Week 4 (September 16 – September 22)

Tuesday, September 17 (1:15 P.M. – 3:15 P.M., LISB 131) Class Session 4
Topics	Python for Machine Learning Crash Course – Part 1 Jupyter Notebooks Numpy
In-Class Activities	Review solutions to prior week's coding assignments Discussion: TBA
Required Readings	McKinney – Chapter 2 [sections 2.1 through 2.2] (IPython and Jupyter Notebooks) Rule A, Birmingham A, Zuniga C, Altintas I, Huang S-C, Knight R, et al. (2019) Ten simple rules for writing and sharing computational analyses in Jupyter Notebooks. PLoS Comput Biol 15(7): e1007007. McKinney – Chapter 4 (Numpy Basics: Arrays and Vectorized Computation)
Optional Readings	Driscoll, M. (n.d.). Jupyter Notebook: An Introduction. Real Python. Palo, R. (n.d.). Numpy Tutorial: Your First Steps Into Data Science in Python. Real Python.
Required Recordings	Lecture Video: Python Jupyter Notebooks Tutorial Video: Python Program Design For Jupyter Notebooks Lecture Video: NumPy This lecture is presented by Jenna Kim. Jenna and I were co-developers of this course material.
Other Resources	Files for Numpy Lecture Wikipedia contributors. (2024). Lists of Marvel Comics characters. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Cone, M. (2024). The Markdown Guide Grus, J. (2018). I don't like notebooks. Presentation at O'Reilly JupyterCon. YouTube.

Friday, September 20 (2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M., Zoom) Optional Session
Lab Session	On Friday afternoons from 2:00 PM till 3:00 PM, we will be holding an optional Lab Session using Zoom. Please drop by to ask a question, to discuss solutions to previous assignments, to get help with the current assignment, to discuss the final project, or just to say hello. Please use a headset while participating.

Sunday, September 22, @ 11:55 P.M. Weekly Assignments Deadline
Coding Assignments Due	Adjust Settings on PyCharm Professional Description: PyCharm Professional does not come with the settings that we need as it is configured out-of-the-box. So, we will be changing 2 important settings that will improve our programming experience and assure program quality. Tutorial: Adjust Settings on PyCharm Professional (Windows and macOS) Jupyter Notebook Assignment Description: Please see the Instructions document below for assignment details. Submit to: Jupyter Notebook Assignment Instructions for Jupyter Notebook Assignment Starter Files For Jupyter Notebook Assignment Tutorial Video: Python Program Design For Jupyter Notebooks Tutorial Video: Jupyter Notebooks Assignment Part 1 Tutorial Video: Jupyter Notebooks Assignment Part 2 Tutorial Video: Jupyter Notebooks Assignment Part 3 Grading Rubric for Jupyter Notebook Assignment Numpy Assignment Description: Please see the Instructions document below for assignment details. Submit to: Numpy Assignment Instructions for Numpy Assignment Tutorial Video: Tutorial for Numpy Assignment Starter Files For Numpy Tutorial and Numpy Assignment Grading Rubric for Numpy Assignment

Sunday, September 22, @ 11:55 P.M.
Weekly Assignments Deadline

Coding Assignments Due

Adjust Settings on PyCharm Professional
Description: PyCharm Professional does not come with the settings that we need as it is configured out-of-the-box. So, we will be changing 2 important settings that will improve our programming experience and assure program quality.
- Tutorial: Adjust Settings on PyCharm Professional (Windows and macOS)
Jupyter Notebook Assignment
Description: Please see the Instructions document below for assignment details.
Submit to: Jupyter Notebook Assignment
Numpy Assignment
Description: Please see the Instructions document below for assignment details.
Submit to: Numpy Assignment

Weekly Course Schedule – Fall 2024