Building upon the knowledge introduced in The Data Science Framework, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed examination of each aspect of Data Analytics, both from a theoretical and practical standpoint. The book explains representative algorithms associated with different techniques, from their theoretical foundations to their implementation and use with software tools. Designed as a textbook for a Data Analytics Fundamentals course, it is divided into seven chapters to correspond with 16 weeks of lessons, including both theoretical and practical exercises. Each chapter is dedicated to a lesson, allowing readers to dive deep into each topic with detailed explanations and examples. Readers will learn the theoretical concepts and then immediately apply them to practical exercises to reinforce their knowledge. And in the lab sessions, readers will learn the ins and outs of the R environment and data science methodology to solve exercises with the R language. With detailed solutions provided for all examples and exercises, readers can use this book to study and master data analytics on their own. Whether you're a student, professional, or simply curious about data analytics, this book is a must-have for anyone looking to expand their knowledge in this exciting field.

This edited book first consolidates the results of the EU-funded EDISON project (Education for Data Intensive Science to Open New science frontiers), which developed training material and information to assist educators, trainers, employers, and research infrastructure managers in identifying, recruiting and inspiring the data science professionals of the future. It then deepens the presentation of the information and knowledge gained to allow for easier assimilation by the reader. The contributed chapters are presented in sequence, each chapter picking up from the end point of the previous one. After the initial book and project overview, the chapters present the relevant data science competencies and body of knowledge, the model curriculum required to teach the required foundations, profiles of professionals in this domain, and use cases and applications. The text is supported with appendices on related process models. The book can be used to develop new courses in data science, evaluate existing modules and courses, draft job descriptions, and plan and design efficient data-intensive research teams across scientific disciplines.

This edited book first consolidates the results of the EU-funded EDISON project (Education for Data Intensive Science to Open New science frontiers), which developed training material and information to assist educators, trainers, employers, and research infrastructure managers in identifying, recruiting and inspiring the data science professionals of the future. It then deepens the presentation of the information and knowledge gained to allow for easier assimilation by the reader. The contributed chapters are presented in sequence, each chapter picking up from the end point of the previous one. After the initial book and project overview, the chapters present the relevant data science competencies and body of knowledge, the model curriculum required to teach the required foundations, profiles of professionals in this domain, and use cases and applications. The text is supported with appendices on related process models. The book can be used to develop new courses in data science, evaluate existing modules and courses, draft job descriptions, and plan and design efficient data-intensive research teams across scientific disciplines.

This textbook is intended for SPI (software process improvement) managers and - searchers, quality managers, and experienced project and research managers. The papers constitute the research proceedings of the 16th EuroSPI (European Software Process Improvement, www.eurospi.net) conference held in Alcala (Madrid region), September 2-4, 2009, Spain. Conferences have been held since 1994 in Dublin, 1995 in Vienna (Austria), 1997 in Budapest (Hungary), 1998 in Gothenburg (Sweden), 1999 in Pori (Finland), 2000 in Copenhagen (Denmark), 2001 in Limerick (Ireland), 2002 in Nuremberg (G- many), 2003 in Graz (Austria), 2004 in Trondheim (Norway), 2005 in Budapest (Hungary), 2006 in Joensuu (Finland), 2007 in Potsdam (Germany), 2008 in Dublin (Ireland), and 2009 in Alcala (Spain). EuroSPI established an experience library (library.eurospi.net) which will be conti- ously extended over the next few years and will be made available to all attendees. EuroSPI also created an umbrella initiative for establishing a European Qualification Network in which different SPINs and national initiatives join mutually beneficial collaborations (ECQA - European Certification and Qualification Association, www.ecqa.org). With a general assembly during October 15-16, 2007 through Euro-SPI partners and networks, in collaboration with the European Union (supported by the EU L- nardo da Vinci Programme) a European certification association has been created (www.eu-certificates.org, www.ecqa.org) for the IT and services sector to offer SPI knowledge and certificates to industry, establishing close knowledge transfer links between research and industry.

Since 1990 the International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) has been celebrated annually in Montr eal (Qu ebec), Canada, and di?erent places all over Germany by turns. The Montr eal editions were organized by the Soft- 1 ware Engineering Research Laboratory (GELOG) of the Ecole de technologie sup erieure (ETS) at the University of Qu ebec at Montr eal (UQAM), which is directed by Professor Alain Abran. The German editions were organized 2 jointly by the Software Measurement Laboratory (SMLAB) of the Otto-von- Guericke-UniversityMagdeburg, Germany, whichisdirectedbyProfessorReiner R. Dumke; and the German-speaking user association for software metrics and 3 e?ort estimation (DASMA e. V.) . Partially, the editions of IWSM were held jointly with the DASMA Software Metrik Kongress (MetriKon). 4 Organized by an initiative of Jos e Javier Dolado from the University of 5 the Basque Country at San Sebastian and Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego from the University of Alcal a in Madrid the ?rst edition of the International Conference onSoftwareMeasurement(Mensura) couldbe convenedin C adiz, Spainin 2006. Motivated by this success and with the ?rst edition of Mensura ?nding special approval, the organizers of IWSM and Mensura decided to complement each other and, thus, to organize the next conference edition together. In November 2007, the typical convention month for both conferences, that joint conference was held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain."

Since 1990 the International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM)has th been held annually and is now in its 19 edition. The International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (Mensura) was initiated in 2006 and is now in its third edition. The editions of IWSM/Mensura have been c- bined since 2007 to foster research, practice and exchange of experiences and best practices in software processes and products measurement. The 2009 e- tionswereheldduringNovember4-6,2009inAmsterdam, organizedjointlywith 1 The Netherlands Association for Software Measurement (NESMA) and kindly 2 hosted by Hogeschool van Amsterdam . Today the pressure for more e?cient software development processes del- ering appropriate quality is constantly increasing. But who knows how e?cient one's own current development process actually is and whether the quality of delivered products is really appropriate? Did we substantially improve with all the improvement e?ort spent? How can we answer all these questions if not by measuring both software processes and software products? Softwaremeasurement is a key technologywith which to manageand to c- trol software development projects. Measurement is essential of any engineering activity, by increasing the scienti?c and technical knowledge for both the pr- tice of software development and for empirical research in software technology. IWSM/MENSURAfacilitatestheexchangeofsoftwaremeasurementexperiences between theory and practice. Softwareprocessevaluationandimprovementrequirequanti?edmethodsand technologies. Issues such as the applicability of measures and metrics to so- ware, the e?ciency of measurement programs in industry and the theoretical foundations of software engineering have been researched in order to evaluate and improve modern software development approaches.

Since 1990 the International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM)has beencelebratedannuallyalternatingbetweenMontr eal(Canada)andvariouscities acrossGermany.TheMontr ealeditionshavebeenorganizedbytheSoftwareEn- 1 gineeringResearchLaboratory(GELOG) oftheEcoledetechnologiesup erieure- UniversiteduQu ebec, whichisdirectedbyProf.AlainAbran.TheGermaneditions 2 havebeenorganizedjointlybytheSoftwareMeasurementLaboratory(SMLAB) ofthe Otto vonGuerickeUniversityMagdeburg(Germany), whichis directedby Prof.Reiner R. Dumke; and the Germanassociationfor software metrics and ef- 3 fortestimation(DASMAe.V.), whichisledbyManfredBundschuhandGun ] ter B] uren.ThebiennialeditionsofIWSMinGermanyhasbeenheldjointlywiththe 4 DASMASoftwareMetricsCongress(MetriKon) since2002.MetriKonisayearly event, conductedeveryotheryearforaGerman-speakingaudienceatchanging- tionallocationsforbest-practicesharingofsoftwaremeasurementtopics, bringing thebestandrenownedGerman-speakingexpertsofthe?eldtogether. The?rsttwoeditionsoftheInternationalConferenceonSoftwareProcessand 5 Product Measurement(Mensura) were organizedby Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego from the University of Alcal a (Spain) and convened in C adiz (Spain) in 2006 together with IWSM in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) in 2007. To foster research, practiceandexchangeofexperiencesandbestpracticesinsoftwareprocessesand product measurement, the 2008 editions of IWSM / MetriKon / Mensura were combined. The conferences were held during November 18-20, 2008 in Munich (Germany) and kindly hosted by Siemens AG. ThisvolumecomprisestheproceedingsofIWSM/MetriKon/Mensura2008 and consistsofthe ?nal paperspresentedat these joint events.Eachone of these papers has been thoroughly revised and extended in order to be accepted for publication. The IWSM / MetriKon / Mensura Steering Committee is proud to have-once more-obtainedthe approvalof Springer to publish the second edition of the joint conference proceedings in the prestigiousLecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. We hope to maintain this collaboration for the future editions of these joint events."