INFO 5001: Computing for Information Science
This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as the semester progresses and the timeline of topics and assignments might be updated throughout the semester.
| WEEK | DATE | TOPIC | PREPARE | MATERIALS | DUE |
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| 1 | Tue, Aug 26 | Welcome to INFO 5001 | π©βπ» Login to Cornellβs GitHub server |
π½οΈ slides 01 β¨οΈ ae 00 |
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| Thu, Aug 28 | Grammar of graphics | π r4ds - intro π r4ds - ch 1.1-.3, 1.7 π ims - ch 1 |
π½οΈ slides 02 β¨οΈ ae 00 β ae 00 |
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| Fri, Aug 29 | Hello data science! | β¨οΈ hw 00 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Sep 2 | Visualizing various types of data | π ims - ch 4 π ims - ch 5 |
π½οΈ slides 03 β¨οΈ ae 01 β ae 01 |
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| Wed, Sep 3 | β hw 00 | HW 00 at 11:59pm | |||
| Thu, Sep 4 | Grammar of data wrangling | π r4ds - ch 3 | π½οΈ slides 04 β¨οΈ ae 02 β ae 02 |
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| Fri, Sep 5 | Data visualization | β¨οΈ hw 01 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Sep 9 | Working with relational data | π r4ds - ch 19 | π½οΈ slides 05 β¨οΈ ae 03 β ae 03 |
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| Wed, Sep 10 | β hw 01 | HW 01 at 11:59pm | |||
| Thu, Sep 11 | Tidying data | π r4ds - ch 5 | π½οΈ slides 06 β¨οΈ ae 04 β ae 04 |
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| Fri, Sep 12 | β¨οΈ hw 02 | ||||
| 4 | Tue, Sep 16 | Data types and classes | π r4ds - ch 4 π r4ds - ch 12 (read 12.1-12.2, skim the rest) π r4ds - ch 14.1-.3 π r4ds - ch 16 |
π½οΈ slides 07 β¨οΈ ae 05 β ae 05 |
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| Wed, Sep 17 | β hw 02 | HW 02 at 11:59pm | |||
| Thu, Sep 18 | Importing and recoding data | π r4ds - ch 7 π r4ds - ch 17.1 - 17.3 |
π½οΈ slides 08 β¨οΈ ae 06 β ae 06 |
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| Fri, Sep 19 | No lab meeting | β¨οΈ hw 03 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Sep 23 | Databases + SQL | π r4ds - ch 21 | π½οΈ slides 09 β¨οΈ ae 07 β ae 07 |
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| Wed, Sep 24 | β hw 03 | HW 03 at 11:59pm | |||
| Thu, Sep 25 | Getting data from the web: Scraping | π r4ds - ch 24 π©βπ» Install SelectorGadget |
π½οΈ slides 10 β¨οΈ ae 08 β ae 08 |
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| Fri, Sep 26 | Quiz 01 | π quiz 01 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Sep 30 | Functions | π r4ds - ch 25.2-.3 | ||
| Thu, Oct 2 | Iteration | π r4ds - ch 26 π r4ds - ch 27 (skim for familiarity with base R syntax) |
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| Fri, Oct 3 | Git workflows (basics + merge conflicts) | π Happy Git with R - ch 1 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 7 | Getting data from the web: APIs | π Application Programming Interface π Obtaining World Bank indicators π Securely storing API keys |
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| Thu, Oct 9 | No class (out-of-town) | ||||
| Fri, Oct 10 | No class (out-of-town) | ||||
| 8 | Tue, Oct 14 | No class (Fall Break) | |||
| Thu, Oct 16 | Rectangling data | π r4ds - ch 23 | |||
| Fri, Oct 17 | Functions + iteration | ||||
| 9 | Tue, Oct 21 | Reproducible reporting with Quarto | π r4ds - ch 28 | ||
| Thu, Oct 23 | Reproducible project-based workflows | π wtfR - ch 2-4, 7 | |||
| Fri, Oct 24 | Quiz 02 | ||||
| 10 | Tue, Oct 28 | Introduction to machine learning | π tmwr - ch 4-6, 10 | ||
| Thu, Oct 30 | Build better training data | π tmwr - ch 7-9 | |||
| Fri, Oct 31 | Git workflows (branches + PRs) | ||||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 4 | Tree-based inference and hyperparameter optimization | π tmwr - ch 12-14 | ||
| Thu, Nov 6 | Interactive web applications using Shiny | To be posted | |||
| Fri, Nov 7 | To be posted | ||||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 11 | An introduction to LLMs | To be posted | ||
| Thu, Nov 13 | Prompt design | To be posted | |||
| Fri, Nov 14 | To be posted | ||||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 18 | Structured data | To be posted | ||
| Thu, Nov 20 | Tool/function calling | To be posted | |||
| Fri, Nov 21 | Quiz 03 | To be posted | |||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 25 | Project peer review | To be posted | ||
| Thu, Nov 27 | No class (Thanksgiving Break) | To be posted | |||
| Fri, Nov 28 | No class (Thanksgiving Break) | To be posted | |||
| 15 | Tue, Dec 2 | Improving data communication | To be posted | ||
| Thu, Dec 4 | Wrap-up: Where to go from here | To be posted | |||
| Fri, Dec 5 | Project presentations | To be posted |