DS 807 (02) - Modeling Unstructured Data

This course introduces students to statistical and machine learning tools for modeling unstructured data; including emails, documents, text messages, and social media data. Topics to be covered include text mining, clustering, mixture models, deep learning, and topic models. The course integrates numerous applications to demonstrate practical approaches to analyzing large unstructured collections of data. Application areas include Marketing (Yelp and Trip Advisor reviews), Human Resources (health care plan analysis), Social Media (Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram). The course delivery will be a mix of lectures, readings/podcasts with discussion, and hands-on data analysis.