✍Education Services
As part of the Customer Success Team, the Education Services Team is dedicated to transforming the learning experience for Customers and Partners by providing quality training content and support.
The Quantexa Academy is a modular learning experience that teaches individuals the key skills needed to successfully develop, deploy, and use the Quantexa platform.
It offers a range of eLearning programs. The technical certification programs (Academies) offer assessments that allow learners to gain Quantexa Certifications.
💻 What is on offer?
Education Services makes our training available via our Learning and Management System (LMS). It is currently available to Quantexans, Customers and Partners on demand. As part of the sign up process, Quantexans, Customers and Partners request to be enrolled onto the Education program of interest.
The following Education programs are currently available.
Quantexa User Foundations (Duration: 3 days) – This program introduces the key concepts of the Quantexa platform for end-users, such as Analysts and Investigators.
Having completed the program, learners will understand the relevant core concepts and how to use the key UI components of the Quantexa platform based on a Know Your Customer (KYC) use case.
Modules include:
- Introduction - Introduces the core platform concepts, including Networks, Documents, Entities, and Entity Resolution.
- Search - Teaches end-users how to search for solution Documents and Entities of interest.
- Investigations - Teaches end-users how to use the Investigations and Tasks components of the Quantexa platforms User Interface (UI).
Outcome: On successful completion of the program and its associated Knowledge Check, learners will be awarded the Quantexa User Foundations completion badge.
NOTE:
The Quantexa User Foundations program is part of the Quantexa Investigations Series: AML Investigator program.
Quantexa Investigations Series: AML Investigator (Duration: 4 days) – This program teaches individuals how to combine many of the key components of the Quantexa platform that they have learnt about in the Quantexa Foundations program in such a way as to facilitate their ability to conduct an AML themed Investigation.
Having completed the program, learners will understand the relevant core concepts and how to use the key UI components of the Quantexa platform based on a Know Your Customer (KYC) use case.
Modules include:
- Quantexa User Foundations Program - Introduces the core concepts of our platform, including Networks, Documents, Entities, and Entity Resolution. This Program also introduces Search, Investigation and Task components of the Quantexa platform’s UI.
- Quantexa Investigations Series: AML Investigator - Teaches how to combine many of the key components of the Quantexa platform that you have learnt about in the Quantexa Foundations program in such a way as to facilitate your ability to conduct an AML themed Investigation.
Outcome: On successful completion of the program and its associated Knowledge Check, learners will be awarded the Quantexa Investigations Series: AML Investigator completion badge.
Quantexa Technical Foundations (Duration: 3-4 days) - Quantexa Technical Foundations is an extension to the User Foundations program that also introduces some of the more technical components of our platform namely Fusion (ETL) and Assess (Scoring).
This program is more suitable for those individuals who will be working with our platform in a technical capacity, for example Data Engineers, Scoring Engineers, Technical Business Analysts and Architects.
Modules include:
- Introduction - Introduces the core platform concepts, including Networks, Documents, Entities, and Entity Resolution.
- Document-Entity Model with Fusion - Introduces Quantexa ETL and Data Modelling with Fusion.
- Search - Teaches end-users how to search for solution Documents and Entities of interest.
- Investigations - Teaches end-users how to use the Investigations and Tasks components of the Quantexa platform's User Interface (UI).
- Scoring - Introduces the core Quantexa Scoring concepts.
Outcome: On successful completion of the program and its associated Knowledge Check, learners will be awarded the Quantexa Technical Foundations completion badge.
NOTE:
The Quantexa Technical Foundations program is part of the Data Engineer, Scoring Engineer and the Technical BA Academy certification programs.
Quantexa Data Engineer Academy (Duration: 6 weeks full time) - The Quantexa Data Engineer Academy represents an in-depth program to enable Data Engineers to build Quantexa platforms.
An environment is provisioned for every user where they build a ‘mini- proof of concept’ Quantexa platform. Their work is then assessed by a Quantexa Academy Team Lead and a Quantexa Technical Specialist.
Pre-requisite:
A fundamental understanding of Scala and Spark is key to ensuring learners' success as a Quantexa Data Engineer.
With this being the case, there is a Scala and Spark pre-requisite assessment that has been carefully designed to ensure that you have the necessary skills that you will need to perform the associated Academy tasks and consequently successfully qualify as a Quantexa Certified Data Engineer.
For further details on this prerequisite component see the section of the Quantexa Academy Introduction presentation titled – Prerequisites (The link to this presentation is at the back-end of this article).
Modules include:
- Quantexa Technical Foundations Program - Introduces the core concepts of our platform, including Networks, Documents, Entities, and Entity Resolution, as well as some of the more technical components of our platform, namely Fusion and Assess. This Programme also introduces Search, Investigation and Task components of the Quantexa platform's UI.
- Extract, Transform & Load - Both a conceptual and technical deep dive into the data ingestion steps and preparation required for building the appropriate Document-Entity Model with Fusion.
- Entity Resolution - Teaches a contextual approach to Entity Resolution and the required the technical configuration.
- App Architecture - Teaches developers how to deploy the Quantexa platform and the functions and configuration of the required applications.
- Network Analytics - Teaches the different techniques for generating Networks and a technical walkthrough of how to score a Document using Assess.
- User Interface - Teaches the customization for standard UI components of the platform.
- Module Tasks & Final Certification Assessment - The learners develop their own end to end deployment of the Quantexa platform.
Outcome: On successful completion learners will be awarded the Quantexa Data Engineer Certification.
NOTE:
For those people who wish to just review the content of the Quantexa Data Engineer Academy there is an associated Quantexa Data Engineer Academy Content Review pathway which you can also request to be onboarded onto.
Quantexa Scoring Engineer Academy (Duration: 6 weeks full time) - The Quantexa Scoring Engineer Academy qualifies the individual to write key detection logic that can be implemented within the Quantexa Assess framework.
This learning program walks through five key scoring approaches and is assessed by a project-based task at the end.
An environment is provided to every user where they build a ‘proof of concept’ Quantexa platform.
From an onboarding perspective, this program has two versions –
- Quantexa Certified Data Engineers, and
- Non-Certified Data Engineers.
Please bear this in mind when completing the enrollment process.
Pre-requisite:
A fundamental understanding of Scala and Spark is key to ensuring your success as a Quantexa Scoring Engineer.
With this being the case, there is a Scala and Spark prerequisite assessment that has been carefully designed to ensure that you have the necessary skills that you will need to perform the associated Academy tasks and, consequently, successfully qualify as a Quantexa Certified Scoring Engineer.
For further details on this prerequisite component see the section of the Quantexa Academy Introduction presentation titled – Prerequisites (The link to this presentation is at the back-end of this article).
Modules include:
- Quantexa Technical Foundations Program - Introduces the core concepts of our platform, including Networks, Documents, Entities, and Entity Resolution, as well as some of the more technical components of our platform, namely Fusion and Assess. This Programme also introduces Search, Investigation and Task components of the Quantexa platform's UI.
- Environment Setup - Teaches the user the how to prepare the environment required for the academy task as well as the relevant tools that will be sued throughout the academy.
- Document Scores - Teaches the Scoring Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) in the development of a Document Score, the implementation of a Score. Validation and testing of Scores through data exploration, Checkpointing and Unit Testing methodology.
- Entity Scores - Teaches development of Entity scoring, in the context of the DAG and different Score levels, aggregation, rolling-up and down. In the example rolling down of the Entity to Document Score level, plus Testing and Verification methodologies.
- Network Scores - Teaches the development of Document and Entity Scores into Network Scores using the Watchlist. Technical development of Score, the DAG, combination into a single view, the UI and Testing and Validation.
- Event Scores - Teaches the Event Score approach using Transaction data and a Score function. Rolling up a Transaction score into the Document level via Keying within the Pipeline. Testing and Validation methodologies.
- Dynamic Scoring - Teaches Batch and Dynamic approaches to scoring. Considers the write-once score step for the Customer Document and Batch computation of Events Scores for Dynamic Lookup Scores using Elastic and the two Scoring Context types. Introduces LiteGraph reading a Network as an input as an alternative to the Parquet file approach, formatting the UI Scorecard, reading and writing batch lookup scores via Elastic. Novel testing an validation methods for Dynamic Scoring using the End-to-End test and the UI.
- Academy Task - Introduces the learner to the assessment of skills and knowledge in developing a range of Scores. The Academy task is split into four parts covering Document, Entity, Network and Batch Lookup Dynamic Scores all using techniques covered in modules 2 to 6.
Outcome: On successful completion learners will be awarded the Quantexa Scoring Engineer Certification.
NOTE:
For those people who wish to just review the content of the Quantexa Scoring Engineer Academy there is an associated Quantexa Scoring Engineer Academy Content Review pathway which you can also request to be onboarded onto.
Quantexa Technical Business Analyst Academy (Duration: 5 weeks full time) - The Quantexa Technical Business Analyst Academy is an in-depth program that gives learners the skills needed to become a Technical Business Analyst on a Quantexa project.
This updated version of the BA Academy, released on 2.1.1 of the Quantexa platform, incorporates elements of the new Data Engineer and Scoring Engineer Academies and combines that with a detailed BA end-to-end project perspective.
This program has multiple knowledge checks throughout and checkpoint reviews to ensure progress of the learners. It also includes a final assessment at the end signed off by a Quantexa Business Analyst.
Modules include:
- Quantexa Technical Foundations Program - Introduces the core concepts of our platform, including Networks, Documents, Entities, and Entity Resolution, as well as some of the more technical components of our platform, namely Fusion and Assess. This Programme also introduces Search, Investigation and Task components of the Quantexa platform's UI.
- Development Tools - Teaches the key tools that will be used during the development of a project. Teaches the common Scala and Spark commands used when interrogating the ingested data.
- Smoke Test - Teaches the required steps to deploy the Quantexa platform and confirm the correct setup of their environment.
- Data Preparations: Teaches data considerations that a Business Analyst need to address before carrying out the ETL process to make sure it produces correct outcomes.
- Data Ingestion - ETL Process: Covers in detail each of the steps in the Data Ingest – ETL Process. Dives into the aspects required for designing and building the appropriate Document-Entity Model with Fusion.#
- How to Read Fusion Files - Teaches a contextual approach to Fusion files and help Business Analysts locate and understand key stages of the configuration.
- Resolver Configuration - Teaches a contextual approach to Resolver Config and help Business Analysts locate and understand all sections of the configuration.
- Investigating ER Issues - Provides BAs with tools and approaches to handling Entity Resolution issues. Teaches BAs how to identify and analyze possible triggers for Entity health checks as well as how to detect common problems.
- Scoring - Teaches concepts and approaches to Scoring and the Business Analyst’s involvement at each stage. Provides Scoring considerations and the requirements for capturing the Scoring business logic and Scorecard Tuning.
- Network Generation - Teaches the core concepts of Network Generation and covers steps and approaches on how to build a Network for all the required Scores.
- Academy Task - Assess the learner's ability to design a Quantexa project from end to end, that identifies the desired cases of risky behavior using the concepts covered in the previous modules.
Outcome: On successful completion learners will be awarded the Quantexa Technical Business Analyst Certification.
NOTE:
For those people who wish to just review the content of the Quantexa Technical BA Academy there is an associated Quantexa Technical BA Academy Content Review pathway which you can also request to be onboarded onto.
📝How do Non-Quantexans sign up for a Learning Path?
Please contact your Quantexa representative or CSM who can submit the necessary request for you.
Notes:
- The Data Engineer Academy is on 2.0.1 of the platform and the Technical Business Analyst Academy and Scoring Engineer Academy is on 2.1.1.
💡Academy Topics on the Community
Here, on the Community, you will find two spaces to stay up to date with everything Academy-related:
- Follow the "Academy" Topic to be notified of the latest curated content from our Academy team. Information on courses, license updates, popular FAQs, and much more! This is a public space open to everyone.
- Follow the "Academy Q&A" Topic to get support and ask your questions to our Academy team. This space can only be accessed by Quantexa Customers & Partners.
🏅 Already completed the Academy?
Certification Badges and Certificates are available for the Quantexa Data Engineer Academy, Quantexa Scoring Engineer Academy and Quantexa Technical Business Analyst Academy.
Completion Badges and Certificates are available for the Quantexa Foundations programs and Quantexa Investigations Series programs.
