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BigQuery for Data Scientists

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Overview

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This course presents BigQuery as an integrated, serverless platform that accelerates the entire data science workflow, from complex feature engineering to direct model deployment. It demonstrates that BigQuery is far more than a traditional data warehouse. Learn how to move compute directly to the data to solve the challenges of disjointed, multi-tool workflows. Implement machine learning directly via SQL using BigQuery ML (BQML), and integrate data science projects with Python environments like Jupyter and Colab. You'll also learn about Data Science Agents for automated ML lifecycle management and using BigQuery to facilitate production-ready generative AI and machine learning deployments.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
    • Welcome to BigQuery for Data Scientists
  • The Modern Data Science Architecture
    • Why BigQuery for data science?
    • Specialized tools vs. BigQuery
    • Connecting the dots: BigQuery and Python
    • Hands-on lab introduction: Analyze customer reviews with Gemini using Python notebooks
    • Analyze Customer Reviews with Gemini Using Python Notebooks
    • Module 1 Quiz
  • Machine Learning at Scale with BQML
    • The BQML ecosystem
    • BQML model architectures
    • Hands-on lab introduction: Predicting customer churn
    • Deploy a BigQuery ML Customer Churn Classifier to Agent Platform for Online Predictions
    • Quiz
  • Generative AI and Automation
    • Understanding productionalization
    • Conversational data science with agents
    • Bringing Gemini to your data
    • Hands-on lab introduction: Automating the ML lifecycle
    • Streamline Data Science Workflows with the Colab Enterprise Agent
    • Quiz
  • Course Summary
    • Course wrap-up
    • Final quiz
  • Your Next Steps
    • Claim credential

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