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Machine Learning in Biotechnology and Life Sciences

By : Saleh Alkhalifa
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Machine Learning in Biotechnology and Life Sciences

By: Saleh Alkhalifa

Overview of this book

The booming fields of biotechnology and life sciences have seen drastic changes over the last few years. With competition growing in every corner, companies around the globe are looking to data-driven methods such as machine learning to optimize processes and reduce costs. This book helps lab scientists, engineers, and managers to develop a data scientist's mindset by taking a hands-on approach to learning about the applications of machine learning to increase productivity and efficiency in no time. You’ll start with a crash course in Python, SQL, and data science to develop and tune sophisticated models from scratch to automate processes and make predictions in the biotechnology and life sciences domain. As you advance, the book covers a number of advanced techniques in machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing using real-world data. By the end of this machine learning book, you'll be able to build and deploy your own machine learning models to automate processes and make predictions using AWS and GCP.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting Started with Data
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Section 2: Developing and Training Models
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Section 3: Deploying Models to Users

Summary

Python is a powerful language that will serve you well, regardless of your area of expertise. In this chapter, we discussed some of the most important concepts when working with the command line, such as creating directories, installing packages, and creating and editing Python scripts. We also discussed the Python programming language quite extensively. We reviewed some of the most commonly used IDEs, general data types, and calculations. We also reviewed some of the more complex data types such as lists, DataFrames, and JSON files. We also looked over the basics of APIs and making HTTP requests, and we introduced OOP with regard to Python classes. All of the examples we explored in this chapter relate to applications commonly discussed within the field of data science, so having a strong understanding of them will be very beneficial.

Although this chapter was designed to introduce you to some of the most important concepts in data science (such as variables, lists, JSON...