your learning path.
It’s truly an immersive experience. Over almost a week, you will access an expanse of industry focused data science topics on a scale not offered elsewhere. Uniquely, you will also get invaluable insights by networking and connecting with hundreds of data science attendees, world renowned instructors, industry experts, and dozens of top companies seeking the next wave of talent.
Specialization Tracks
Choose one of our six specializations or customize it to your own goals
Our mini bootcamp is fully customizable, you can attend the sessions you want live and on-demand after our conference. Check all available training here – Training Page.
Mini Virtual Bootcamp Schedule
Begin, this summer, with a pre-bootcamp on-demand training followed by a hackathon to build confidence on the core fundamentals of data science, and steadily progress through the bootcamp week with our hands-on training and expert-led sessions and projects. Refer to the timeline below.
Pre-Bootcamp On-demand Training
Get started in your learning track with free access to introductory concepts with short, to-the-point and industry driven on-demand courses.
- Programming with Data: Python – by Daniel Gerlanc, Enplus Advisors (Duration: ~3 hrs)
- Statistics for Data Science – by Andrew Zirm, PhD, Greenhouse Software (Duration: ~3 hrs)
- Fundamentals of SQL for Data Science – by Mona Khalil, Greenhouse Software (Duration: ~3 hrs)
Schedule: Self-paced
Note: only accessible to 3-Day and 4-Day Bootcamp registrants.
Pre-Bootcamp Live Training
As part of your Bootcamp access, use your skills at hand and avail access to live-training on a session of your choice: Deep Learning, NLP, SQL and more. These sessions brings hands-on code run-throughs on Jupyter Notebooks and guided projects, and build a solid foundation for advanced training sessions ahead. Click below for live-training outline and requirements.
- Deep Learning with TensorFlow 2 and PyTorch – by Dr. Jon Krohn, Untapt (Duration: 4 hrs)
Live-Training Schedule: July 29th, 12 PM (ET) – Recording available now
- NLP Fundamentals – by Leonardo de Marchi, Badoo (Duration: 4 hrs)
Live-Training Schedule: September 30th, 12 PM (ET)
- Animating Data – Turn any matplotlib plot into an animated gif – by Max Humber, General Assembly (Duration: 4 hrs)
Live-Training Schedule: October 22nd, 12 PM (ET)
Note: only accessible to 4-Day Bootcamp registrants.
Learning Hackathon
A unique challenge to apply your ideas and data skills gained from Pre-Bootcamp on-demand and live training. This challenge will equip you to upskill on advanced level topics during the 3 or 4-Day Bootcamp.
- Create and share your compelling notebook by yourself or as a team with an analysis on one of the various datasets provided on causes of pressing importance.
- Submit your project with a screencast of a presentation explaining the impact and methodology of your analysis.
- Submissions must be original work of you or your team.
- Hackathon Schedule: early-mid August (To be announced)
- Judging: mid-late August
- Winners announcement: Early September
- Winners recognition: ODSC Europe Conference Awards (Bootcamp Week)
Prizes & Winners
First two winning teams will receive an invitation to donate an amount (to be announced soon) to a non-profit or charity of your choice, plus full complimentary access to the entire bootcamp and on-demand content library of over 150 industry and academia focused session.
Subsequent third and fourth winners will receive one full-day complimentary training pass to attend sessions of their choice.
(Note: Hackathon is open to all)
Mini-Bootcamp Day 1 - Beginner Level SEssions
Live sessions include but are not limited to ones below. Check full half-day and full-day training program at the Training Page.
- Mathematics for Data Science
- Statistics for Data Science
- Introduction to Python Programming with Pandas
- Introduction to Natural Language Processing
- SQL for Data Science
- Introduction to Bayesian Modelling
- Recommendation Systems Fundamentals
- Introduction To Face Processing With Computer Vision
Mini-Bootcamp Day 2 & 3 - Beginner to Intermediate Level Sessions
Live sessions include but are not limited to ones below. Check full half-day and full-day training program at the Training Page.
- Introductory to Intermediate Machine Learning with scikit-learn
- Advanced Machine Learning with scikit-learn: Pipelines, Evaluation Metrics, Imbalanced Classification
- Machine Learning in R: Penalized Regression, Boosted Trees and build ML pipelines
- Machine Learning in R: Forecasting Time Series Data and ML in production with Plumber, Docker
- Machine Learning for Trading
- Interpreting and Explaining XGBoost Models
- Bayesian Data Science: Probabilistic Programming
- Deep Learning with TensorFlow and PyTorch
Mini-Bootcamp Day 4 - Intermediate to Advanced Level Sessions
Live sessions include but are not limited to ones below. Check full half-day and full-day training program at the Training Page.
- Variational Auto-Encoders for Customer Insight
- Learning and Mining Large-Scale Spatiotemporal Data
- From Numbers to Narrative: Turning Raw Data into Compelling Stories with Impact
- How To Build And Test A Trading Strategy Using ML
- State-of-the-art NLP Made Easy with AdaptNLP
- Building an Industry Classifier With The Latest Scraping, NLP and Deployment Tools
- Sequence Modelling with Deep Learning
- Image Detection as a Service: Use APIs and Deep Learning to Support Products
Certificate of Completion & More
- Obtain an ODSC Certification of Completion
- Get access to all ODSC West 2020 recorded sessions
- Get access to over 100+ additional recorded sessions from prior ODSC events, including ODSC East and ODSC Europe
Learn More About Our Program
What You’ll Learn
Learn Fundamentals
Prepare for your immersive training by learning core fundamentals with our pre-bootcamp sessions this summer, including:
Learn Frameworks & Tools
Get hands-on experience with in-demand data science tools and frameworks, including:
Learn Core Topics
Get hands-on experience in the most important data science topics with over 40 beginner to intermediate sessions to choose from, including
Build your Network
A career in data science opens up the possibility of rewarding and exciting work. Build your network and help grow your career
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