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Alice Zhao

Lead Data Science Instructor

Alice Zhao is a seasoned data scientist and author of the book, SQL Pocket Guide, 4th Edition (O'Reilly). She has taught numerous courses in Python, SQL, and R as a data science instructor at Maven Analytics and Metis, and as a co-founder of Best Fit Analytics.

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What I’ve Learned From 12 Years in NLP

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What’s Behind ChatGPT and Modern AI: A Crash Course on Large Language Models

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Comparing the Top 10 Programming Languages of 2023

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How Many Tools Should You Use for Data Analysis?

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Advanced SQL Querying

Learn advanced data analysis with SQL, and master topics like subqueries, CTEs, window functions, and more

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Advanced

hours

6/1/25

SQL

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Data Analysis

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Natural Language Processing in Python

Learn NLP in Python, including text preprocessing, machine learning, transformers & LLMs using scikit-learn, spaCy & Hugging Face

Alice Zhao

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Data Science

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Data Analysis

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Intro to Neural Networks & Deep Learning

A visual breakdown of the calculations and training process behind deep learning models.

Alice Zhao

Beginner

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6/1/25

Machine Learning

Data Science

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How Large Language Models (LLMs) Work

Understanding large language models: transformers, embeddings, and attention explained

Alice Zhao

Intermediate

hours

6/1/25

Data Science

Machine Learning

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Data Science in Python: Unsupervised Learning

Master the foundations of unsupervised learning in Python, including clustering, anomaly detection, dimensionality reduction, and recommenders

Alice Zhao

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6/1/25

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Machine Learning

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Data Science in Python: Data Prep & EDA

Master the foundations of Python for data science, including scoping, data gathering & cleaning, EDA, and feature engineering

Alice Zhao

Intermediate

hours

6/1/25

Data Science

Python

Data Prep

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Advanced SQL Querying

Learn advanced data analysis with SQL, and master topics like subqueries, CTEs, window functions, and more

Alice Zhao

Advanced

hours

6/1/25

SQL

Featured

Persona - Upskiller

Data Analysis

FREE

course

Natural Language Processing in Python

Learn NLP in Python, including text preprocessing, machine learning, transformers & LLMs using scikit-learn, spaCy & Hugging Face

Alice Zhao

Advanced

hours

6/1/25

Persona - Upskiller

Python

Data Science

Machine Learning

Data Analysis

Featured

FREE

course

Intro to Neural Networks & Deep Learning

A visual breakdown of the calculations and training process behind deep learning models.

Alice Zhao

Beginner

hours

6/1/25

Machine Learning

Data Science

FREE

course

How Large Language Models (LLMs) Work

Understanding large language models: transformers, embeddings, and attention explained

Alice Zhao

Intermediate

hours

6/1/25

Data Science

Machine Learning

FREE

course

Advanced SQL Querying

Learn advanced data analysis with SQL, and master topics like subqueries, CTEs, window functions, and more

Alice Zhao

Advanced

hours

6/1/25

SQL

Featured

Persona - Upskiller

Data Analysis

FREE

course

Natural Language Processing in Python

Learn NLP in Python, including text preprocessing, machine learning, transformers & LLMs using scikit-learn, spaCy & Hugging Face

Alice Zhao

Advanced

hours

6/1/25

Persona - Upskiller

Python

Data Science

Machine Learning

Data Analysis

Featured

FREE

course

Intro to Neural Networks & Deep Learning

A visual breakdown of the calculations and training process behind deep learning models.

Alice Zhao

Beginner

hours

6/1/25

Machine Learning

Data Science

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