Course Schedule

Class meetings are:

  • Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:35 - 10:50am, in Boyd 323
  • Wednesdays, 10:20 - 11:10am, in Geography/Geology Room 154

After the first few weeks, Wednesdays will constitute lectures, guest lectures, and lightning talks, while Tuesdays and Thursdays will either be office hours or postmortem discussions.

NOTE: This schedule is, by definition, subject to change.

Date Topic Links
Tues, 1/10 Lecture 1: Welcome to Data Science Practicum pptx | pdf | mp4
Wed, 1/11 Lecture 2: Spark and Dask pptx | pdf | mp4
Thurs, 1/12 Lecture 3: Introduction to Natural Language Processing pptx | pdf | mp4
Fri, 1/13 Thurs, 1/12 Project 0 (P0) Released pdf | handout
Tues, 1/17 Lecture 4: Where to next? pptx | pdf
Wed, 1/18 Lecture 5
Thurs, 1/19 Lecture 6
Mon, 1/23 P0 Due / P1 Released
Tues, 1/24 Office Hours
Wed, 1/25 Postmortem: P0
Thurs, 1/26 Office Hours
Tues, 1/31 Office Hours
Wed, 2/1 Lecture 7
Thurs, 2/2 Office Hours
Mon, 2/6 P1 Due
Tues, 2/7 Office Hours
Wed, 2/8 P1 Lightning Talks
Thurs, 2/9 Postmortem: P1
Mon, 2/13 P2 Released
Tues, 2/14 Office Hours
Wed, 2/15 TBD
Tues, 2/16 Office Hours
Tues, 2/21 Office Hours
Wed, 2/22 Lecture 8
Thurs, 2/23 Office Hours
Mon, 2/27 P2 Due
Tues, 2/28 Office Hours
Wed, 3/1 P2 Lightning Talks
Thurs, 3/2 Postmortem: P2
Mon, 3/6 - Fri, 3/10 SPRING BREAK
Mon, 3/13 P3 Released
Tues, 3/14 Office Hours
Wed, 3/15 Lecture 9
Thurs, 3/16 Office Hours
Tues, 3/21 Office Hours
Wed, 3/22 P3 Interim Updates
Thurs, 3/23 Office Hours Withdrawal Deadline
Tues, 3/28 Office Hours
Wed, 3/29 TBD
Thurs, 3/30 Office Hours
Thurs, 3/30 P4 Proposals Due
Mon, 4/1 P3 Due
Tues, 4/4 Office Hours
Wed, 4/5 P3 Lightning Talks
Thurs, 4/6 Postmortem: P3
Thurs, 4/6 P4 Released
Tues, 4/11 Office Hours
Wed, 4/12 Lecture 10
Thurs, 4/13 Office Hours
Tues, 4/18 Office Hours
Wed, 4/19 P4 Interim Updates
Thurs, 4/20 Office Hours
Tues, 4/25 P4 Talks
Wed, 4/26 P4 Talks
Thurs, 4/27 P4 Talks
Thurs, 4/27 P4 Due
Tues, 5/1 Postmortem: 8360