Schedule

Class schedule for the first three lectures

Attendance is required for all students. Students in the in-person section will join from CIF, while students in the online section will join remotely using this Zoom Meeting.

Assignment schedule for the entire semester

In this schedule page, you will find the list of assignments you will have to complete this semester:

L#: These are the PrairieLearn Pre-Lecture Assignments including the pre-recorded lectures and short questions testing concepts introduced in the videos. These PL assessments will also include links to lecture notes, slides and annotations from the lectures. You can also read the relevant content in our online textbook (instead of watching the videos). You will have pre-lecture assignments opening every Tuesday and Thursday. You are encouraged to complete them on the date they appear on the course schedule. However, you can complete both of them for 100% credit by the following Tuesday at 11am CT. You can find all the due dates directly in PrairieLearn.

GA#: These are the PrairieLearn Group Activities to be completed on Tuesdays either during lecture time or at another selected time. Make sure to complete the open PrairieLearn Pre-Lecture Assignments before you meet with your group. You can find a lot more information about the group activities on the Group Activities page.

HW#: These are the PrairieLearn Homework Assigments due on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:59pm CT. These are individual assessments. The schedule indicates when the HW will be open, and the due date for 100% credit. Almost every PrairieLearn Lecture Assignment has a corresponding HW. You are strongly encouraged to complete the PrairieLearn Lecture Assignment before you start your HW. You can find all the due dates directly in PrairieLearn.

MP#: These are the PrairieLearn Machine Problems The schedule indicates when the MPs will be open, and the due date for 100% credit (all at 11:59pm CT). These are individual assessments. You can find all the due dates directly in PrairieLearn.

Q#: These are the PrairieLearn Quizzes that happen from Tuesdays to Thursdays at the CBTF. You can find more instructions in the Quizzes page. The schedule below indicates the content covered in each quiz (corresponding HW assignments) and also the dates when the Practice Quizzes (Q#P) will be open. Practice Quizzes will not count towards your grade (zero credit).

The only required synchronous component of this class are the GAs for section N students. Attendance in the first week of classes is strongly encouraged, since we will be talking about all the logistics of the course, and having a demo for the group work. Thursday lectures are optional (or canceled) and are designated for additional examples.

Semester Progress

Jan May

Week 1

Tue, Jan 21, lecture 1

Syllabus and Intro to CS 357

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L1: Introduction to CS 357 (NOR FOR CREDIT)

L2: Introduction to Python

Also opening today:

HW1: Linear Algebra Review (NOT FOR CREDIT)

HW2: Introduction to Python

Due today:

Thu, Jan 23, lecture 2

Python Intro + mock group work

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L3: Errors, Big-O notation, plots

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HW3: Errors and Big-O

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Week 2

Tue, Jan 28, lecture 3

GA1: Working with Python (NOT FOR CREDIT)

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L4a: Floating point

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HW4a: Floating point

Q1P: Linear Algebra + Python + Errors

Due today:

HW2: Introduction to Python

Thu, Jan 30, lecture 4

CANCELED CLASS

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L4b: IEEE 754 Standard

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HW4b: IEEE 754 Standard

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HW3: Errors and Big-O

Week 3

Tue, Feb 04, lecture 5

GA2: Floating Point

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L5: Rounding and Cancellation

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HW5: Rounding and Cancellation

Due today:

HW4a: Floating point

Quiz at CBTF starts on Tuesday:

CBTF Q1: Linear Algebra + Python + Errors (HW1-HW3)

Thu, Feb 06, lecture 6

Optional Study Hall: Floating point and rounding

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L6: Taylor Series

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HW6: Taylor Series

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HW4b: IEEE 754 Standard

Week 4

Tue, Feb 11, lecture 7

GA3: Rounding

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L7: Monte Carlo Methods

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HW7: Monte Carlo Methods

MP1: Odds in a Texas Holdem game

Q2P: Floating Point + Rounding + Taylor Series

Due today:

HW5: Rounding and Cancellation

Thu, Feb 13, lecture 8

CANCELED CLASS

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L8: Vectors, Matrices and Norms

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HW8: Matrices and Norms

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HW6: Taylor Series

Week 5

Tue, Feb 18, lecture 9

GA4: Random Walk

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L9a: Linear system of equations

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HW9: Linear System of Equations

Due today:

HW7: Monte Carlo Methods

Quiz at CBTF starts on Tuesday:

CBTF Q2: Floating Point + Rounding + Taylor Series (HW4-HW6)

Thu, Feb 20, lecture 10

Optional Study Hall: MC, Norms, Linsys

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L9b: LU factorization algorithm

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MP2: Design of a truss system

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MP1: Odds in a Texas Holdem game

Week 6

Tue, Feb 25, lecture 11

GA5: Applications of Norms

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L10: Sparse matrices

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HW10: Sparse Matrices

Q3P: Monte Carlo, Matrices and Norms, Linsys

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HW8: Matrices and Norms

Thu, Feb 27, lecture 12

CANCELED CLASS

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L11: Conditioning

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HW11: Conditioning

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HW9: Linear System of Equations

Week 7

Tue, Mar 04, lecture 13

GA6: Linear System of Equations

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L12a: Eigenvalues - Part A

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HW12: Eingenvalues

Due today:

MP2: Design of a truss system

Quiz at CBTF starts on Tuesday:

CBTF Q3: Monte Carlo, Matrices and Norms, Linsys (HW7-HW9)

Thu, Mar 06, lecture 14

Optional Study Hall: LU, Sparse, Conditioning

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L12b: Eigenvalues - Part B

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HW10: Sparse Matrices

Week 8

Tue, Mar 11, lecture 15

GA7: Structural vibrations

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L13: Markov Chains

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HW13: Markov chains

MP3: Ranking basketball teams

Due today:

HW11: Conditioning

Thu, Mar 13, lecture 16

Optional Study Hall: Eigenvalues

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L14: Finite Difference Methods

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HW14: Finite Difference Methods

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HW12: Eingenvalues

Week 9

Tue, Mar 18

Complete your asynchronous lecture today!

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Thu, Mar 20

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Week 10

Tue, Mar 25, lecture 17

GA8: Google Page Rank

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L15a: 1D Nonlinear

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HW15: Nonlinear equations

Q4P: Sparse, Conditioning, Eigs, Markov

Due today:

HW13: Markov chains

Thu, Mar 27, lecture 18

CANCELED CLASS

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L15b: ND Nonlinear

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MP3: Ranking basketball teams

Week 11

Tue, Apr 01, lecture 19

GA9: A hybrid algorithm for root finding

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L16a: 1D Optimization

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HW16: Optimization

MP4: Topology optimization design

Due today:

HW14: Finite Difference Methods

Quiz at CBTF starts on Tuesday:

CBTF Q4: Sparse, Conditioning, Eigs, Markov (HW10-HW13)

Thu, Apr 03, lecture 20

Optional Study Hall: Nonlinear Equations

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L16b: ND Optimization

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Due today:

HW15: Nonlinear equations

Week 12

Tue, Apr 08, lecture 21

GA10: Linear regression using optimization

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L17a: Least-Squares (Normal Equations)

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HW17a: Least-squares (Normal Equations)

Q5P: FD, Nonlinear, Optimization

Due today:

Thu, Apr 10, lecture 22

Optional Study Hall: Optimization

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L18a: SVD

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HW18a: SVD

Due today:

HW16: Optimization

MP4: Topology optimization design

Week 13

Tue, Apr 15, lecture 23

GA11: Pandas and Least-squares

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L17b: Least-Squares (SVD)

Also opening today:

HW17b: Least-squares (SVD)

Due today:

HW17a: Least-squares (Normal Equations)

Quiz at CBTF starts on Tuesday:

CBTF Q5: FD, Nonlinear, Optimization (HW14-HW16)

Thu, Apr 17, lecture 24

CANCELED CLASS

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L18b: Other SVD applications

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HW18b: Other SVD applications

MP5: Breast cancer predictions

Due today:

HW18a: SVD

Week 14

Tue, Apr 22, lecture 25

GA12: Fantasy football predictions

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L19: PCA

Also opening today:

HW19: PCA

Q6P: Least-squares and SVD

Due today:

HW17b: Least-squares (SVD)

Thu, Apr 24, lecture 26

Optional Study Hall: Linear Least Squares and SVD

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HW18b: Other SVD applications

Week 15

Tue, Apr 29, lecture 27

GA13: PCA in a soccer dataset

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Due today:

MP5: Breast cancer predictions

Quiz at CBTF starts on Tuesday:

CBTF Q6: Least-squares and SVD (HW17-HW18)

Thu, May 01, lecture 28

CANCELED CLASS

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HW19: PCA

Week 16

Tue, May 06, lecture 29

Tentative end-of-semester event

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Wed, May 07, lecture 30

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