Schedule

In this schedule page, you will find the list of assignments you will have to complete this semester:


  1. L#: These are the PrairieLearn Lecture Assignments including the pre-recorded lectures and short questions testing concepts introduced in the videos. These PL assessments will also include links to lecture notes, slides and annotations from the lectures. You are encouraged to complete these assessments on the date they appear on the course schedule. However, you can complete both of them for 100% credit by the following Tuesday at 11am. You can find all the due dates directly in PrairieLearn. There will be a total of 24 graded lecture assignments, and the lowest 4 scores will be dropped. Combined they will count towards 4% of your final grade.

  2. GA#: These are the PrairieLearn Group Activities to be completed on Tuesdays either during lecture time or at another selected time. Make sure to complete the open PrairieLearn Lecture Assignments before you meet with your group. You can find a lot more information about the group activities on the Collaborate page.

  3. HW#: These are the PrairieLearn Homework Assigments due on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8pm. These are individual assessments. The schedule indicates when the HW will be open, and the due date for 100% credit. You can still submit all the HWs by the last day of classes for 96% credit. Almost every PrairieLearn Lecture Assignment has a corresponding HW. You are strongly encouraged to complete the PrairieLearn Lecture Assignment before you start your HW. There will be a total of 20 HW assignments, and the lowest 2 scores will be dropped. Combined they will count towards 25% of your grade.

  4. MP#: These are the PrairieLearn Machine Problems The schedule indicates when the MPs will be open, and the due date for 100% credit (all at 8pm). You can still submit all the MPs by the last day of classes for 96% credit. These are individual assessments. There will be a total of 5 MP assignments, and no drops. Combined they will count towards 10% of your grade.

  5. Q#: These are the Synchronous PrairieLearn Quizzes that happen on Thursdays during the official lecture time. The quizzes will be delivered via PrairieLearn using remote proctoring via Zoom or in-class proctoring. You can find more instructions in the Quizzes page. The schedule below indicates the content covered in each quiz (corresponding HW assignments) and also the dates when the Practice Quizzes (Q#P) will be open. Practice Quizzes will not count towards your grade (zero credit) and will become unavailable at 11am on the actual quiz date. There will be a total of 6 quizzes and the lowest score will be dropped. Combined they will count towards 35% of your grade.

The only required synchronous components of this class are the GAs and Quizzes. Attendance in the first week of classes is strongly encouraged, since we will be talking about all the logistics of the course, and having a demo for the group work.

For the weeks without quizzes, we will have a "demo" lecture, following an interactive format where we work together on Jupyter notebooks. Attendance is not required. The 2pm lecture (online) will be recorded, and later posted inside a PrairieLearn assignment. These jupyter notebooks are available in PrairieLearn under the label WS#: Workspace.

Semester Progress
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Jan May
Week 1
Tue, Jan 18, lecture 1
Syllabus and course content

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L1: Introduction to CS 357

Also opening today:

Google form - Course survey and consent (Extra credit)
HW1: Linear Algebra Review

Due today:

Thu, Jan 20, lecture 2
Intro to Python + mock group work

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L2: Introduction to Python

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S1: Select your group and time to meet
HW2: Introduction to Python

Due today:

Week 2
Tue, Jan 25, lecture 3
GA1: Working with Python

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L3: Errors, Big-O notation, plots

Also opening today:

HW3: Errors and Big-O
Q1P: Linear Algebra + Python + Errors

Due today:

Thu, Jan 27, lecture 4
Demo: Errors, Big-O notation, plots

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L4a: Floating point

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HW4a: Floating point

Due today:

HW2: Introduction to Python
Week 3
Tue, Feb 01, lecture 5
GA2: Floating Point

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L4b: IEEE 754 Standard

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HW4b: IEEE 754 Standard

Due today:

HW3: Errors and Big-O
Thu, Feb 03, lecture 6
Q1: Linear Algebra + Python + Errors (HW1-HW3)

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L5: Rounding and Cancellation

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HW5: Rounding and Cancellation

Due today:

HW4a: Floating point
Week 4
Tue, Feb 08, lecture 7
GA3: Rounding

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L6: Taylor Series

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HW6: Taylor Series
Q2P: Floating Point + Rounding + Taylor Series

Due today:

HW4b: IEEE 754 Standard
Thu, Feb 10, lecture 8
Demo: Taylor Series

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L7: Monte Carlo Methods

Also opening today:

HW7: Monte Carlo Methods
MP1: Odds in a Texas Holdem game

Due today:

HW5: Rounding and Cancellation
Week 5
Tue, Feb 15, lecture 9
GA4: Random Walk

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L8: Vectors, Matrices and Norms

Also opening today:

HW8: Matrices and Norms

Due today:

HW6: Taylor Series
Thu, Feb 17, lecture 10
Q2: Floating Point + Rounding + Taylor Series (HW4-HW6)

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L9a: Linear system of equations

Also opening today:

HW9: Linear System of Equations

Due today:

HW7: Monte Carlo Methods
Week 6
Tue, Feb 22, lecture 11
GA5: Applications of Norms

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L9b: LU factorization algorithm
L10: Sparse matrices

Also opening today:

HW10: Sparse Matrices
Q3P: Monte Carlo, Matrices and Norms, Linsys

Due today:

MP1: Odds in a Texas Holdem game
Thu, Feb 24, lecture 12
Demo: Linear system of equations

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L11: Conditioning

Also opening today:

HW11: Conditioning
MP2: Design of a truss system

Due today:

HW8: Matrices and Norms
Week 7
Tue, Mar 01, lecture 13
GA6: Linear System of Equations

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L12a: Eigenvalues - Part A

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Due today:

HW9: Linear System of Equations
Thu, Mar 03, lecture 14
Q3: Monte Carlo, Matrices and Norms, Linsys (HW7-HW9)

CIF 35 or Zoom proctoring



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L12b: Eigenvalues - Part B

Also opening today:

HW12: Eingenvalues

Due today:

HW10: Sparse Matrices
HW11: Conditioning
Week 8
Tue, Mar 08, lecture 15
GA7: Structural vibrations

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L13: Markov Chains

Also opening today:

HW13: Markov chains
Q4P: Sparse, Conditioning, Eigs, Markov

Due today:

MP2: Design of a truss system
Thu, Mar 10, lecture 16
Demo: Finite Difference Methods

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L14: Finite Difference Methods

Also opening today:

HW14: Finite Difference Methods
MP3: Ranking basketball teams

Due today:

HW12: Eingenvalues
Week 9
Tue, Mar 15

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Thu, Mar 17

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Due today:

Week 10
Tue, Mar 22, lecture 17
GA8: Google Page Rank

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L15a: 1D Nonlinear

Also opening today:


Due today:

HW13: Markov chains
Thu, Mar 24, lecture 18
Q4: Sparse, Conditioning, Eigs, Markov (HW10-HW13)

CIF 35 or Zoom proctoring



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L15b: ND Nonlinear

Also opening today:

HW15: Nonlinear equations

Due today:

HW14: Finite Difference Methods
Week 11
Tue, Mar 29, lecture 19
GA9: A hybrid algorithm for root finding

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L16a: 1D Optimization

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Due today:

MP3: Ranking basketball teams
Thu, Mar 31, lecture 20
Demo:

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L16b: ND Optimization

Also opening today:

HW16: Optimization
MP4: Topology optimization design

Due today:

HW15: Nonlinear equations
Week 12
Tue, Apr 05, lecture 21
GA10: Linear regression using optimization

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L17a: Least-Squares (Normal Equations)

Also opening today:

HW17a: Least-squares (Normal Equations)
Q5P: FD, Nonlinear, Optimization

Due today:

Thu, Apr 07, lecture 22
Demo:

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L18a: SVD

Also opening today:

HW18a: SVD

Due today:

HW16: Optimization
Week 13
Tue, Apr 12, lecture 23
GA11: Pandas and Least-squares

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L17b: Least-Squares (SVD)

Also opening today:

HW17b: Least-squares (SVD)

Due today:

MP4: Topology optimization design
Thu, Apr 14, lecture 24
Q5: FD, Nonlinear, Optimization (HW14-HW16)

CIF 35 or Zoom proctoring



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L18b: Other SVD applications

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HW18b: Other SVD applications

Due today:

HW17a: Least-squares (Normal Equations)
Week 14
Tue, Apr 19, lecture 25
GA12: Fantasy football predictions

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L19: PCA

Also opening today:

HW19: PCA
MP5: Breast cancer predictions

Due today:

HW18a: SVD
Thu, Apr 21, lecture 26

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Also opening today:

Q6P: Least-squares and SVD

Due today:

HW17b: Least-squares (SVD)
Week 15
Tue, Apr 26, lecture 27
GA13: PCA in a soccer dataset

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HW18b: Other SVD applications
Thu, Apr 28, lecture 28
Q6: Least-squares and SVD (HW17-HW18)

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HW19: PCA
Week 16
Tue, May 03, lecture 29

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MP5: Breast cancer predictions
Thu, May 05

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