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Gain insights into building scalable data and model pipelines, explore different cloud environments, delve into streaming workflows, and discover essential tools for creating real-time data products.

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The goal of this course is to provide you with a set of tools that can be used to build predictive model services for product teams. In this course, you’ll start by covering the different cloud environments and tools for building scalable data and model pipelines. You’ll then learn the different data sets and types of models that will be used heavily in everyday production. Throughout the course, you’ll have plenty of exercises and challenges to get you comfortable working with the diverse toolset. Lastly, you’ll explore streaming model workflows which is crucial for building real-time data pipelines that move data between different components in a cloud environment. After working through this course, you will have gained valuable hands-on experience with many of the tools needed to build data products. You will also have a better understanding of how to build scalable machine learning pipelines in a cloud environment.

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110 Lessons16 Quizzes4 Cloud Labs

Introduction to Building Scalable Model Pipelines

18 Lessons

Get familiar with building scalable data pipelines, using Python, clouds, coding environments.

Course Overview

Applied Data Science

Python for Scalable Compute

Cloud Environments

Coding Environments

Quiz - Data Science Preliminary Concepts

🛑 Important Note!

Introduction to Datasets

- BigQuery to Pandas

- Kaggle to Pandas

Quiz - Importing Datasets

Prototype Models

- Linear Regression

- Logistic Regression

- Keras Regression

Automated Feature Engineering

Quiz - Prototype Modeling

Conclusion : Data science models, tools and environments

Models as Web Endpoints

12 Lessons

Solve challenges with deploying machine learning models as scalable web endpoints.

Introduction to Models as Web Endpoints

Quiz - Web Services and Persistent Models

Deploying a Web Endpoint

- Gunicorn

- Heroku

Interactive Web Services with Dash

Quiz - Web Deployments

Conclusion : Models as Web Endpoints

Models as Serverless Functions

17 Lessons

Go hands-on with deploying machine learning models using serverless functions on AWS and GCP.

Introduction to Models as Serverless Functions

Managed Services

Cloud Functions (GCP)

- Echo Service

- Cloud Storage (GCS)

Quiz - Managed Services

Lambda Functions (AWS)

- Echo Function

- Simple Storage Service (S3)

- Model Function

- API Gateway

Quiz - Lambda Functions

Conclusion

Create an Echo Function in Lambda

Cloud Lab

Working with S3 in Lambda

Cloud Lab

Working with API in Lambda

Cloud Lab

Containers for Reproducible Models

9 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of using containers to ensure reproducible, scalable model deployments.

Introduction to Containers as Reproducible Models

Docker

Orchestration

- AWS Container Registry (ECR)

- AWS Container Service (ECS)

- Load Balancing

Kubernetes on GCP

Quiz - Containers

Conclusion: Containers as Reproducible Models

Working with AWS Container Registry

Cloud Lab

Workflow Tools for Model Pipelines

10 Lessons

Take a closer look at managing and automating model pipelines with workflow tools like Airflow.

Introduction to Workflow Tools for Model Pipelines

Sklearn Workflow

Cron

- Cloud Cron

Quiz - Workflows and Scheduling

Workflow Tools

- Apache Airflow

- Managed Airflow

Quiz - Workflow Tools

Conclusion : Workflow Tools for Model Pipelines

PySpark for Batch Pipelines

25 Lessons

Follow the process of building scalable model pipelines using PySpark in cloud environments.

Introduction to PySpark for Batch Pipelines

Spark Environments

- Spark Clusters

- Databricks Community Edition

Staging Data

Quiz - Spark Environments

A PySpark Primer

- Persisting Dataframes

- Converting Dataframes

Distributed Deep Learning

Distributed Feature Engineering

Quiz - Machine Learning in PySpark

Quiz - GCP Model Pipeline

Conclusion : Working tools for model pipelines

Cloud Dataflow for Batch Modeling

8 Lessons

Master the creation and execution of scalable Cloud Dataflow pipelines for batch modeling.

Introduction to Cloud Dataflow and Batch Modeling

Quiz - Dataflow and Batch Modeling

Conclusion : Cloud Dataflow for Batch Modeling

Streaming Model Workflows

10 Lessons

Learn how to use streaming platforms for scalable real-time machine learning pipelines.

Introduction to Streaming Model Workflows

Spark Streaming

- Apache Kafka

- Sklearn Streaming 1

- Sklearn Streaming 2

Dataflow Streaming

- PubSub

- Natality Streaming

Quiz - Streaming Model Workflows

Conclusion : Streaming model workflows

Course Conclusion

1 Lessons

Look at the evolving journey in data science, emphasizing continuous learning and practice.

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