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Schedule

Week 1

Thu Aug 28: Event 1 (Optional) Library Introduction to LaTeX with Overleaf session
Fri Aug 29: Lab 0 (Optional) help session for software installation/setup and UNIX-style command line basics
Activity 1 Class Survey
Activity 2 Office hour time survey
Activity 3 Login to github.berkeley.edu with your CalNet credentials

Week 2

Wed Sep 3: Activity 4 Read first three sections of Unit 2 (sections before 'Web APIs')
Activity 5 (Optional) work through the UNIX basics tutorial and answer (for yourself) the questions at the end
Fri Sep 5: Lab 1 Using Git and Quarto and problem set submission

Week 3

Mon Sep 8: Assignment 1 Bash shell tutorial and exercises (see details below)
Wed Sep 10: Problem_Set 1 Problem Set 1
Event 2 (Optional) Library Introduction to LaTeX with Overleaf session
Fri Sep 12: Assignment 1 Regex tutorial and exercises (see details below)

Week 3

Fri Sep 19: Problem_Set 2 Problem Set 2

Week 5

Fri Oct 3: Problem_Set 3 Problem Set 3

Week 7

Wed Oct 15: Problem_Set 4 Problem Set 4

Week 9

Wed Oct 29: Problem_Set 5 Problem Set 5
Fri Oct 31: Activity 6 Read Sections 1, 2.1, and 4 of the Cao et al. paper before lab

Week 10

Fri Nov 7: Problem_Set 6 Problem Set 6

Week 12

Wed Nov 19: Problem_Set 7 Problem Set 7

Week 14

Fri Dec 5: Problem_Set 7 Problem Set 8

Week 16

Fri Dec 19 (noon): Problem_Set 7 Project
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Mini-exams

These are in-person only.

  • Mini-exam 1: October 22 in class
    • Review session October 17 in section.
  • Mini-exam 2: November 24 in class.
    • Review session November 21 in section.

Project

Due date: TBD during exam week.

Notes on assignments and activities

  • Optional library LaTeX session: I highly recommend (in particular if you are a Statistics graduate student) that you know how to create equations in LaTeX. Even if you develop your documents using Quarto, Jupyter notebooks, R Markdown, etc. rather than LaTeX-based documents, LaTeX math syntax is the common tool for writing math syntax that will render beautifully.
  • Optional Lab 0 software/command line help session: (August 30 in lab room) Help session for installing software, accessing a UNIX-style command line, and basic command line usage (e.g., the UNIX basics tutorial). You can show up at any time (unlike all remaining labs). You should have software installed, be able to accesss the command line, and have started to become familiar with basic command line usage before class on Friday September 5.
  • Lab 1: (September 5) First section/lab on using Git, setting up your GitHub repository for problem sets, and using Quarto to generate dynamic documents. Please come only to the section you are registered for given space limits in the room, unless you have talked with Chris and have his permission.
  • Bash shell tutorial and exercises: (by September 8) Read through this tutorial on using the bash shell. You can skip the pages on “Regular Expressions” and “Managing Processes”, so just work on the first four pages (“Overview” through “Shell Programming”). Work through the first 10 problems in the exercises and submit your answers via Gradescope. This is not a formal problem set, so you don’t need to worry about formatting nor about explaining/commenting your answers, nor do you need to put your answers in your GitHub class repository. In fact it’s even fine with me if you hand-write the answers and scan them to an electronic document. I just want to make sure you’ve worked through the tutorial. I’ll be doing demonstrations on using the bash shell in class starting on September 5, so that will be helpful as you work through the tutorial.