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NVIDIA-Certified Associate: Accelerated Data Science (NCA-ADS)

We do not teach just for the test.Worked examples and real discussion, not a question bank. The exam is then delivered in the classroom — 98% pass it first time.
$1,995MSRP per seat
$1,500with military fundingAF COOL · Army CA · MyCAA
Name your pricethinQflex™ — tell us what you can payIn full, or across twelve monthly payments
Next dates
  • Dec 7–9Atlanta, GA
  • Jan 4–6Burbank, CA
  • Jan 11–13Sterling, VA
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3 daysconsecutive days
Live onlineor in the classroom
AssociateArtificial Intelligence
45% labs55% lecture
24 monthsfree retakes

Course overview

Download the course datasheetThe full outline for NVIDIA-Certified Associate: Accelerated Data Science (NCA-ADS), as a PDF.
thinQtank® Learning is offering a unique three-day training camp comprised of three days of instructor-led learning that gives students the knowledge and skills needed to prepare and manipulate data on GPUs, run machine learning with RAPIDS, build data science pipelines, analyze and visualize results, and apply introductory MLOps practices.

The camp follows the official NVIDIA NCA-ADS exam topics and study guide, with hands-on Python labs with RAPIDS on GPU-accelerated environments throughout.

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This course prepares students to take the NVIDIA-Certified Associate: Accelerated Data Science (NCA-ADS) exam.

What's included

13 items
thinQtank® Learning Accelerated Custom Exam Study Guide for NCA-ADS
Hands-on Python labs with RAPIDS on GPU-accelerated environments
Custom and focused exam preparation software and materials
Course specific thinQtank® Learning publications to promote a fun and exciting learning
Membership to the thinQtank® Learning University Online
WE DO NOT "TEACH THE TEST" - Students will receive valuable examples and discussion
All courses taught by AI engineers experienced with NVIDIA platforms
Additional hours of remote lab access
Custom video recordings with even more in-depth learning of course topics
Customized practice exam software
Digital courseware
Retake any or all portions of the course as many times as you like in person or live on-line for 24 months
Six months mentoring access to our engineers after completing the course

What you'll be able to do

21 objectives
  • Explain GPU acceleration concepts, CPU vs. GPU workloads and memory transfer
  • Clean, join, transform and engineer features on large datasets with cuDF, pandas and Dask
  • Perform exploratory analysis, descriptive statistics, visualization and hypothesis testing
  • Train, tune and evaluate regression, classification and clustering models with cuML and XGBoost
  • Build reproducible, automated end-to-end data science pipelines with RAPIDS and Dask
  • Apply introductory MLOps: experiment tracking, model persistence, drift detection and benchmarking
  • Analyze time-series and graph data on the GPU
  • Manage reproducible GPU environments with Conda, pip, Docker, nvidia-smi and Git
  • Foundations of Accelerated Data Science
  • Python, NumPy, pandas and Jupyter Review
  • GPU DataFrames with cuDF
  • Data Cleaning, Quality and Governance
  • GPU-Accelerated ETL with RAPIDS, Dask and Spark
  • Feature Engineering and Dimensionality Reduction
  • Descriptive Analysis and Visualization
  • Machine Learning with cuML and XGBoost
  • Model Evaluation and Hyperparameter Tuning
  • Data Science Pipelines and Workflow Automation
  • Time-Series and Graph Data Structures
  • Introductory MLOps Practices
  • Software and Environment Management

The exam

60questions maximum
60minutes to complete
  • Eight topic areas: Data Manipulation and Preparation (23%); Machine Learning With RAPIDS (16%); Data Science Pipelines and Workflow Automation (13%); Descriptive Analysis and Visualization (13%); Foundations of Accelerated Data Science (12%); Introductory MLOps Practices (10%); Advanced Data Structures (7%); Software and Environment Management (6%)
  • Delivered online with a remote proctor through Certiverse; English only
  • Exam fee: $125 (set by NVIDIA)
  • Valid two years; recertify by retaking the current exam

Who it's for, and what you need first

Target Audience

  • Data Scientist
  • Data Analyst
  • Data Engineer
  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Service members, veterans and military spouses using AF COOL, Army Credentialing Assistance, MyCAA or VET TEC 2.0

Prerequisites

  • No certification is required
  • Recommended: About one to two years of data science with GPU-based tools; Python and pandas

How it's delivered

Instructor-Led Training
Immersive Live-Online Training
On-Site and Custom Delivery

Dates and locations

21 scheduled
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Mon Dec 7 – Dec 9, 20263 daysAtlanta, GA431 Marietta St NWOpenRequest info
Mon Jan 4 – Jan 6, 20273 daysBurbank, CA3301 N San Fernando BlvdOpenRequest info
Mon Jan 11 – Jan 13, 20273 daysSterling, VA21481 Ridgetop CirOpenRequest info
Mon Feb 1 – Feb 3, 20273 daysAtlanta, GA431 Marietta St NWOpenRequest info
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Mon Sep 13 – Sep 15, 20273 daysAtlanta, GA431 Marietta St NWOpenRequest info
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Mon Nov 15 – Nov 17, 20273 daysAtlanta, GA431 Marietta St NWOpenRequest info
Mon Nov 29 – Dec 1, 20273 daysBurbank, CA3301 N San Fernando BlvdOpenRequest info
Mon Dec 13 – Dec 15, 20273 daysSterling, VA21481 Ridgetop CirOpenRequest info
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