Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
(Fall 2024)
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Announcements
- November 15, 2024: Microquiz 2 info ALL PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lectures
3–4:30 pm in 26-100
(No lecture recordings will be available!)
Slides and Code
In calendar below
Recitations
10 am in 1-190
11 am in 2-190
1 pm in 6-120
Recitation feedback form
Office Hours
In 38-370
Mon–Thu: 11 am–9 pm
(Closed during MW 3–5 pm)
Fri: 11 am–5 pm
Instructor OH: Thu 1:30–2:30pm in 38-648
Calendar and Materials 6.100B – Fall 2024
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
10/28: Lecture 1
Admin and overview, optimization, knapsack problems
Lec 1 Finger Ex. out
Pset 1 out
Readings: Ch 14.1
10/29
10/30: Lecture 2
No Lec 2 Finger Ex.
Complementary knapsack, dynamic programming, memo vs tabular method, pseudo-polynomial complexity
Readings: Ch 15
10/31
Microquiz 0
not graded, demonstrates microquiz mechanics, available during 4:30-9:30PM
11/1: Recitation 1
Pset 0 due at 10PM
No checkoff for Pset 0
Add deadline for half-semester subjects
11/4: Lecture 3
Graphs, shortest-path problems, depth-first and breadth-first search
Readings: Ch 14.2
Microquiz 1
25 minutes at the end of class
Lec 1 Finger Ex. due at 3PM
Lec 3 Finger Ex. out
Pset 2 out
11/5
11/6: Lecture 4
No Lec 4 Finger Ex.
Weighted shortest-path using Dijkstra’s, other graph problems
Readings: None
11/7
Pset 1 due at 10PM
11/8: Recitation 2
Pset 1 Checkoffs start
11/11: Holiday
No Class or OH
11/13: Lecture 5
Stochastic thinking, simulation, random walks
Lec 5 Finger Ex. out
Pset 3 out
Readings: Ch 16, 17.1
11/14
Pset 2 due at 10PM
11/15: Recitation 3
Pset 2 Checkoffs start
Pset 1 Checkoff due at 5PM
11/18: Lecture 6
No Lec 6 Finger Ex.
Simulating the ideal gas law, probability
Readings: Ch 17.2
Microquiz 2
25 minutes at the end of class
11/19
11/20: Lecture 7
Monte Carlo simulation, roulette, estimating pi, integration, distributions, variance, empirical rule, confidence intervals
Lec 5 Finger Ex. due at 3PM
Lec 7 Finger Ex. out
Pset 4 out
Readings: Ch 18, 17.3-17.4
11/21
Pset 3 due at 10PM
11/22: Recitation 4
Pset 3 Checkoffs start
Pset 2 Checkoff due at 5PM
11/25: Lecture 8
No Lec 8 Finger Ex.
Curve-fitting, linear regression, R^2, overfitting, choosing a degree
Readings: Ch 20
Microquiz 3
25 minutes at the end of class
11/26
11/27
Lec 7 Finger Ex. due at 3PM
Pset 5 out
No class or office hours, Drop deadline for half-semester subjects
11/28: Holiday
No Class or OH
11/29: Holiday
No Class or OH
12/2: Lecture 9
No Lec 9 Finger Ex.
Pset 3 Checkoff due at 9PM
Pset 4 due at 10PM
Sampling, standard error, Central Limit Theorem, statistical fallacies
Readings: Ch 19
12/3
Pset 4 Checkoffs start
12/4: Lecture 10
No Lec 10 Finger Ex.
Wrap-up
Readings: None
Microquiz 4
45 minutes at the end of class
12/5
12/6: Recitation 5
Pset 4 Checkoff due at 5PM
Pset 5 due at 10PM
12/9: Lecture 11
No Lec 11 Finger Ex.
Pset 5 Checkoffs start
(Optional) Machine learning, what is all the fuss about
Readings: None
12/10
12/11: Lecture 12
No Lec 12 Finger Ex.
Pset 5 Checkoff due at 9PM
(Optional) Open feedback session
Readings: None