{"id":272,"date":"2025-04-29T16:31:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/?p=272"},"modified":"2025-04-29T19:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:26:04","slug":"data-science-360-phase-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/data-science-360-phase-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Science 360\u00a0Phase 01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Actuarial and Data Science Society (ADSS)<\/strong> successfully launched <strong>Phase 01 of the Data Science 360<\/strong> program on 29\/11\/2024 at Science Faculty Auditorium, marking the beginning of an exciting multi-phase learning series designed to introduce students to the world of data science.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"n2-section-smartslider fitvidsignore  n2_clear\" data-ssid=\"7\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Slider\"><div id=\"n2-ss-7-align\" class=\"n2-ss-align\"><div class=\"n2-padding\"><div 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The event attracted students from diverse academic backgrounds, not only limited to the Financial Mathematics and Industrial Statistics stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0002-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.677734375;width:126px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0002-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0002-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0002-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0002-678x1000.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0002.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>MR. THISURA SENAVIRATHNE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DATA SCIENTIST MAS HOLDINGS                                                         <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0001-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.666015625;width:145px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0001-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0001-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0001-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0001-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0001-666x1000.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20241113-WA0001.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>MRS. KAVISHKA GAMAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER OCTAVE &#8211; JOHN KEELS GROUP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Key takeaways from Phase 01 included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>An overview of the data science lifecycle and its real-world applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction to essential tools like Python, Spark, and SQL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insights into career paths in data science, machine learning, and AI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motivation and guidance from industry professionals and academic speakers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This session was an important step toward building a strong data-driven community within the university. The enthusiasm and engagement from participants made it clear that the journey of <strong>Data Science 360<\/strong> is off to a promising start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for the upcoming phases as we dive deeper into hands-on learning, projects, and advanced techniques in data science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Together, let\u2019s continue shaping a future powered by <strong>data, innovation, and collaboration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Actuarial and Data Science Society (ADSS) successfully launched Phase 01 of the Data Science 360 program on 29\/11\/2024 at Science Faculty Auditorium, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}