(Same as Electrical and Computer Engineering M146.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Requisites: course 32 or Program in Computing 10C; Civil and Environmental Engineering 110 or Electrical and Computer Engineering 131A or Mathematics 170A or 170E or Statistics 100A; Mathematics 33A. Introduction to breadth of data science. Foundations for modeling data sources, principles of operation of common tools for data analysis, and application of tools and models to data gathering and analysis. Topics include statistical foundations, regression, classification, kernel methods, clustering, expectation maximization, principal component analysis, decision theory, reinforcement learning and deep learning. Letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
5.0 / 10
Organization
5.0 / 10
Time
5-10 hrs/week
Overall
6.7 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2024 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Lectures were hard to follow, most people were too lost to even ask good questions. Projects and homework were actually very well made, felt like those were the best resources for learning. Took a good amount of time to keep up with everything but very doable if you put the time in. Learned a lot, not easy but not unbelievably challenging.

Course

Instructor
Suhas N. Diggavi
Previously taught
24S 23S 22S 18S
Formerly offered as
COM SCI 188

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance not required

  • 1 midterm

  • Finals week final

  • 100% recommend the textbook

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