Data Science and Its Applications
暫譯: 資料科學及其應用

資料這個術語被廣泛使用、實驗、分析和研究，資料科學及其應用 在所有研究領域中都具有相關性，包括科學、工程、技術、管理、數學等，並在情感分析、社交媒體分析、信號處理、基因分析、市場分析、醫療保健、生物資訊學等廣泛應用中發揮作用。本書探討了資料科學的概述、科學方法、資料處理、從資料中提取有意義的信息，以及從不同領域發展概念的見解，強調數學和統計模型、運籌學、計算機程式設計、機器學習、資料視覺化、模式識別等。

本書還強調資料科學的實施及在多個新興應用中的性能評估，如信息檢索、認知科學、醫療保健和計算機視覺。資料分析涵蓋了資料科學的角色，描繪了不同類型的資料，如文本、圖像、生物醫學信號等，這些資料對於各種實時應用非常有用。

本書的主要特點包括：
- 資料科學及實時應用的概述、挑戰與機會
- 解決大數據問題
- 有用的機器學習方法
- 利用資料科學概念和深度學習進行疾病檢測和醫療保健應用
- 在股市、教育、行為分析、圖像標題生成、基因分析和場景文本分析中的應用
- 資料優化

由於資料科學概念的多學科應用，本書旨在面向廣泛的讀者，包括資料科學家、大數據分析師、從事資料科學和機器學習應用的研究學者。

Dr. Aakanksha Sharaff is working as a Faculty in Department of Computer Science & Engineering at National Institute of Technology Raipur Chhattisgarh India since July 2012. She has been actively involved in research activities leading to Data Science research and related areas. She holds Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science & Engineering from National Institute of Technology Raipur (An Institute of National Importance) in 2017; Master of Technology from National Institute of Technology Rourkela (An Institute of National Importance) with Honours in 2012; and Bachelor of Engineering from Government Engineering College Bilaspur Chhattisgarh with Honours in 2010. She has received gold medal during her graduation and post-graduation. Till date she pursuits for excellence and various academic success including the Top Student in Post-Graduation Master of Technology (2012), Bachelor of Engineering (2010) and throughout her schooling. She has received the gold medal for being the Top Student in Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination (2006) and High School Certificate Examination (2004). She has completed all her degrees and schooling with HONOURS (Distinction) and studied from reputed national institutions. She has achieved various merit certifications including All India Talent Search Examination during her schooling.
She is the Vice Chair of Raipur Chapter of Computer Society of India and Secretary of IEEE Newsletter of Bombay Section. She is actively involved in various academic and research activities. She has received Young Women in Engineering Award for the contribution in the field of Computer Science and Engineering in 3rd Annual Women's Meet AWM 2018 by Centre for Advanced Research and Design of Venus International Foundation. She has Best Paper Award for several research papers. She contributes in various conferences as Session Chairs, Invited/Keynote Speakers and has published good number of research papers in reputed International Journals and Conferences. She is contributing as active technical reviewer of leading International journals of IEEE, Springer, IGI and Elsevier etc. Dr. Sharaff has supervised many undergraduate and postgraduate projects. Currently she is guiding four research scholars for Ph.D. She has visited Singapore and Bangkok, Thailand for professional as well as personal reasons. Her research areas focus mainly on Data Science, Text Analytics, Sentiment Analysis, Information Retrieval, Soft Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine and Deep Learning. She is editing one more book on "New Opportunities for Sentiment Analysis and Information Processing" with IGI Publisher.

G R Sinha is Adjunct Professor at International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) and currently deputed as Professor at Myanmar Institute of Information Technology (MIIT) Mandalay Myanmar. He obtained his B.E. (Electronics Engineering) and M.Tech. (Computer Technology) with Gold Medal from National Institute of Technology Raipur, India. He received his Ph.D. in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University (CSVTU) Bhilai, India. He is Visiting Professor (Honorary) in Sri Lanka Technological Campus Colombo for one year 2019-2020. He has published 254 research papers, book chapters and books at International and National level that includes Biometrics published by Wiley India, a subsidiary of John Wiley; Medical Image Processing published by Prentice Hall of India and 05 Edited books with IOP, Elsevier, Springer. He is active reviewer and editorial member of more than 12 Reputed International Journals of IEEE, IOP, Springer, Elsevier etc. He has teaching and research experience of 21 years. He has been Dean of Faculty and Executive Council Member of CSVTU and currently a member of Senate of MIIT. Dr Sinha has been delivering ACM lectures as ACM Distinguished Speaker in the field of DSP since 2017 across the world. His few more important assignments include Expert Member for Vocational Training Programme by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) for Two Years (2017-2019); Chhattisgarh Representative of IEEE MP Sub-Section Executive Council (2016-2019); Distinguished Speaker in the field of Digital Image Processing by Computer Society of India (2015). He is recipient of many awards and recognitions like TCS Award 2014 for Outstanding contributions in Campus Commune of TCS, Rajaram Bapu Patil ISTE National Award 2013 for Promising Teacher in Technical Education by ISTE New Delhi, Emerging Chhattisgarh Award 2013, Engineer of the Year Award 2011, Young Engineer Award 2008, Young Scientist Award 2005, IEI Expert Engineer Award 2007, ISCA Young Scientist Award 2006 Nomination and Deshbandhu Merit Scholarship for 05 years. He served as Distinguished IEEE Lecturer in IEEE India council for Bombay section. He is Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of Institute of Engineers India and Fellow of IETE India.
He has delivered more than 50 Keynote/Invited Talks and Chaired many Technical Sessions in International Conferences across the world. His Special Session on "Deep Learning in Biometrics" was included in IEEE International Conference on Image Processing 2017. He is also member of many National Professional bodies like ISTE, CSI, ISCA, and IEI. He is member of various committees of the University and has been Vice President of Computer Society of India for Bhilai Chapter for two consecutive years. He is Consultant of various Skill Development initiatives of NSDC, Govt. of India. He is regular Referee of Project Grants under DST-EMR scheme and several other schemes of Govt. of India. He received few important consultancy supports as grants and travel support. Dr Sinha has Supervised Eight (08) PhD Scholars, 15 M. Tech. Scholars and has been Supervising 01 more PhD Scholar. His research interest includes Biometrics, Cognitive Science, Medical Image Processing, Computer Vision, Outcome based Education (OBE) and ICT tools for developing Employability Skills.

Dr. Aakanksha Sharaff 自2012年7月以來在印度恰蒂斯加爾邦的國立技術學院（National Institute of Technology Raipur）計算機科學與工程系擔任教職。她積極參與數據科學及相關領域的研究活動。她於2017年獲得國立技術學院（國家重要機構）計算機科學與工程博士學位；2012年獲得國立技術學院（國家重要機構）技術碩士學位，並以優異成績畢業；2010年獲得恰蒂斯加爾邦政府工程學院（Government Engineering College Bilaspur）工程學士學位，並以優異成績畢業。她在本科和研究生期間均獲得金牌。至今，她追求卓越及各種學術成就，包括2012年技術碩士（Master of Technology）和2010年工程學士（Bachelor of Engineering）的最佳學生，以及她整個學校生涯。她在2006年高級中學證書考試（Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination）和2004年中學證書考試（High School Certificate Examination）中獲得最佳學生金牌。她所有學位和學校教育均以優異成績完成，並在知名國立機構學習。她在學校期間獲得了包括全印度人才搜尋考試（All India Talent Search Examination）在內的多項優秀證書。
她是印度計算機學會（Computer Society of India）萊普爾分會的副主席，以及孟買分會IEEE通訊的秘書。她積極參與各種學術和研究活動。她於2018年在維納斯國際基金會（Centre for Advanced Research and Design of Venus International Foundation）舉辦的第三屆女性會議（AWM 2018）中因在計算機科學與工程領域的貢獻獲得年輕女性工程師獎（Young Women in Engineering Award）。她的多篇研究論文獲得最佳論文獎。她在各種會議中擔任會議主席、受邀/主題演講者，並在知名國際期刊和會議上發表了大量研究論文。她作為IEEE、Springer、IGI和Elsevier等領先國際期刊的活躍技術審稿人。Dr. Sharaff指導了許多本科和研究生項目。目前，她正在指導四名博士研究生。她曾因專業及個人原因訪問新加坡和泰國曼谷。她的研究領域主要集中在數據科學、文本分析、情感分析、信息檢索、軟計算、人工智慧、機器學習和深度學習。她正在與IGI出版社編輯一本名為《情感分析和信息處理的新機會》（New Opportunities for Sentiment Analysis and Information Processing）的書籍。

G R Sinha 是班加羅爾國際信息技術學院（International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, IIITB）的兼任教授，目前被派遣至緬甸信息技術學院（Myanmar Institute of Information Technology, MIIT）擔任教授。他在印度國立技術學院（National Institute of Technology Raipur）獲得電子工程學士（B.E.）和計算機技術碩士（M.Tech.）金牌。他在印度恰蒂斯加爾斯瓦米維韋卡南德技術大學（Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, CSVTU）獲得電子與電信工程博士學位。他於2019-2020年在斯里蘭卡技術校園（Sri Lanka Technological Campus Colombo）擔任訪問教授（榮譽）。他在國際和國內層面發表了254篇研究論文、書籍章節和書籍，包括由Wiley India（約翰·威利的子公司）出版的生物識別技術、由印度普倫蒂斯霍爾（Prentice Hall of India）出版的醫學影像處理，以及與IOP、Elsevier、Springer合作的5本編輯書籍。他是IEEE、IOP、Springer、Elsevier等12多本知名國際期刊的活躍審稿人和編輯成員。他擁有21年的教學和研究經驗。他曾擔任CSVTU的院長和執行委員會成員，目前是MIIT的參議院成員。自2017年以來，Dr. Sinha作為ACM傑出演講者在全球範圍內發表有關數字信號處理（DSP）的講座。他的一些重要任務包括擔任塔塔社會科學研究所（Tata Institute of Social Sciences, TISS）職業培訓計劃的專家成員（2017-2019）；IEEE MP子區執行委員會的恰蒂斯加爾代表（2016-2019）；以及印度計算機學會（Computer Society of India）數字影像處理領域的傑出演講者（2015）。他獲得了許多獎項和榮譽，如2014年TCS獎（TCS Award）以表彰其在TCS校園社區的傑出貢獻、2013年印度技術教育學會（ISTE）頒發的拉賈拉姆·巴普·帕蒂爾國家獎（Rajaram Bapu Patil ISTE National Award）以表彰其在技術教育中的優秀教師、2013年新興恰蒂斯加爾獎（Emerging Chhattisgarh Award）、2011年年度工程師獎（Engineer of the Year Award）、2008年青年工程師獎（Young Engineer Award）、2005年青年科學家獎（Young Scientist Award）、2006年IEI專家工程師獎（IEI Expert Engineer Award）提名，以及5年的德什班德胡優秀獎學金（Deshbandhu Merit Scholarship）。他曾擔任IEEE印度理事會孟買分會的傑出IEEE講師。他是IEEE的高級會員、印度工程師學會（Institute of Engineers India）的院士以及印度電子與電信工程師學會（IETE India）的院士。
他在全球的國際會議上發表了超過50場主題演講/受邀演講，並主持了許多技術會議的技術會議。他的專題會議《生物識別中的深度學習》被納入2017年IEEE國際影像處理會議中。他還是多個國家專業機構的成員，如ISTE、CSI、ISCA和IEI。他是大學各委員會的成員，並連續兩年擔任印度計算機學會比萊分會的副會長。他是印度政府國家技能發展公司（NSDC）各項技能發展計劃的顧問。他是DST-EMR計劃及印度政府其他多項計劃的項目資助的常規審稿人。他獲得了一些重要的顧問支持，包括資助和旅行支持。Dr. Sinha已指導八名（08）博士生、15名碩士生，並正在指導一名博士生。他的研究興趣包括生物識別技術、認知科學、醫學影像處理、計算機視覺、基於成果的教育（Outcome based Education, OBE）以及發展就業技能的ICT工具。