The IDEAS SoCal Conference Committee has put together an impressive set of workshops this year. Our workshops are designed for AI and Blockchain enthusiasts to jumpstart their career by building a solid foundation in techniques. Each workshop is limited to 20 participants to further foster a truly interactive experience. Registrants also gain access to all Conference Sessions and our Exhibition on October 20 (Saturday).

The detailed location and arrangement will be emailed to the registrants.

Machine Learning Workshop (5 hours)

About the Course

• Machine Learning Introduction
  -What is machine learning?

• Scikit Learn Package for Machine Learning
  -General learning models (supervised/unsupervised)
  -Feature extraction

• Basic Regression Model
  -Bias-variance trade-off
  -Regularization
  -Lasso, Ridge, Elastic-net

• Basic Classification Model
  -Logistic, Tree, SVM
  -Model-measurement

• Unsupervised Learning
  -Dimension reduction
  -Clustering

Blockchain Training Workshop (2 hours)

About the Course

• Blockchain Introduction
  -What is Blockchain?
  

• Consensus vs. Bitcoin

• IBM Hyperledger Fabric Comoser

Machine Learning Instructor

Kyle Polich, Host at Data Skeptic

Kyle Polich is the host of Data Skeptic, a podcaster about data science, statistics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, all through the eye of scientific skepticism. Outside of the show, he's an advisor for a few early-stage startups and consults with growth companies to deliver end-to-end data solutions. Kyle is a mentor for aspiring data scientists through his teaching with Thinkful, mentoring at NewMet Data Science Bootcamp, and one-on-one mentorship arrangements.

Price

Machine Learning: $299 per person. The registrants also gain access to all Conference Sessions and our Exhibition on Oct 20 (Sunday)

Blockchain Training: $299 per person.The registrants also gain access to all Conference Sessions and our Exhibition on Oct 20 (Sunday)

If you have any questions, please contact conference@ideassn.org for more information.