Resources #

Environment Setup#

Download and install the Python 3.6 version of Anaconda

Verify that you can launch jupyter by running

jupyter notebook

in the Anaconda prompt.

Python Tutorials#

We strongly recommend familiarizing yourself with Python basics before starting with mini projects. Some recommended resources are:

• The Python Tutorial v3 - https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/ (Sections 1 to 8)
• Jupyter - http://jupyter.org/documentation
• numpy - https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-dev/user/quickstart.html
• Pandas - http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/tutorials.html
• Python collections module - https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/collections.html

Recommended Text#

Recommended Texts.

Item	Author	Book Title
1	Kishore S. Trivedi	“Probability & Statistics with Reliability, Queuing, and Computer Science Applications”
2	Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibsshirani, and Jerome Friedman	“The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction”, Second Edition
3	Class Notes	Ravishankar K. Iyer (PDF/PPTs)

Probability Review#

Item	Link	Name
1	Link	Prof. Hajek’s course notes for ECE313
2	Link	Prof. Iyer’s lecture slides for ECE313