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 25 | Welcome to INFO 5001 | π©βπ» Login to Cornellβs GitHub server | π½οΈ slides 01 β¨οΈ ae 00 - UN votes |
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| Thu, Aug 27 | Grammar of graphics | π r4ds - intro π r4ds - ch 1.1-.3, 1.7 π ims - ch 1 |
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| Fri, Aug 28 | Hello data science! | ||||
| 2 | Tue, Sep 1 | Visualizing various types of data | π ims - ch 4 π ims - ch 5 |
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| Wed, Sep 2 | HW 00 at 11:59pm | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3 | Grammar of data wrangling | π r4ds - ch 3 | |||
| Fri, Sep 4 | Data visualization | ||||
| 3 | Tue, Sep 8 | Working with relational data | π r4ds - ch 19 | ||
| Wed, Sep 9 | HW 01 at 11:59pm | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10 | Tidying data | π r4ds - ch 5 | |||
| Fri, Sep 11 | |||||
| 4 | Tue, Sep 15 | No class (out-of-town) | |||
| Wed, Sep 16 | HW 02 at 11:59pm | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17 | 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 |
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| 5 | Tue, Sep 22 | Importing and recoding data | π r4ds - ch 7 π r4ds - ch 17.1 - 17.3 |
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| Thu, Sep 24 | Databases + SQL | π r4ds - ch 21 | |||
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| 6 | Tue, Sep 29 | Getting data from the web: Scraping | π r4ds - ch 24 π©βπ» Install SelectorGadget |
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| Wed, Sep 30 | HW 03 at 11:59pm | ||||
| Thu, Oct 1 | Functions | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| Fri, Oct 2 | Quiz 01 | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 6 | Iteration | To be posted | To be posted | |
| Thu, Oct 8 | Getting data from the web: APIs | To be posted | To be posted | Project proposal at 11:59pm | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | To be posted | To be posted | |||
| 8 | Tue, Oct 13 | No class (Fall Break) | To be posted | To be posted | |
| Wed, Oct 14 | HW 04 at 11:59pm | ||||
| Thu, Oct 15 | Rectangling data | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| Fri, Oct 16 | Functions + iteration | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| 9 | Tue, Oct 20 | Reproducible reporting with Quarto | To be posted | To be posted | |
| Wed, Oct 21 | HW 05 at 11:59pm | ||||
| Thu, Oct 22 | Introduction to machine learning | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| Fri, Oct 23 | Quiz 02 | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| 10 | Tue, Oct 27 | Build better training data | To be posted | To be posted | |
| Thu, Oct 29 | Tree-based inference and hyperparameter optimization | To be posted | To be posted | Project EDA at 11:59pm | |
| Fri, Oct 30 | To be posted | To be posted | |||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 3 | Interactive reporting using Shiny (I) | To be posted | To be posted | |
| Wed, Nov 4 | HW 06 at 11:59pm | ||||
| Thu, Nov 5 | Interactive reporting using Shiny (II) | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| Fri, Nov 6 | To be posted | To be posted | |||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 10 | Interactive reporting using Shiny (III) | To be posted | To be posted | |
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| Thu, Nov 12 | Programming with LLMs | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| Fri, Nov 13 | To be posted | To be posted | |||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 17 | Programming with LLMs | To be posted | To be posted | |
| Wed, Nov 18 | HW 07 at 11:59pm | ||||
| Thu, Nov 19 | Programming with LLMs | To be posted | To be posted | Project draft at 11:59pm | |
| Fri, Nov 20 | Quiz 03 | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 24 | To be posted | To be posted | Project peer review at 11:59pm | |
| Thu, Nov 26 | No class (Thanksgiving Break) | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| Fri, Nov 27 | No class (Thanksgiving Break) | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| 15 | Tue, Dec 1 | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| Thu, Dec 3 | Wrap-up: Where to go from here | To be posted | To be posted | ||
| Fri, Dec 4 | Project presentations | To be posted | To be posted | Project presentations in class | |
| Mon, Dec 7 | Project report + product + reproducibility at 11:59pm | ||||
| NA | Final exam | TBA |