Getting Started with Data Science

Murtaza Haider Ph. D. is an Associate Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management Ryerson University and the Director of a consulting firm Regionomics Inc. He is also a visiting research fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto (2014-15). In addition he is a senior research affiliate with the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism Security and Society and an adjunct professor of engineering at McGill University. Haider specializes in applying analytics and statistical methods to find solutions for socioeconomic challenges. His research interests include analytics; data science; housing market dynamics; infrastructure transportation and urban planning; and human development in North America and South Asia. He is an avid blogger/data journalist and writes weekly for the Dawn newspaper and occasionally for the Huffington Post. Haider holds a Masters in transport engineering and planning and a Ph. D. in Urban Systems Analysis from the University of Toronto. . Language: English