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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's an adjunct lecturer for Northwestern University's Machine Learning and Data Science program, where she teaches Python, SQL, R, data warehousing and data visualization.

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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

Alice Zhao

Advanced

MySQL

hours

11/21/24

SQL

Featured

Persona - Upskiller

Data Analysis

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

Python

hours

5/22/25

Persona - Upskiller

Python

Data Science

Machine Learning

Data Analysis

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course

Intro to Neural Networks & Deep Learning

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

Alice Zhao

Beginner

hours

5/24/25

Machine Learning

Data Science

course

How Large Language Models (LLMs) Work

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

Alice Zhao

Intermediate

hours

5/23/25

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

Advanced

Python

hours

4/25/24

Python

Data Science

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

Python

hours

7/20/23

Data Science

Python

Data Prep

course

Advanced SQL Querying

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

Alice Zhao

Advanced

MySQL

hours

11/21/24

SQL

Featured

Persona - Upskiller

Data Analysis

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

Python

hours

5/22/25

Persona - Upskiller

Python

Data Science

Machine Learning

Data Analysis

Featured

course

Intro to Neural Networks & Deep Learning

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

Alice Zhao

Beginner

hours

5/24/25

Machine Learning

Data Science

course

How Large Language Models (LLMs) Work

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

Alice Zhao

Intermediate

hours

5/23/25

Data Science

Machine Learning

course

Advanced SQL Querying

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

Alice Zhao

Advanced

MySQL

hours

11/21/24

SQL

Featured

Persona - Upskiller

Data Analysis

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

Python

hours

5/22/25

Persona - Upskiller

Python

Data Science

Machine Learning

Data Analysis

Featured

course

Intro to Neural Networks & Deep Learning

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

Alice Zhao

Beginner

hours

5/24/25

Machine Learning

Data Science

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