Live session schedule
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To enable you to schedule your work responsibilities with program commitments, here is a breakdown of how your ABAP sessions are interspersed over the months. A weekly commitment of not more than four to eight hours (including all live and asynchronous sessions) will enable you to get the maximum out of this transformative program.
Here is a sample live session schedule covering session topics and breaks.
| Week | Module name | Live session date | Session type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 0–1 | Orientation | Wednesday, September 29, 2021 | Program introduction |
| Week 0–2 | Orientation | Wednesday, October 6, 2021 | Peer networking |
| Week 1 | Making Decisions with Data | - | - |
| Week 2 | Data Visualization: Telling the Data Story | Wednesday, October 27, 2021 | Faculty discussion |
| Week 3 | Data Harvesting: Web Scraping and APIs for Market Analysis | - | - |
| Week 4 | Data Quality: Transforming Data Into Insights | Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | Faculty discussion |
| Week 5 | Market Analysis: Using Observational Data to Make Informed Decisions | Thursday, November 18, 2021 | Faculty discussion |
| Week 6 | Assessing the Strategy: A/B Testing and Experiments | - | - |
| Break week | |||
| Week 7 | AI and ML Foundations: Data and Computation | Wednesday, December 1, 2021 | Career Advisory |
| Week 8 | AI and ML Foundations: Networks and the Cloud | Wednesday, December 8, 2021 | Industry Speaker |
| Week 9 | AI and ML for Business: Core Concepts for Leaders | Wednesday, December 15, 2021 | Faculty discussion |
| Week 10 | Driving Strategy Through AI and ML | Wednesday, January 5, 2022 | Peer Networking |
| Week 11 | Unstructured Data: Text Mining and NLP | Wednesday, January 19, 2022 | Peer Networking |
| Week 12 | Effective Decision Making: Deep Learning and Prediction | - | - |
| Program Break Week | |||
| Week 13 | New Frontiers in AI: Reinforcement Learning and Generative Networks | Wednesday, February 2, 2022 | Industry Speaker |
| Week 14 | Using AI Effectively: Strategies for Industry | Thursday, February 17, 2022 | Faculty Discussion |
| Week 15 | AI and ML: Understanding and Mitigating Bias | - | - |
| Week 16 | Defending the Decision: Interpreting AI and ML Outputs | Wednesday, March 2, 2022 | Career Advisory |
| Week 17 | Legal and Regulatory Challenges of AI/ML and Big Data | Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | Faculty Discussion |
| Week 18 | Workforce Impact of AI/ML and Big Data | - | - |
| Break week | |||
| Week 19 | Building Data Analytics Capabilities | - | - |
| Week 20 | Driving the Analytic Mindset Forward | Thursday, March 31, 2022 | Faculty Discussion |
Note: The session schedule displayed here is a sample.
Most live sessions are conducted between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. ET.
