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Course Administrivia
Data Science: Jordan Boyd-GraberUniversity of MarylandJANUARY 14, 2018
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What you need for this course
� You need to use Python
� Helps to have a laptop to bring to class� Math background� Logarithms, Exponents� Algebraic manipulation� Tangent lines
� Computer / programming skills� Must know how to program� Manipulate data (text files)� Algorithms relatively simple
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Classroom Style
� Hands-on practice
� Online Lectures: do reading, ask questions in class
� Labs: you help each other, and we work through examples
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Administrivia
� Keep track of course webpage
� Homeworks: 5 late days
� Midterm
� Final project
� Let me know about special needs
� Read the syllabus!� Grade breakdown� Policies on lateness beyond free late days
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Administrivia
� Keep track of course webpage
� Homeworks: 5 late days
� Midterm
� Final project
� Let me know about special needs� Read the syllabus!� Grade breakdown� Policies on lateness beyond free late days
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Course reading
� We will provide reading materials,mostly from the book.
� Slightly different focus: sameconcepts, use book as startingpoint
� Statistics will be from suggestedbook
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Course reading
� We will provide reading materials,mostly from the book.
� Slightly different focus: sameconcepts, use book as startingpoint
� Statistics will be from suggestedbook
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Communicating with Piazza
We will use Piazza to manage all communication
https://piazza.com/umd/spring2018/inst414/home
� Questions answered within 1 day (hopefully sooner)
� Hosts discussions among yourselves
� Use for any kind of technical question
� Use for most administrative questions
� Can use to send us private questions too
� Will be a factor in participation
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How to ask for help
� Explain what you’re trying to do� Give a minimal example� Someone else should be able to replicate the problem easily� Shouldn’t require any data / information that only you have
� Explain what you think should happen
� Explain what you get instead (copy / paste or screenshot if you can)
� Explain what else you’ve tried
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Me
� Associate professor CS/iSchool/UMIACS/LSC� Office: 3155 AVW
� Was formerly a professor at University of Colorado� Research: topic models, question answering, machine translation� First time teaching this class (taught several related courses)� Born in Colorado (where all my family live)� Grew up in Iowa (hometown: Keokuk, Iowa)� Went to high school in Arkansas� Undergrad in California� Grad school in New Jersey� Brief jobs in between:� Working on electronic dictionary in Berlin� Worked on Google Books in New York
� ying / jbg / jordan / boyd-graber
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Research
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Research
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Research
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Research
path to citizenship
self-deportation build that wall!
Tea Party in the House
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In Class
� Python fundamentals
� Subject of first homework
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