{"id":162574,"date":"2025-10-15T14:39:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/025-data-preparation-overview\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:39:18","slug":"025-data-preparation-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/025-data-preparation-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"025 &#8211; Data Preparation Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKfw00mFZfU?autoplay=1&#038;controls=1&#038;hl=en\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>These are the teaching materials of Prof. Bo Liu\u2019s Coursera specialization, Applied AI for Engineers and Scientists: Foundations, co-developed with and endorsed by MathWorks. The aim is to let non-computer science students and practitioners understand and use AI effectively and efficiently, bypassing complex programming. To learn this course, you only need to have basic programming skills. AI concepts and knowledge will be taught comprehensively. Thanks to MATLAB Toolboxes, the use of these AI techniques will not become a challenge. More details are in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Muc64F_yzpHv7DYetnfRNrcdpsxPpQSJ\/view?usp=sharing.\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Muc64F_yzpHv7DYetnfRNrcdpsxPpQSJ\/view?usp=sharing.\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\nThe YouTube resources are free. But if you want a certificate, please study it on Coursera <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/specializations\/matlab\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/specializations\/matlab<\/a>.<br \/>\nThis video is in the 9th week (3rd part, Machine Learning and its Applications). The topic is Data Preparation Overview.<br \/>\n[Download the specialization structure]<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1oVGwPP2wuSNmRy6DFsZztPPz1QFlXcV7?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1oVGwPP2wuSNmRy6DFsZztPPz1QFlXcV7?usp=sharing<\/a><br \/>\n[Download the live scripts]<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1wv3xfC0jIpK-_J7doN5ScHoxzSxXinbm?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1wv3xfC0jIpK-_J7doN5ScHoxzSxXinbm?usp=sharing<\/a><br \/>\nKeywords: MATLAB, Applied AI, Artificial Intelligence, Engineers, Scientists, Coursera, Data Preparation \ud83d\udcd8 Detailed materials and course files are available on GitHub:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AIDAC-education\/Applied-AI-for-Engineers-and-Scientists-Foundations\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/github.com\/AIDAC-education\/Applied-AI-for-Engineers-and-Scientists-Foundations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the teaching materials of Prof. Bo Liu\u2019s Coursera specialization, Applied AI for Engineers and Scientists: Foundations, co-developed with and endorsed by MathWorks. 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