(Syllabus)

Day #: Date Subject Homework Due (11:59 p.m.)
1: Th 9/5/24
 Help with Anaconda installation
01 Introduction (6): course overview; SVM
01 Python as a Calculator (1)
 Read introductory email
Q00: background survey (extended to Th 9/17 to accommodate Fr 9/13 add class deadline)
2: Tu 9/10
 02 Juypter Lab (4) (JupyterExample.ipynb/.html) 02 Juypter Lab (4)
01 Introduction, continued: SVM
 Q01: calculator (extended to 9/17)
(login help)
3: Th 9/12
 (01separatingHyperplane.ipynb/.html)
[02 Notation and Definitions: optional reading]
03 Sequences (2) (stringsDemo.ipynb, TuplesListsDemo.ipynb)
 Q02: Jupyter (extended to 9/17)
4: Tu 9/17
 03 Fundamental Algorithms, Part 1: linear regression (4) (03linearRegression.ipynb/.html)
Discuss HW01
5: Th 9/19
 (04_numpy was here, but I am a little behind my planned schedule)
 Q03: sequences
6: Tu 9/24
 04_NumPy (2) (04_numpy.ipynb/.html)
03 Fundamental Algorithms, Part 2: logistic regression: logistic regression (4) (03logisticRegression.ipynb/.html)
 HW01: SVM, linear regression
7: Th 9/26
 05 pandas (2) (05_pandas.ipynb/.html)
 Q04: NumPy
8: Tu 10/1
 continue 05_pandas from value_counts() (8:00), Create(?) (11:00)
03 Fundamental Algorithms, Part 3: decision tree (4) (03decisionTree.ipynb/.html)
 (Q05 pandas was here)
9: Th 10/3
 06 matplotlib (3) (06_matplotlib.ipynb/.html)
continue decision tree 		Q05: pandas
10: Tu 10/8
 03 Fundamental Algorithms, Part 4: more on SVM (4) (03SVM.ipynb/.html)
HW02: logistic regression, decision tree
11: Th 10/10
 03 Fundamental Algorithms, Part 5: k-NN (2) (03kNN.ipynb/.html)
(07 write functions was here)
 Q06 matplotlib
12: Tu 10/15
 07 write functions (2)
04 Anatomy of a Learning Algorithm (4): gradient descent, scikit-learn (04gradientDescent.ipynb/.html)
13: Th 10/17
 05 Basic Practice, Part 1: feature engineering (6) (05featureEngineering.ipynb/.html)
 Q07 functions
14: Tu 10/22
 Discuss exam rules
Revisit 10/8/24 question: does soft-margin SVM have support vectors?
08 conditional expressions (2)
05 Basic Practice, Part 2: algorithm / data split / model fit / regularize (4) (05modelFitRegularize.ipynb/.html)
 HW03: more SVM, kNN, gradient descent, feature engineering
15: Th 10/24
 (optional) Q&A review
 Q08 conditional expressions
16: Tu 10/29 Midterm exam in class (rules, spring2022/key, fall2022/key, spring2023/key, fall2023/key; spring 2024/key)
 Midterm exam
17: Th 10/31
 05 Basic Practice, Part 3: assessment / hyperparameter tuning / cross-validation (5) (05assessmentTuningCV.ipynb/.html)
 Project: form a group
18: Tu 11/5
 05 Basic Practice, Part 3, continued: tuning & CV
07 Problems and Solutions, Part 1: kernel regression (1) (07kernelRegression.ipynb/.html)
19: Th 11/7
 (FYI: Undergraduate Research Quick Talks)
07 Problems and Solutions, Part 2: multiclass, one-class, and multilable classification (4)
 HW04: feature engineering, data split, model fit and regularization
20: Tu 11/12
 07 Problems and Solutions, Part 3: ensemble learning (3) (07ensemble.ipynb/.html)
 Project: proposal
21: Th 11/14
 08 Advanced Practice: 08.pdf (5): imbalance, combining/stacking, efficiency, multicore (08imbalance_stacking_timing_multicore.ipynb/.html)
22: Tu 11/19 project proposal feedback: meet in class with teacher and/or TA
 Project proposal feedback meeting
HW05: algorithm selection, multiclass classification, assesment, tuning, ensemble learning, imbalance
23: Th 11/21
 09 Unsupervised Learning: 09.pdf (7) (09densityEstimation.ipynb/.html, 09clustering.ipynb/.html, 09PCA.ipynb/.html)
24: Tu 11/26
 presentation schedule
09 Unsupervised Learning, continued: k-means code, DBSCAN, PCA
project help
 Mo 12/2: Project: turn in slides
[Th 11/28] [no class--Thanksgiving]
25: Tu 12/3 Project: first 1/2 of presentations
 Project: peer feedback on first 1/2
26: Th 12/5 Project: second 1/2 of presentations
 Project: peer feedback on second 1/2
27: Tu 12/10
 (optional) Q&A review
 Project: report
Tu 12/17 Final exam: Tu 12/17 7:45-9:45 a.m.
Final exam

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