Back to Catalog

Unraveling Patterns with DBSCAN

BeginnerGuided Project

Classification and Clustering are one of the most common tasks in data science. If you ever need to classify a customer or perform anomaly detection, or even image segmentation, then DBSCAN is the right tool to use. In this project you will have a chance to learn what DBSCAN is and see how it's applied to some real world problems.

4.7 (65 Reviews)

Language

  • English

Topic

  • Data Science

Enrollment Count

  • 261

Skills You Will Learn

  • Data Visualization, Data Science, Python

Offered By

  • IBMSkillsNetwork

Estimated Effort

  • 30 minutes

Platform

  • SkillsNetwork

Last Update

  • May 11, 2025
About this Guided Project
We will explore the concept of Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN) and learn about how it can be used to identify patterns and clusters in various types of data. DBSCAN is an unsupervised machine learning algorithm known for its ability to discover clusters of arbitrary shapes and sizes, making it a valuable tool in a wide range of applications, from anomaly detection to customer segmentation.

Throughout this project, we will cover the fundamental concepts behind DBSCAN and walk you through the step-by-step implementation process. By the end of the project, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of how DBSCAN works and how to apply it to real-world datasets.


Who should participate?

This guided project is suitable for data enthusiasts, machine learning practitioners, and anyone interested in uncovering patterns and clusters in data. Participants should have a basic understanding of Python programming concepts. No prior experience with DBSCAN is required, as we will cover the necessary theoretical foundations before diving into the practical implementations.


Instructors

Sam Prokopchuk

Software Engineer, Data Scientist Intern

Software Engineer/Data Scientist Intern at IBM.

Read more

Artem Arutyunov

Data Scientist

Hey, Artem here! I am excited about answering new challenges with data science, machine learning and especially Reinforcement Learning. Love helping people to learn, and learn myself. Studying Math and Stats at University of Toronto, hit me up if you are from there as well.

Read more