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1. Credit Card Fraud Detection
๐ Tools: Python (Pandas, Scikit-learn)
Use a real credit card transactions dataset to detect fraudulent activity using classification models.
Skills you build: Data preprocessing, class imbalance handling, logistic regression, confusion matrix, model evaluation.
2. Predictive Housing Price Model
๐ Tools: Python (Scikit-learn, XGBoost)
Build a regression model to predict house prices based on various features like size, location, and amenities.
Skills you build: Feature engineering, EDA, regression algorithms, RMSE evaluation.
3. Sentiment Analysis on Tweets or Reviews
๐ Tools: Python (NLTK / TextBlob / Hugging Face)
Analyze customer reviews or Twitter data to classify sentiment as positive, negative, or neutral.
Skills you build: Text preprocessing, NLP basics, vectorization (TF-IDF), classification.
4. Stock Price Prediction
๐ Tools: Python (LSTM / Prophet / ARIMA)
Use time series models to predict future stock prices based on historical data.
Skills you build: Time series forecasting, data visualization, recurrent neural networks, trend/seasonality analysis.
5. Image Classification with CNN
๐ Tools: Python (TensorFlow / PyTorch)
Train a Convolutional Neural Network to classify images (e.g., cats vs dogs, handwritten digits).
Skills you build: Deep learning, image preprocessing, CNN layers, model tuning.
6. Customer Segmentation with Clustering
๐ Tools: Python (K-Means, PCA)
Use unsupervised learning to group customers based on purchasing behavior.
Skills you build: Clustering, dimensionality reduction, data visualization, customer profiling.
7. Recommendation System
๐ Tools: Python (Surprise / Scikit-learn / Pandas)
Build a recommender system (e.g., movies, products) using collaborative or content-based filtering.
Skills you build: Similarity metrics, matrix factorization, cold start problem, evaluation (RMSE, MAE).
๐ Pick 2โ3 projects aligned with your interests.
๐ Document everything on GitHub, and post about your learnings on LinkedIn.
Here you can find the project datasets: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAbnvPLSmbeFYNdNA29
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