Introduction to Data Science
COGS 9 - UC San Diego - Prof. Meenakshi Khosla
Winter 2024
SOLIS 107
M & W & F 3:00-3:50PM
Welcome 👋
We are all very excited that you decided to join us on this whirlwind tour of data science. All relevant info, e.g. due dates, assignment links, etc. are found on this website. We look forward to teaching and working with all of you and hope to meet you in office hours. Check out the Getting Started section so you can hit the ground running when class starts!
Our staff try to enroll as many students from the waitlist as possible during Week one. Prof does not have access to the waitlist or the ability to directly enroll anyone into the class, so please email cogsadvising@ucsd.edu with further questions.
Discussion Sections
| Day | Time | Location | Staff | Materials | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A01 | Mon | 10:00-10:50AM | RWAC 0115 | TA: Sirui IA: Samuel | View |
| A02 | Mon | 11:00-11:50AM | RWAC 0115 | TA: Sirui IA: Parth | View |
| A03 | Mon | 5:00-5:50PM | RWAC 0115 | TA: Prasanna IA: Parth | View |
| A04 | Wed | 10:00-10:50AM | RWAC 0115 | TA: Neha IA: Samuel | View |
| A05 | Wed | 11:00-11:50PM | RWAC 0115 | TA: Neha IA: Zeyu | View |
| A06 | Wed | 4:00-4:50PM | RWAC 0115 | TA: Prasanna IA: Zeyu | View |
Course Calendar
| Week 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jan 08 | LECT | What is Data Science |
| Wed, Jan 10 | LECT | Ethics |
| Fri, Jan 12 | LECT | Data Science Questions |
| Week 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jan 15 | CNCL | No class! (MLK Holiday) |
| Wed, Jan 17 | LECT | Reproducibility |
| Fri, Jan 19 | LECT | Data & Data Types |
| Week 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jan 22 | LECT | Data (ctd.) & Getting Data |
| Wed, Jan 24 | LECT | Getting Data |
| Fri, Jan 26 | LECT | Data Wrangling |
| Fri, Jan 26 | QUIZ | Quiz 1 due |
| Week 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jan 29 | LECT | Programming and Version Control |
| Wed, Jan 31 | LECT | Version Control |
| Fri, Feb 02 | QUIZ | Quiz 2 due |
| Fri, Feb 02 | LECT | Data Visualization |
| Week 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Feb 05 | LECT | Descriptive Analysis |
| Wed, Feb 07 | LECT | Exploratory Data Analysis |
| Fri, Feb 09 | LECT | Data Science Communication |
| Sat, Feb 10 | QUIZ | Quiz 3 due |
| Week 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Feb 12 | GLCT | Guest Lecture (Dr. On Amir) |
| Mon, Feb 12 | ASSG | Assignment 1 due |
| Wed, Feb 14 | GLCT | Guest Lecture (Vijay Veerabadran) |
| Fri, Feb 16 | LECT | Analytical Approaches & Inference |
| Fri, Feb 16 | PROJ | Final Project Part 1 due |
| Week 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Feb 19 | CNCL | No class! (Presidents Day) |
| Wed, Feb 21 | LECT | Machine Learning I |
| Fri, Feb 23 | LECT | Machine Learning II |
| Fri, Feb 23 | QUIZ | Quiz 4 due |
| Week 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Feb 26 | LECT | Machine Learning III |
| Mon, Feb 26 | ASSG | Assignment 2 due |
| Wed, Feb 28 | LECT | Machine Learning IV (Deep Learning) |
| Fri, Mar 01 | LECT | Geospatial Analysis |
| Fri, Mar 01 | QUIZ | Quiz 5 due |
| Week 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Mar 04 | GLCT | Guest Lecture (Victor Minces) |
| Wed, Mar 06 | LECT | Text Analysis-I |
| Fri, Mar 08 | LECT | Text Analysis-II |
| Fri, Mar 08 | ASSG | Assignment 3 due |
| Week 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Mar 11 | GLCT | Guest Lecture (Dr. Hao Zhang) |
| Wed, Mar 13 | LECT | Algorithms and Computability |
| Fri, Mar 15 | LECT | Future of Data Science |
| Fri, Mar 15 | PROJ | Final Project Part 2 due |
| Week 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Mar 23 | EXAM | Take-Home Exam |