Announcements

  • Room/time change???
    Mon 1p-3p, CHS 51-279
    Wed 1p-2p, CHS 51-279

  • Office hours:
    Instructor: Mon 10a-11a (???), Wed 11a-12p
    TA: Tue, Thu 1p-2p

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  • Major course topics: practicalities, numerical linear algebra, optimization (Newton, Scoring, EM, MM), convex optimization, large scale optimization (time permitting).
    See the schedule page for a rough list.

Last time

  • Introduction (statistics as a displine for data analysis, Gauss, Marc Coram).

  • Course logistics.

  • Computer languages (compiled vs interpreted, R/Matlab/Julia).

Today

  • Julia basics.

  • Tools for reproducible research: git, github, IJulia, docker, cloud computing.