Four-Project Series
- prerequisites
- basic Python • basic SQL • familiarity with tables as CSV files • basic data science and machine learning
- skills learned
- defining graphs • visualizing graphs • working with LynxKite for efficient graph data science • applying linear regression with graph invariants as input features • using graph neural networks
pro $24.99 per month
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose one free eBook per month to keep
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
lite $19.99 per month
- access to all Manning books, including MEAPs!
team
5, 10 or 20 seats+ for your team - learn more
In this series of liveProjects, you’ll learn to apply insightful graph data science techniques to real-world data problems. Making use of Python and the LynxKite graph data science platform, you’ll explore how graph data structuring can reveal new insights from highly interlinked data. Each liveProject in this series stands alone, so you can pick and choose the skills that are most relevant to you.
These projects are designed for learning purposes and are not complete, production-ready applications or solutions.
Sergii Zakharov, lead data scientist at Lynx Analytics, shares what he likes about the Manning liveProject platform.
here's what's included
Project 1 Analyze the Graph Structure of Soccer
In this liveProject, you’ll construct event sequence graphs to reveal interesting information about soccer games. You’ll work to find longest pass sequences, most important players, and to understand the spatial structure of the game. You’ll define and visualize these graphs, and use connected components to find interesting event subsequences. You’ll quickly be able to uncover insights such as the most important players and the spatial structuring of the playing pitch.
Project 2 Analyze and Cluster OpenStreetMap Data
In this liveProject, you’ll use LynxKite and graph data techniques to identify some of the most important geographic points in the city of Bruges. You’ll start by downloading and processing map data, and then use a simple Python program to convert it into a graph. You’ll use graph centrality metrics to quantify the importance of vertices in your graph, and determine some of Bruges’ important locations. You’ll then use the same structure to figure out the main areas of the city without using actual district data.
Project 3 Optimize City Infrastructure
In this liveProject, you’ll use graph data optimization to determine improvements that could be made to the water infrastructure of Bruges. You’ll incorporate business data into your visualized Bruges street graph, and translate your graph into a prize collecting Steiner tree problem. You’ll then use the PCST solver in LynxKite to get an exact answer to your business problem.
Project 4 Predict Age Using GNNs
In this liveProject, you’ll build a model that can predict the age of customers for a telecom company. You’ll take basic profile data and call records for your customers, and build and improve a linear regression model using graph features. Finally, you’ll use a powerful graph neural network that can combine data from both profile features and graph structure to reliably reveal customer age range.
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- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
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- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
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Hands-on Graph Data Science with LynxKite project for free
Hands-on Graph Data Science with LynxKite project for free
team
monthly
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$49.99
$399.99
only $33.33 per month
- five seats for your team
- access to all Manning books, MEAPs, liveVideos, liveProjects, and audiobooks!
- choose another free product every time you renew
- choose twelve free products per year
- exclusive 50% discount on all purchases
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Hands-on Graph Data Science with LynxKite project for free
Prerequisites
This liveProject is for data scientists interested in the basic techniques of graph data science. This project is suitable for a large range of expertise levels from beginners to experienced practitioners. To begin this liveProject, you will need to be familiar with the following:
- Basic SQL
- Tables, their representation as CSV files
- Basic data science and machine learning
features
- Self-paced
- You choose the schedule and decide how much time to invest as you build your project.
- Project roadmap
- Each project is divided into several achievable steps.
- Get Help
- While within the liveProject platform, get help from fellow participants and even more help with paid sessions with our expert mentors.
- Compare with others
- For each step, compare your deliverable to the solutions by the author and other participants.
- book resources
- Get full access to select books for 90 days. Permanent access to excerpts from Manning products are also included, as well as references to other resources.
