The course introduces you to programming with the R language and as well as text analytics. Relational databases and SQL are developed and used for relevant applications from humanities, life sciences, linguistics, marketing and social science. The course encourages statistical thinking by data visualisations and guides you to develop your creativity within a scientific framework. You cover topics such as: * Modelling experimental data * Machine learning and decision making * Applied statistics * Combinatorial optimisation * Statistical methods * Stochastic processes