Roy Jafari - Hands-On Data Preprocessing in Python: Learn how to effectively prepare data for successful data analytics

Learn how to effectively prepare data for successful data analytics

Roy Jafari

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To my parents,

Soqra Bayati

and

Jahanfar Jafari.

Roy Jafari, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of business analytics at the University of Redlands.

Roy has taught and developed college-level courses that cover data cleaning, decision making, data science, machine learning, and optimization.

Roy's style of teaching is hands-on and he believes the best way to learn is to learn by doing. He uses active learning teaching philosophy and readers will get to experience active learning in this book.

Roy believes that successful data preprocessing only happens when you are equipped with the most efficient tools, have an appropriate understanding of data analytic goals, are aware of data preprocessing steps, and can compare a variety of methods. This belief has shaped the structure of this book.

Arsia Takeh is a director of data science at a healthcare company and is responsible for designing algorithms for cutting-edge applications in healthcare. He has over a decade of experience in academia and industry delivering data-driven products. His work involves the research and development of large-scale solutions based on machine learning, deep learning, and generative models for healthcare-related use cases. In his previous role as a co-founder of a digital health start-up, he was responsible for building the first integrated -omics platform that provided a 360 view of the user as well as personalized recommendations to improve chronic diseases.

Sreeraj Chundayil is a software developer with more than 10 years of experience. He is an expert in C, C++, Python, and Bash. He has a B.Tech from the prestigious National Institute of Technology Durgapur in electronics and communication engineering. He likes reading technical books, watching technical videos, and contributing to open source projects. Previously, he was involved in the development of NX, 3D modeling software, at Siemens PLM. He is currently working at Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics) and is involved in the development of integrated chip verification software.

I would like to thank the C++ and Python communities who have made an immense contribution to molding me into the tech lover I am today.