Open Source Simulations with Python and Blended Learning Approaches to Data Science and Machine Learning Education - Shiv Kumar & Darius Vaillancourt

Shiv Kumar & Darius Vaillancourt at May 21, 2019 event of montrealml.dev

Title: Open Source Simulations with Python and Blended Learning Approaches to Data Science and Machine Learning Education

Summary: Enterprise software for engineering is currently expensive, with few open source options available for use by electrical engineers. Python with Power Electronics aims to close this gap by providing tools to simulate power electronics and circuitry with initial uses tailored to the renewable energy industry. The lightening talk will also cover affordable techniques for learning machine learning and data science by combining online learning with in-person workshops.

Bios: Shiv Kumar (PhD) is an electrical engineer by training with over ten years of experience across renewable energy R&D and software development. Shiv Kumar is author of textbook Simulating Nonlinear Circuits with Python Power Electronics and is an instructor at Collabo Academy where he teaches Data Science & Machine Learning with Python.

Darius is a founder and CEO of Collabo Academy, an education technology that delivers blended learning at an affordable price.

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1. is a mission-driven professional
   development company. We offer courses
   that blend the best online courses with
   expert guided in-person workshops.
   ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WITH PYTHON
   PYTHON POWER ELECTRONICS, AN OPEN SOURCE SIMULATOR
   MAY 2019
   

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2. PRESENTERS
   Darius Vaillancourt
   Founder & CEO
   Shiv Kumar, PhD
   Data Science &
   Machine Learning
   

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3. MOTIVATION & OBJECTIVE
   ▪ An electrical engineer with over ten years of experience in power
   sector R&D, and a software/Linux enthusiast hacking away in my
   free time
   ▪ A huge gap between software for web dev, etc. and electrical
   engineering
   ▪ Software for web dev is booming with open source alternatives
   constantly in development and competing with each other
   ▪ Enterprise software for engineering is expensive, has poor
   performance and is closed source
   ▪ Felt the need for more open source in core engineering and for
   core engineers to get involved in open source software
   

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4. PYTHON POWER ELECTRONICS
   ▪ A free and open source circuit simulator for power engineers
   built entirely in Python
   ▪ Processes and solves electrical circuits
   ▪ External control functions can be written in Python
   ▪ http://www.pythonpowerelectronics.com/
   ▪ https://www.facebook.com/pythonpowerelectronics
   

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5. PYTHON POWER ELECTRONICS
   Next major goal – teach
   Python, data science and
   machine learning to
   engineers for application in
   electrical engineering.
   

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6. Data Science & ML with Python
   Workshop Date Workshop Time Topics
   2019-05-23 6pm - 8:00pm NumPy, Pandas, DataFrames, & Python Excercises,
   2019-05-30 6pm - 8:00pm Data Visualization for Matplotlib
   2019-06-06 6pm - 8:00pm
   Data Visualization for Plotly and Cufflinks + Geo Plotting,
   Capstone Project, Intro to Machine Learning
   2019-06-13 6pm - 8:00pm
   Linear & Logistical Regression, Applied KNN Theory,
   Exercises and Projects
   2019-06-20 6pm - 8:00pm
   Decision Trees & Random Forest, Support Vector Machines,
   K Nearest Neighbors, Recommender Systems
   2019-06-27 6pm - 8:00pm Natural Language Processing, Big Data & Spark
   2019-07-04 6pm - 8:00pm Neural Nets & Deep Learning, Intro to Tensor Flow
   

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7. is a mission-driven professional
   development company. We offer courses
   that blend the best online courses with
   expert guided in-person workshops.
   COLLABO·ACADEMY
   RE-DESIGNED APPROACH TO LEARNING DATA SCIENCE
   MAY 2019
   

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8. OUR PROGRAM
   Select a course across
   Data Science, Web
   Development and more.
   Workshops use 5-star
   online lectures as basis
   for curriculum.
   1 Watch lectures online at
   home and at your own
   pace. Post questions
   via online forums.
   2 Attend weekly workshops
   with experts and
   collaborate with
   classmates on exercises
   and projects.
   3
   SELECT LEARN ATTEND
   

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9. of participants
   LEARNED
   MOREusing
   blended learning
   73%
   INCREASE
   in test scores for
   blended learning*
   participants
   of participants
   ENJOY the
   blended learning
   experience compared
   to traditional formats
   77% 90%
   Built on Research
   *Blended learning combines online lectures with in-person workshops. Refers
   to study conducted by University of British Columbia. Illustrative Purposes only.
   

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10. COURSE FORMAT
    ▪ 7 review sessions (Tuesdays 8-9pm)
    ▪ 7 workshops (Thursdays 6-8pm)
    ▪ Online lectures
    ▪ Supplemental Notes
    ▪ Slack channel chat
    ▪ May 23rd – July 4th (Thursdays 6-8pm)
    www.collaboacademy.com/programs
    

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11. THANK YOU
    INFO@COLLABOACADEMY.COM
    Tel: 438.925.2209
    WWW.COLLABOACADEMY.COM
    

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