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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
6
Section 2: Developing and Training Models
13
Section 3: Deploying Models to Users

Chapter 3: Getting Started with SQL and Relational Databases

According to a recent article published in the Journal of Big Data Analytics and Its Applications, every 60 seconds on the internet, the following happens:

  • 700,000 status updates are made.
  • 11 million messages are sent.
  • 170 million emails are received.
  • 1,820 terabytes (TB) of new data is created.

It would be an understatement to claim that data within the business landscape is growing rapidly at an unprecedented rate. With this major explosion of information, companies around the globe are investing a great deal of capital in an effort to effectively capture, analyze, and deliver benefits from this data for the company. One of the main methods by which data can be managed and subsequently retrieved to provide actionable insights is through Structured Query Language (SQL).

Similar to how we used the Terminal command line to create directories, or Python to run calculations, you can use SQL to create...