Schedule for Section A1
The schedule is subject to change. Check back often. Notes/codes/slides links are placeholders for future lectures. They will be updated no later than the lecture date.
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EventDateDescriptionCourse Material
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Semester Begins09/03/2024 08:00
TuesdaySemester and 1st 7 week session begins -
Lecture09/03/2024
TuesdayMSDS Student Orientation Session -
Discussion09/04/2024
WednesdayOptional discussion.[slides]Helpful other resources here.
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Lecture09/05/2024
Thursday01 - Course Overview and GitSuggested Readings and Slides:
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Lecture09/10/2024
Tuesday02 - Intro to Pandas and SciKit-LearnSuggested Readings and Slides:
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Assignment09/10/2024
TuesdayAssignment - 1 (Pandas and Scikit-Learn) released! -
Discussion09/11/2024
WednesdayPandas and Scikit-Learn Example -
Lecture09/12/2024
Thursday03 - A1 Spark Project Pitch DaySuggested Reading:
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Lecture09/17/2024
Tuesday04 - Probability and Linear Algebra RefresherSuggested Readings:
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Discussion09/18/2024
WednesdayLinear Algebra and Probability -
Assignment09/18/2024
WednesdayAssignment - 2 (Linear Algebra) released! -
Due09/18/2024 23:59
WednesdayAssignment1 due -
Lecture09/19/2024
Thursday05 - Distance, Similarity Functions, and Time SeriesSuggested Readings:
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Assignment09/20/2024
SaturdayAssignment - 3 (Probability, Statistics, and Distances) released! -
Lecture09/24/2024
Tuesday06 - Clustering I: k-MeansSuggested Readings:
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Discussion09/25/2024
WednesdayK-Means Clustering -
Due09/25/2024 23:59
WednesdayAssignment2 due -
Lecture09/26/2024
Thursday07 - Clustering II: In PracticeSuggested Readings:
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Assignment09/27/2024
SaturdayAssignment - 4 (K-Means Clustering) released! -
Due09/27/2024 23:59
FridayAssignment3 due -
Lecture10/01/2024
Tuesday08 - Clustering III: Hierarchical ClusteringSuggested Readings:
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Discussion10/02/2024
WednesdayHierarchical Clustering and GMMs -
Lecture10/03/2024
Thursday09 - Clustering IV: GMM and Expectation MaximizationSuggested Readings:
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Due10/04/2024 23:59
FridayAssignment4 due -
Assignment10/07/2024
TuesdayAssignment - 5 (Hierarchical Clustering and GMMs) released! -
Lecture10/08/2024
Tuesday10 - Classification: Decision Trees and RandomForestsSuggested Readings:
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Discussion10/09/2024
WednesdayHierarchical Clustering and GMMs -
Lecture10/10/2024
Thursday11 - Classification - k-Nearest-NeighborsSuggested Readings:
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Due10/14/2024 23:59
MondayAssignment5 due -
No Class10/15/2024 08:00
TuesdaySubstituting Monday schedule. No class. -
Discussion10/16/2024
WednesdayKNN -
Assignment10/16/2024
ThursdayAssignment - 6 (K-nn, Decision Trees, & Random Forests) released! -
Lecture10/17/2024
Thursday13 - SVD Low Rank ApproximationsSuggested Readings:
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1st 7 Week Session Ends10/18/2024 17:00
FridayFirst 7 week session ends -
2nd 7 Week Session Begins10/21/2024 08:00
Monday2nd 7 week session begins -
Lecture10/22/2024
Tuesday14 -- Dimensionality Reduction - PCA and tSNESuggested Readings:
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Lecture10/24/2024
Thursday15 -- Linear RegressionSuggested Readings:
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Due10/24/2024 23:59
ThursdayAssignment6 due -
Assignment10/25/2024
SaturdayKaggle Midterm Challenge released! -
Lecture10/29/2024
Tuesday16 -- Logistic Regression and RegularizationSuggested Readings:
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Discussion10/30/2024
WednesdayLinear Regression -
Discussion10/30/2024
WednesdayLogistic Regression & Regularization -
Lecture11/05/2024
Tuesday18 -- Neural Networks ISuggested Readings:
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Discussion11/06/2024
WednesdayNeural Networks -
Lecture11/07/2024
Thursday19 -- Neural Networks IISuggested Readings:
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Due11/08/2024 23:59
FridayMidterm due -
Lecture11/12/2024
Tuesday20 -- Neural Networks IIISuggested Readings:
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Lecture11/12/2024
Tuesday22 -- Networks ISuggested Readings:
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Lecture11/14/2024
Thursday23 -- Networks 2Suggested Readings:
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Assignment11/14/2024
ThursdayNeural Nets Assignment released! -
Lecture11/19/2024
Tuesday21 -- Recommender SystemsSuggested Readings:
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Discussion11/20/2024
WednesdayRecommender System -
Lecture11/21/2024
Thursday24 -- Time Series AnalysisSuggested Readings:
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Due11/24/2024 23:59
SundayAssignment due -
Lecture11/26/2024
Tuesday25 -- RNNsSuggested Readings:
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Start of Thanksgiving Recess11/27/2024 08:00
WednesdayThanksgiving recess begins -- Have a great break! -
End of Thanksgiving Recess12/01/2024 17:00
SundayThanksgiving recess ends -
Lecture12/03/2024
Tuesday26 -- NLP ISuggested Readings:
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Lecture12/05/2024
ThursdayFinal Project Presentations -- Part 1Presentation order TBD.
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Lecture12/10/2024
TuesdayFinal Project Presentations -- Part 2Presentation order TBD.
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Last day of classes12/10/2024 17:00
TuesdayLast day of classes.