2021 Fall PHDS-2 (LU)
Students will expand their statistics and machine learning toolkit by building traditional regression models for continuous and binary data, explore supervised learning methods such as: Tree-based learning, KNN/Collaborative filtering, and Feed forward Neural networks, and understand how to manipulate, ask, and answer questions from big datasets. Students will be expected to propose a population health project mid-semester, and apply and present techniques they learned in class. May be taken in conjunction with BSTA 103.
tom mcandrew
Assistant Professor
I am a computational scientist with a methodological focus on developing ensemble forecasting algorithms and extracting statistical information from unstructured human judgment data. The areas of application that interest me most are building tools to combine forecasting and predictive models in the health sciences.