CS 251 Fall 2021 Syllabus [Labs]

Description Contact Lab Policies Grades Schedule 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 12/1

Description	Lab Objectives Gain practical experience implementing data analysis and visualization techniques discussed in class. Create an intuition for what the results of different algorithms and visualization techniques will produce. Find and apply python library documentation. Use jupyter notebook and matplotlib to visualize datasets and algorithms. Use numpy, scipy, pandas, and scikit-learn to modify and analyze datasets.
Contact Information	Hannen Wolfe Office: Davis 114 Email: hewolfe@colby.edu Office hours: M 2-4pm, Tu 8-9am, W 11:30am-12:30pm, Th 1-2pm In addition to office hours, you are welcome to send me email with a question. I will respond within 24hrs, M-F 8am-5pm. If you find the solution before I respond please email me to let me know. Teaching Assitant Office hours: Su 7-10pm, M 4-10pm, Tu 4-10pm Davis 122
Lab Policies	Attendance Attendance is mandatory and is worth 1 point of the respective project grade. If you are sick, email Hannen Wolfe before lab and accomodations can be made. Unless you have explicit permission before class, tardiness and leaving early is unacceptable. Multiple instances will effect your project grade.
Grading Policies	Lab Grades Each lab will be worth 1 point of the respective project grade. Grading Rubric: Strong: Lab is complete. (1pt) Almost There: At least half of the lab is completed. (0.8pt) Developing: Less than half of the lab is complete. (0.6pt) Insufficient: The lab was not submitted. (0pt) Lab Deadlines Labs are due Thursday night (at 11:59pm), the day after the section in which the lab was assigned. Partial credit (up to 0.8pts) will be given for labs received by the following Tuesday night (at 11:59pm). Labs will not be accepted after the Tuesday following the lab's assignment.
General Schedule	Lab Sections CS 251L-A: Wed. 1:00-2:20pm Davis 122 CS 251L-B: Wed. 2:30-3:50pm Davis 122
9/8	Lab 01a: Python Review and Jupyter Task 1: Jupyter Hub Mount filer In your personal directory on `filer`, create a folder for `Project01` Download `data.py` and save it in your `Project01` folder on `filer`. Add a `print` statement to the constructor of your `data` class. In your browser go to https://jupyter.colby.edu Login using your colby credentials In your browser, navigate to your `Project01` directory Create a new python3 notebook in `Project01` In your new notebook type: from data import Data d = Data() then hold shift and press enter Raise your hand when you’ve reached this point Assignments: Software Installation: Wednesday, Sept 15th @ 1:00pm Project 1 Check-in due: Tuesday, Sept 14th @ 11:59pm
9/15	Lab 01B: Intro to NumPy and MatPlotLib Lab 01B zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Sept 16th @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Sept 21st @ 11:59pm
9/22	Lab 02A: Matrix Transformations, Numpy and MatPlotLib Lab 02a zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Sept 23rd @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Sept 28th @ 11:59pm
9/29	Lab 02B: 3D Scatter Plots and Rotation Matrices Lab 02b zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Sept 30th @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Oct 5th @ 11:59pm
10/6	Lab 03A: Linear Regression Lab 03a zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Oct 7th @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Oct 12th @ 11:59pm
10/13	Lab 03B: Polynomial Regression Lab 03b zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Oct 14th @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Oct 19th @ 11:59pm
10/20	Lab 04A: Pandas and Principle Component Analysis Lab 04a zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Oct 21st @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Oct 26th @ 11:59pm
10/27	Lab 04B: PCA and Image Compression Lab 04b zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Oct 28th @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Nov 2nd @ 11:59pm
11/3	Lab 05: K-Means Lab 05 zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Nov 4th @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Nov 9th @ 11:59pm
11/10	Lab 06A: K-Nearest Neighbor Lab 06a zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Nov 11th @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Nov 16th @ 11:59pm
11/17	Lab 06B: Naive Bayes and KNN Lab 06b zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Nov 18th @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Nov 23rd @ 11:59pm
12/1	Lab 07: Networks Lab 07 zipfile Due on Classroom: Thursday, Dec 2nd @ 11:59pm Partial Credit: Tuesday, Dec 7th @ 11:59pm