Weekly Schedule

Weekly Schedule#

Important

While I will do my best to follow this schedule, the schedule is still subject to change. Any changes will be communicated to you in a timely fashion.

Week #

Dates

Monday

Wednesday

Week 01

Jan 06, 08

Course Introduction & Setup
[Lab 0]

Probability Theory & Random Variables
[Reading 1] [Lab 1]

Week 02

Jan 13, 15

Summary Statistics
[Reading 2] [Lab 2]

Central Limit Theorem & Estimators
[Reading 3] [Lab 3]

Week 03

Jan 20, 22

MLK Day

Maximum Likelihood Estimation
[Reading 4] [Lab 4]

Week 04

Jan 27, 29

Statistical Tests I
[Reading 5] [Lab 5]

Statistical Tests II

Week 05

Feb 03, 05

Monte Carlo & Importance Sampling
[Reading 6] [Lab 6]

Stochastic Processes & Ising model
[Reading 7]

Week 06

Feb 10, 12

MCMC Algorithms & Considerations
[Reading 8]

Bayesian Analysis I
[Reading 9]

Week 07

Feb 17, 19

Presidents Day

Bayesian Analysis II

Week 08

Feb 24, 26

Bayesian Analysis III

5-min presentations

Week 09

Mar 03, 05

Introduction to Machine Learning

Supervised: Regression I

Mar 10, 12

Spring Break

Spring Break

Week 10

Mar 17, 19

Supervised: Regression II

Supervised: Classification I

Week 11

Mar 24, 26

Supervised: Classification II

Supervised: Classification III

Week 12

Mar 31, Apr 2

Mock Exam

Unsupervised: Clustering

Week 13

Apr 07, 09

Unsupervised: Dimensionality Reduction

ML: Other Topics

Week 14

Apr 14, 16

Mock exam presentations I

Mock exam presentations II

Week 15

Apr 21, 23

Course Review

Reading Day