CS/STAT 361

Probability & Statistics for Computer Science

Fall 2020

Announcements

Please check out the latest Announcement .

The Midterm 1 exam Time: 12:30pm Thurs. Oct. 8, 2020 USA Central Time, Duration: 90mins. Proctored by CBTF remote. Compass Link: Compass link on exams

It will cover lectures 1-11 and homework 1-5, textbook chapters 1 to 5. The total points will be 150pts.
Open book and lecture notes, anything outside of the aforementioned resources are not allowed. We assume it'll be by honor of words that students do not look elsewhere apart from these resources.
A sample exam with solutions is linked here

The Midterm 2 exam Time: 12:30pm Tues. Nov. 10, 2020 USA Central Time, Duration: 90 mins. Proctored by CBTF remote. Compass Link: Compass link on exams. The format and the regulations are the same as Midterm1. The contents cover lectures 11-18 and homework 6-9, textbook chapters 5 to 10 (except 8). The total points will be 150pts.

The Final exam Time: Dec. 11, Fri. 1:30-4:30pm, conflicts need to be arranged 1 week in advance. A sample exam with solutions is posted on the course webpage

Course Staff

Hongye Liu Instructor
hl314@illinois.edu
Office hours: Wed. 9am-10am Thurs. 2-4pm Central

Aditya Karan TA
karan2@illinois.edu
Office hours: Tues. 8-10pm Central

Anay Pattanaik TA
anayp2@illinois.edu
Office hours: Wed. 3-5pm Central

Enyi Jiang TA
enyij2@illinois.edu
Office hours: Thurs. 9-11am Central

Jinglin Chen TA
jinglinc@illinois.edu
Office hours: Fri. 4-6pm Central

Nathan Deng TA
yuzhong5@illinois.edu
Office hours: Wed. 11am-1pm Central

Ajay Fewell CA
afewell2@illinois.edu

Brian Yang CA
briany4@illinois.edu

Chenhui Zhang CA
chenhui5@illinois.edu
Office hours: Thurs. 9-11pm Central

Muhammed Imran CA
miimran2@illinois.edu

Yuxin Wang CA
yuxinw5@illinois.edu

Vishesh Gupta CA
vvgupta2@illinois.edu
Office hours: Tues. 5-7 pm Central

Zihan Xu CA
zihanxu3@illinois.edu
Office hours: Fri. 10-11am Central

Schedule

Date	Reading	Lecture/ Exams	HW/ Project
Tue 8/25	Ch 1	Lecture 1 Notebook 1 Post_Lecture 1 Orientation Quiz (due 8/26 at 11:59pm Central)	HW 0
Thu 8/27	Ch 2	Lecture 2 Notebook 2 Post_Lecture 2 Quiz 1	HW 1 due 9/3
Tue 9/1	Ch 2	Lecture 3 Notebook 3 Post_Lecture 3
Thu 9/3	Ch 3	Lecture 4 Post_Lecture 4 Quiz 2	HW 2 due 9/10
Tue 9/8	Ch 3	Lecture 5 Post_Lecture 5
Thu 9/10	Ch 3	Lecture 6 Post_Lecture 6	HW 3 due 9/17
Tue 9/15	Ch 4	Lecture 7 Post_Lecture 7
Thu 9/17	Ch 4	Lecture 8 Post_Lecture 8 Quiz 3
Tue 9/22	Ch 4	Lecture 9 Notebook 9 (by Dr. Varodayan) Post_Lecture 9	HW 4 due 9/29
Thu 9/24	Ch 5	Lecture 10 Post_Lecture 10
Tue 9/29	Ch 5	Lecture 11 Post_Lecture 11	HW 5 due 10/6
Thu 10/1	Ch 6	Lecture 12 Post_Lecture 12 Quiz 4
Tue 10/6	Ch 7	Lecture 13 Post_Lecture 13
Thu 10/8		Midterm 1	HW 6 due 10/15
Tue 10/13	Ch 7	Lecture 14 Post_Lecture 14
Thu 10/15	Ch 9	Lecture 15 Post_Lecture 15	HW 7 due 10/22
Tue 10/20	Ch 9	Lecture 16 Post_Lecture 16	HW 8 due 10/29
Thu 10/22	Ch 10	Lecture 17 Post_Lecture 17 Notebook 17 (by Dr. Varodayan) Quiz 5
Tue 10/27	Ch 10	Lecture 18 Post_Lecture 18 Notebook 18 (by Dr. Varodayan)
Thu 10/29	Ch 11	Lecture 19 Post_Lecture 19	HW 9 due 11/5
Tues 11/3 Election Day
Thur 11/5	Ch 11	Lecture 20 Post_Lecture 20	HW 10 due 11/12
Tues 11/10		Midterm 2 Project Introduction	Project due 12/3
Thurs 11/12	Ch 11	Lecture 21 Post_Lecture 21
Tue 11/17	Ch 12	Lecture 22 Post_Lecture 22
Thurs 11/19	Ch 12	Lecture 23 Post_Lecture 23 Quiz 6
Thanksgiving Break
Tues 12/1	Ch 12	Lecture 24 Post_Lecture 24
Thurs 12/3	Ch 13	Lecture 25 Post_Lecture 25
Tues 12/8	Ch 14	Lecture 26 Post_Lecture 26
Fri. 12/11		Final