Course Schedule
Schedule
Note this tentative schedule is subject to change. Please check the schedule regularly.
Last updated: 08/21/2025
| Week | Starting | Topics | Reading | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8/25/24 | M: Lec1: Course introduction & intro to AI | Mon: HW1 out. | |
| W: Lec2: Python for data science | Week 01-1 | |||
| F: Lec3: A final project preview | Week 01-2 | |||
| 2 | 9/1/24 | M: Labor Day, No Classes | ||
| W: Lec4: Numpy arrays and array indexing | Week 02-1 | |||
| F: Lec5: Numpy array operations; PE1: Numpy | Week 02-2 | |||
| 3 | 9/8/24 | M: Lec6: Pandas - Series and DataFrame | Week 03-1 | Mon: HW1 due; HW2 out; |
| W: Virtual Day: Complete “Lab1: Numpy” online | Week 03-2 | Mon: Team formation due | ||
| F: Lec7: Pandas - groupby, concat, merge | Week 03-3 | |||
| 4 | 9/15/24 | M: Lec8: Pandas - IO and methods | Week 04-1 | Mon: Creative research decision due |
| W: PE2: Pandas | Week 04-2 | |||
| F: Lab2: Pandas | Week 04-3 | |||
| 5 | 9/22/24 | M: Lec9: Data visualization - Matplotlib, Pandas | Week 05-1 | Mon: HW2 due; HW3 out. |
| W: Lec10: Data visualization - Seaborn | Week 05-2 | |||
| F: Lec11: Data visualization - Plotly | Week 05-3 | |||
| 6 | 9/29/24 | M: Lab3: Visualization | Week 06-1 | Mon: Project proposal due. |
| W: Lec12: Basic statistics | Week 06-2 | |||
| F: Lec13: More on Statistics and probability | Week 06-3 | |||
| 7 | 10/6/24 | M: Lec14: Module 1 summary and exam 1 preview | Week 07-1 | |
| W: Exam 1 | ||||
| F: Fall Break, No Classes | ||||
| 8 | 10/13/24 | M: Lec15: Intro to machine learning | Week 08-1 | Mon: HW3 due. |
| W: Lec16: Linear regression | Week 08-1 | |||
| F: PE3: Linear regression exercises | Week 08-3 | |||
| 9 | 10/20/24 | M: Lec17: Logistic regression Part 1 | Week 09-1 | Mon: Paper reading due; HW4 out. |
| W: Lec18: Logistic regression Part 2 | Week 09-2 | |||
| F: Lec19: K nearest neighbors | Week 09-3 | |||
| 10 | 10/27/24 | M: PE4: Classification | Week 10-1 | Mon: creative research check-in |
| W: Lab4: Classification | Week 10-2 | |||
| F: Lec20: K-means clustering | Week 10-3 | Fri: Project milestone due. | ||
| 11 | 11/3/24 | M: PE5: K-means exercises | Week 11-1 | Mon: HW4 due; HW5 out. |
| W: Lab5: Clustering | Week 11-2 | |||
| F: Lec21: Dimensionality reduction | Week 11-3 | |||
| 12 | 11/10/24 | M: PE5: PCA | Week 12-1 | |
| W: Lec22: Support vector machine | Week 12-2 | |||
| F: PE5: SVM | Week 12-3 | |||
| 13 | 11/17/24 | M: Lab6: SVM | Week 13-1 | Mon: creative research due |
| W: Lec23: Generative AI | Week 13-2 | |||
| F: PE6: Generative AI; Exam 2 Preview | Week 13-3 | |||
| 14 | 11/24/24 | M: Exam 2 | Mon: HW5 due. | |
| W: Virtual Day - Project update and discussion | ||||
| F: Thanksgiving Break, No Classes | ||||
| 15 | 12/1/24 | M: Project presentation group 1 | Sunday: Project presentation slides due. | |
| W: Project presentation group 2 | ||||
| F: Project presentation group 3 | ||||
| 16 | 12/8/24 | M: No Classes | ||
| W: No Classes | ||||
| F: 11-2 PM, Project presentation buffer day | Fri: Project final paper and code due at midnight. |