Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
(Fall 2022)

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10am in 2-190
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1pm in 34-101
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Calendar and Materials 6.100B - Fall 2022

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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
10/24: Lecture 1 zip
Course introduction. Optimization and knapsack problems
Readings: Ch 14.1, Ch 5.4
Lec1 Finger Ex. out PS 0 out PS 1 out
10/25
10/26: Lecture 2 zip
Dynamic programming (incl. tabular method) Pseudo polynomial complexity
Readings: Ch 15, Ch 5.3.2
No L2 Finger Ex.
10/27
Microquiz 0 (testing microquiz mechanics, not for points, take it on your own between 4:30pm and 9:30pm)
10/28: Recitation 1 notes PS 0 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 0)
10/31: Lecture 3 zip
Implementing classes, Graphs, shortest path problems, DFS and BFS.
Readings: Ch 14.2
Lec3 Finger Ex. out Lec1 Finger Ex. due PS 2 out
11/1 PS 1 due at 9PM Last Day we Accept Adds into 6.100B
11/2: Lecture 4 zip
All paths, Efficient algorithms including Dijkstra
Readings: Ch 14.2
Microquiz 1 (25 minutes at the end of class)
PS 1 Checkoffs start No L4 Finger Ex.
11/3
11/4: Recitation 2 notes Add Date
11/7: Lecture 5 zip
Stochastic thinking, probability, simulation
Readings: Ch 17.1-17.4
Lec5 Finger Ex. out Lec3 Finger Ex. due PS 3 out
11/8 PS 2 due at 9PM
11/9: Lecture 6 zip
Random Walks
Readings: Ch 16
Microquiz 2 (25 minutes at the end of class)
PS 2 Checkoffs start No L6 Finger Ex.
11/10 PS 1 Checkoff due
11/11: Holiday No Recitation or OH
11/14: Lecture 7 zip
Monte Carlo Methods, variance, confidence intervals, roulette, pi
Readings: Ch 18, Ch 19
Lec7 Finger Ex. out Lec5 Finger Ex. due PS 4 out
11/15 PS 3 due at 9PM
11/16: Lecture 8 zip
Distributions, CLT, sampling, standard error
Readings: Ch 17.4-end, 19
Microquiz 3 (25 minutes at the end of class)
PS 3 Checkoffs start
11/17 PS 2 Checkoff due
11/18: Recitation 3 notes
11/21: Lecture 9 zip
Curve fitting, linear regression, R**2, overfitting, choosing a degree, training and test sets
Readings: Ch 20
Lec8 Finger Ex. out Lec7 Finger Ex. due PS 5 out No L9 Finger Ex.
11/22
11/23: Holiday No Class or OH
11/24: Holiday No OH
11/25: Holiday No OH
11/28: Lecture 10 zip
Epidemiology simulation
Lec8 Finger Ex. due
11/29 PS 4 due at 9PM
11/30: Lecture 11 zip
Intro to Pandas
Readings: Ch 23
Microquiz 4 (25 minutes at the end of class)
PS 4 Checkoffs start Last Day to Drop 6.100B No L11 Finger Ex.
12/1 PS 3 Checkoff due
12/2: Recitation 4 notes
12/5: Lecture 12 zip
Intro to ML. Distance metrics, hierarchical clustering, K-means clustering
Readings: Ch 24, Ch 25
Lec10 Finger Ex. out No L12 Finger Ex.
12/6 PS 5 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 5)
12/7: Lecture 13 zip
Classification
Readings: Ch 26.1-26.7
Lec10 Finger Ex. due No L13 Finger Ex.
12/8 PS 4 Checkoff due
12/9: Recitation 5 notes
12/12: Lecture 14 zip
Statistical fallacies. Wrap Up
Readings: Ch 22
No L14 Finger Ex.
12/13 Study Code released Practice Exam released
12/14: Lecture 15 zip
Review Session in-class
Last day of OH No L15 Finger Ex.
12/15
12/16
12/19
12/20
12/21
12/22
FINAL EXAM LINK (120 minutes, 1:30-3:30pm in 26-100)
12/23