New to machine learning
Build a foundation, then work through your first modeling decisions.
Practical knowledge, thoughtfully collected
From “it depends”
to what comes next.
Interactive guides, courses, and decision tools for making sense of data and AI—and putting it to work.
A few good starting points
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In focus · AI strategy
Does this problem
actually need AI?
Start with the problem. Explore when rules, machine learning, or generative AI make the most sense.
AI Solution NavigatorDecision tool · 10 min
Features · Decision tool
Feature Engineering Playbook
Encoding, scaling, outliers, feature creation and selection across tabular, text, time-series and image data.
Data platform · Course
Data Engineering Foundations
Vendor-neutral course through modern data engineering, from source systems to trusted decisions.
Power BI PL-300 · Exam prep
PL-300 Exam Prep
140 practice questions, timed exams, study guide and final review for Power BI PL-300.
The collection
GenAI basics · Decision tool
GenAI Foundations Navigator
Beginner-friendly tour of GenAI basics: grounding, RAG components, prompt engineering and core parameters.
10–15 minModeling · Decision tool
Algorithm Selector
Interactive decision tree for finding the right ML algorithm for your problem and data.
15 minFeatures · Decision tool
Feature Engineering Playbook
Encoding, scaling, outliers, feature creation and selection across tabular, text, time-series and image data.
20 minEvaluation · Decision tool
Metric Decision Tree
Choose the right evaluation metric for classification, regression and beyond.
20 minData platform · Course
Data Engineering Foundations
Vendor-neutral course through modern data engineering, from source systems to trusted decisions.
10 modulesAWS AIF-C01 · Exam prep
AWS AI Practitioner Guide
Study guide with flashcards and quizzes for the AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam.
30–45 minAWS AIF-C01 · Exam prep
AIF-C01 Practice Exam
Timed practice exams, 114 questions across all 5 AIF-C01 domains.
30–60 minDiagrams · Exam prep
Visual References
Diagrams for confusion matrices, RAG pipelines and the LLM lifecycle.
10 minAWS AIP-C01 · Exam prep
AIP-C01 Prep Hub
6 interactive tools for the AWS AI Practitioner (Generative AI) exam.
6 toolsMicrosoft Fabric · Exam prep
DP-700 Study Guide
Study guide for the Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering Associate exam.
45 minProduct strategy · Decision tool
AI Opportunity Scorer
Evaluate AI opportunities across 6 value dimensions for a Build, Buy, Experiment or Kill verdict.
10 minAI landscape · Decision tool
AI Solution Navigator
Navigate from business problem to solution across rules, ML, deep learning, GenAI, agents and OR.
10 minLLM optimization · Decision tool
GenAI Technique Selector
Choose the right LLM optimization: RAG, fine-tuning, LoRA, quantization and more.
25 minLLM metrics · Decision tool
FM Evaluation Metrics
Choose LLM evaluation metrics: perplexity, ROUGE, BERTScore, RAGAS, LLM-as-judge.
20 minRAG · Course
RAG Academy
Interactive course on Retrieval-Augmented Generation concepts, architectures and deployment.
CourseNLP · Course
Applied NLP — CSE 8803
Weekly study notes on NLP fundamentals from Georgia Tech OMSA, with live demos.
7 weeksPower BI PL-300 · Exam prep
PL-300 Exam Prep
140 practice questions, timed exams, study guide and final review for Power BI PL-300.
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A little structure for the next step
Building with LLMs
Understand the foundations, choose an approach, and evaluate the results.
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Choose your exam and build a focused study plan.
Behind the collection
Knowledge shaped by practice.
These resources grew out of questions from workshops, classrooms, and consulting engagements—the kind where the useful answer is understanding exactly what a decision depends on.
I’m Tarek Atwan, an author, educator, and data and AI consultant. I write and teach at tarekatwan.com and consult through Ensemble Methods.
Collection updated 2026-11