Nairobi, Kenya

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Time Series Modeling & Predictive Analytics for Big Data

  This advanced training equips participants with the knowledge and practical techniques required to analyze, model, forecast, and visualize large-scale time series datasets. The course combines...

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3 upcoming sessions in the next 3 months

Oct 26 - Oct 30
Nov 23 - Nov 27
Dec 28 - Jan 01
Programme Overview
Training Description

Who Should Attend

  • Data engineers
  • Machine learning professionals
  • Business intelligence professionals
  • Financial analysts
  • Economists and forecasting professionals
  • Operations research professionals
  • IoT and sensor data specialists
  • Risk analysts
  • Business analysts
  • Analytics managers
  • Technology professionals
  • Professionals responsible for large-scale forecasting and data analytics
 
 
 
Session Objectives
  • Understand the fundamentals of time series analysis.
  • Master statistical modeling techniques for time-dependent data.
  • Implement various forecasting methods for big data.
  • Utilize industry-standard tools and frameworks for time series analysis.
  • Develop and evaluate time series models for various applications.
  • Optimize time series models for accuracy and performance.
  • Deploy time series models for real-world scenarios.
  • Troubleshoot and debug time series analysis pipelines.
  • Implement data security and access control in time series workflows.
  • Integrate time series models with big data platforms.
  • Understand how to monitor and maintain time series models.
  • Explore advanced time series techniques for large datasets.
  • Apply real world use cases for Time Series Analysis in Big Data.
About the Course

 

This advanced training equips participants with the knowledge and practical techniques required to analyze, model, forecast, and visualize large-scale time series datasets. The course combines statistical time series methods with modern big data technologies to help professionals extract meaningful patterns from high-volume, high-frequency, and continuously generated data.Participants will explore time series decomposition, trend and seasonality analysis, stationarity, autocorrelation, forecasting, anomaly detection, feature engineering, and machine learning approaches. The training also addresses distributed time series processing, scalable forecasting, real-time analytics, and the use of cloud and big data platforms for large-scale time-dependent datasets.

 

Curriculum & Topics

15 Topics | 71 Sessions

  • play Workshop 1.1: Fundamentals of time series data and analysis.

  • play Workshop 1.2: Overview of time series components (trend, seasonality, noise).

  • play Workshop 1.3: Setting up a development environment for time series analysis.

  • play Workshop 1.4: Introduction to time series tools and libraries.

  • play Workshop 1.5: Best practices for time series analysis.

  • play Workshop 2.1: Autoregressive (AR) models.

  • play Workshop 2.2: Moving average (MA) models.

  • play Workshop 2.3: Autoregressive moving average (ARMA) models.

  • play Workshop 2.4: Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models. 1

  • play Workshop 2.5: Seasonal ARIMA (SARIMA) models.

  • play Workshop 3.1: Exponential smoothing methods (Simple, Holt, Holt-Winters).

  • play Workshop 3.2: Decomposition methods (additive, multiplicative).

  • play Workshop 3.3: Machine learning approaches (regression, tree-based models).

  • play Workshop 3.4: Deep learning approaches (LSTM, GRU).

  • play Workshop 3.5: Hybrid forecasting methods.

  • play Workshop 4.1: Utilizing Python libraries (Pandas, Statsmodels, Scikit-learn).

  • play Workshop 4.2: Using R packages (forecast, tseries).

  • play Workshop 4.3: Implementing time series analysis in Spark.

  • play Workshop 4.4: Utilizing cloud-based time series services.

  • play Workshop 4.5: Best practices for tool selection.

  • play Workshop 5.1: Evaluating model performance using various metrics (RMSE, MAE, MAPE).

  • play Workshop 5.2: Implementing cross-validation for time series data.

  • play Workshop 5.3: Optimizing models for accuracy and computational efficiency.

  • play Workshop 5.4: Handling missing data and outliers.

  • play Workshop 5.5: Best practices for model evaluation.

  • play Workshop 6.1: Creating lagged features and rolling statistics.

  • play Workshop 6.2: Utilizing domain knowledge for feature engineering.

  • play Workshop 6.3: Handling seasonality and trend components.

  • play Workshop 6.4: Feature selection and transformation techniques.

  • play Workshop 6.5: Best practices for feature engineering.

  • play Workshop 7.1: Deploying time series models in production environments.

  • play Workshop 7.2: Utilizing containerization and orchestration tools.

  • play Workshop 7.3: Implementing API endpoints for time series services.

  • play Workshop 7.4: Monitoring model performance in production.

  • play Workshop 7.5: Best practices for model deployment.

  • play Workshop 8.1: Debugging time series models and pipelines.

  • play Workshop 8.2: Analyzing model errors and performance issues.

  • play Workshop 8.3: Utilizing debugging tools and techniques.

  • play Workshop 8.4: Identifying and resolving model biases.

  • play Workshop 8.5: Best practices for model troubleshooting.

  • play Workshop 9.1: Implementing data security in time series workflows.

  • play Workshop 9.2: Utilizing authentication and authorization.

  • play Workshop 9.3: Implementing data encryption and masking.

  • play Workshop 9.4: Auditing and compliance in time series.

  • play Workshop 9.5: Best practices for data security.

  • play Workshop 10.1: Integrating time series models with Hadoop and Spark.

  • play Workshop 10.2: Utilizing cloud-based time series services.

  • play Workshop 10.3: Implementing real-time time series pipelines.

  • play Workshop 10.4: Best practices for integration.

  • play Workshop 11.1: Monitoring model performance and drift.

  • play Workshop 11.2: Implementing model retraining and updating.

  • play Workshop 11.3: Utilizing model monitoring tools and techniques.

  • play Workshop 11.4: Handling model versioning and rollback.

  • play Workshop 11.5: Best practices for model maintenance.

  • play Workshop 12.1: Multivariate time series analysis.

  • play Workshop 12.2: Dynamic time warping (DTW).

  • play Workshop 12.3: State space models.

  • play Workshop 12.4: Bayesian time series analysis.

  • play Workshop 12.5: Advanced techniques for large-scale time series.

  • play Workshop 13.1: Utilizing cloud-based time series services.

  • play Workshop 13.2: Deploying time series models on AWS, Azure, and GCP.

  • play Workshop 13.3: Optimizing cloud resources for time series analysis.

  • play Workshop 13.4: Best practices for cloud-based time series.

  • play Workshop 14.1: Implementing data governance policies in time series.

  • play Workshop 14.2: Utilizing metadata management tools.

  • play Workshop 14.3: Implementing data lineage and data dictionary.

  • play Workshop 14.4: Best practices for data governance.

  • play Workshop 15.1: Emerging trends in time series research and applications.

  • play Workshop 15.2: Utilizing AI and automation in time series workflows.

  • play Workshop 15.3: Implementing explainable time series models.

  • play Workshop 15.4: Best practices for future time series.

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