Saturday 1:20 p.m.–1:50 p.m.

Data collection, analysis and optimization with python (en)

Shinji Iwaki

Audience level:
Novice
Category:
Other / その他

Description

In this session, you learn how to collect data from the web, how to analyze them, and, if needed, how to make and solve linear optimization problem. I am planning to use some interesting data on the web, five years of past TV program, so it will also be fun to see some trends in TV industry.

Abstract

You will learn the procedure of data collection-analysis-optimization. Specifically, you will become ready for studying the followings by yourself; note that this session doesn't teach you each library's usage in detail. - how to scrape web pages (BeautifulSoup) - how to analyze data (Pandas) - how to make and solve linear optimization problem (Pulp) I am planning to use some interesting data on theweb, five years of past TV program, so it will also be fun to see some trends in TV industry. If you are not used to collecting and analyzing the data from the web, and have never experienced this kind of procedure, this session will be a good start for you. Plus, this session also covers how to implement optimization method in python, so if you are not familiar with it, it will be a good start for you too.