Chartered Data Scientists Curriculum 2023 - 2

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Chartered Data Scientists Curriculum

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Section 1: Probability Theory, Statistics and Linear Algebra

(weightage 12%)
Counting, Random variables, distributions, quantiles,

mean-variance, p-Value, Confidence Interval, Hypothesis
testing, t-test, z-test, Chi-Square test, Analysis of Variance
(ANOVA), Conditional probability, base rate fallacy, Joint
distributions, covariance, correlation, independence, Central
limit theorem, Frequentist significance tests and confidence
intervals, Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Bayes' theorem
and Bayesian statistics, Scalars, Vectors, Matrices, and
Tensors. Multiplying Matrices and Vectors, Eigen
decomposition, Singular Value Decomposition.
Section 2: Data Engineering and Databases (weightage 8%)

Relational databases, Non-relational databases, Graphical
databases, batch processing, stream processing, in-memory
processing, data management, SQL Databases, NoSQL
Databases, data warehouses, data lakes, ETL and Data
pipelines, data access, governance and integration,
operations and security.
Section 3: Exploratory Data Analysis (weightage 8%)

Data understanding, Data visualization, Visualization
techniques, Univariate analysis, Multivariate analysis, EDA and
visualization tools.
Section 4: Supervised and Unsupervised Learning

(weightage 15%)
Linear and Non-linear Models, Classification, Regression,
K-Nearest Neighbours, Naïve Bayes, Clustering, K-Means
Clustering, Hierarchical Clustering, Various learning errors,
regularization, estimator bias-variance trade-off, active learning,
Support vector machine (SVM) and kernels, Model selection
and model selection criteria, Ensemble learning - bagging and
boosting, Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm, Hidden
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Markov models, Bayesian networks, Probabilistic inference,
Association Rule Learning, Reinforcement
- Learning, Time-Series
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Analysis, Cross-Validation.
Section 5: Neural Networks and Deep Learning (weightage 11%)

Feedforward Networks, Backpropagation Learning, Gradient
Descent, Optimization techniques for neural networks, Regular-
ization techniques, Neural net training algorithms, Convolutional
Networks, Recurrent and Recursive Neural Networks, Represen-
tation Learning, Autoencoders, Deep Generative Models, Factor
Analysis, t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbour Embedding (t-SNE),
Transfer learning frameworks.
Section 6: Natural Language Processing (weightage 8%)

Text extraction and preprocessing, Text Classification, Sentiment
analysis, Information retrieval, Parsing, Tokenization, Vectoriza-
tion, Part of Speech (POS) Tagging, Sequence modelling, Word
embedding, Word2Vec, Language Modelling, NLP Transformers,
Generative models for NLP.
Section 7: Computer Vision (weightage 8%)

Image processing, Image transformations, Image segmentation,
Image classification, Object recognition, Image reconstruction,
Image augmentation, Image tagging, Video analytics,
Transformers in computer vision, Generative models for
computer vision.
Section 8: Deployment and Model management (weightage 8%)

Deployment of machine learning model, CI/CD and deployment
pipelines, tracking model quality, reporting and visualization
mechanisms for model performance, MLOps, Data drift and
concept drift.
Section 9: Programming Frameworks for Data Science

(weightage 10%)
Python Lists, Dictionaries, Arrays, Conditional statements, Loops,
Data Frame, Functions, Object-oriented programming, Files,
Exceptions, Sci-Kit Learn, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Python
tools for deep learning.
Section 10: Business and Data Science (weightage 12%)

Identifying stakeholders, Handling data privacy concerns, Deter-
mining problem-data science fit, defining problem statements for
multiple stakeholders, understanding constraints and scope of
data science projects, Defining and communicating business
benefits, identifying data sources and creating initial reports,
Decision Modelling.
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Reference Textbooks
The CDS exam has the most likelihood to come from the below
mentioned books, though candidates are advised to refer to the
textbooks that they are most comfortable with and get the
maximum learning from.
Section 1:
A Course in Probability Theory, Kai Lai Chung, Academic Press.
An Introduction to Statistical Learning: With Applications in R,
Daniela Witten, Gareth James, Robert Tibshirani, and Trevor
Hastie, Springer Publication.
Introduction to Probability Models, 9th Edition, Sheldon M. Ross,
Academic Press.
Section 2:
Database System Concepts Textbook by Avi Silberschatz,
Henry F. Korth, and S. Sudarshan, McGraw Hill Publication.
Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind
Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems, Martin
Kleppmann, O'Reilly Publication.
Section 3:
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists: 50 Essential Concepts,
Peter Bruce and Andrew Bruce, O'Reilly Publication.
Section 4:
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Christopher Bishop,
Springer Publication.
Machine Learning, Tom M. Mitchell, McGraw Hill Publication.
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference and
Prediction, 2nd Edition, T Hastie, R Tibshirani and J Friedman,
Springer Series in Statistics, Springer Publications.
Section 5:
Deep Learning Book by Aaron C. Courville, Ian Goodfellow, and
Yoshua Bengio, MIT Press.
Machine Learning A Probabilistic Perspective, Kevin P. Murphy,
MIT Press.
Neural Networks and Learning Machines, 3rd Edition, Simon
Haykin, Pearson Publication.
Section 6:
Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing,
Christopher D. Manning and Hinrich Schutze, The MIT Press.
Natural Language Processing with Python, Steven Bird, Ewan
Klein and Edward Loper, O'Reilly Publication.
Generative Deep Learning, 2nd Edition, David Foster, O'Reilly Media
Section 7:
Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications, Richard Szeliski,
Springer Publication.
Generative Deep Learning, 2nd Edition, David Foster, O'Reilly Media
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Section 8:
Evaluating Machine Learning Models, Alice Zheng, O'Reilly
Publication.
Building Machine Learning Powered Applications, Emmanuel
Ameisen, O'Reilly Publication.
Section 9:
Python Cookbook: Recipes for Mastering Python 3, 3rd Edition,
David Beazley & Brian K. Jones, O'Reilly Publication.
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras and
TensorFlow : Concepts, Tools and Techniques to Build
Intelligent Systems, 2nd Edition, Aurelien Geron, O'Reilly
Publication.
R for Data Science: Import, TIDY, Transform, Visualize, and
Model Data, Hadley Wickham and Garrett Grolemund, O'Reilly
Publication.
Section 10:
1. Laursen GHN, Thorlund J (2016) Business Analytics for
Managers: Taking Business Intelligence Beyond Reporting, 2nd
ed.(John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ).
2. Business Analytics, 2nd Edition, James Evans, Pearson
Publication.

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Chartered Data Scientists Curriculum

Section 1: Probability Theory, Statistics and Linear Algebra

Counting, Random variables, distributions, quantiles,

Section 2: Data Engineering and Databases (weightage 8%)

Section 3: Exploratory Data Analysis (weightage 8%)

Section 4: Supervised and Unsupervised Learning

Section 5: Neural Networks and Deep Learning (weightage 11%)

Section 6: Natural Language Processing (weightage 8%)

Section 7: Computer Vision (weightage 8%)

Section 8: Deployment and Model management (weightage 8%)

Section 9: Programming Frameworks for Data Science

Section 10: Business and Data Science (weightage 12%)

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