6040/x - Fall 2024 - Google Drive


1	Fall 2024 Schedule, CSE 6040 Last update: Sep 10, 2024 - Practice problem dates fixed (no changes to notebooks/exams)					Everything to the right of this black bar is for staff use only
2	Topics will be released on Monday of each week at 12:00 UTC (military time). Our goal will be to release each Topic and its associated Notebook (if any) approximately two weeks before the Notebook's due date. (For instance, if Notebook 5 is due on Mon Sep-23, then we will release Topic 5 and Notebook 5 on Mon Sep-9.) The value of each Notebook and Exam, as a percentage of your final grade, is shown in parentheses.
3	Week	Dates		Topic(s)	Assignment(s) due -- The due time is always 11:59 UTC unless otherwise specified.	ISO Due Date (for staff use only)	Time Zone Converter Link for Due Date/Time (for staff use only)

4	0	Aug-19	Aug-25	Topics 0+1: Intro + Python review	Notebook 0 (2%): officially due Mon Aug-26 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Aug-28) (Late deadline, 50% credit: Fri Sep-27) Notebook 1 (4%): due Mon Sep-2 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Sep-4) (Late deadline, 50% credit: Fri Sep-27)	20240902	[TZC: 20240902]
5	1	Aug-26	Sep-1	Topic 2: Mining association rules	Notebook 2 (4%): due Mon Sep-9 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Sep-11) (Late deadline: Fri Sep-27)	20240909	[TZC: 20240909]
6	2	Sep-2	Sep-8	Topics 3+4: Math review + floating-point	Notebook 4 (4%): due Mon Sep-16 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Sep-18) (Late deadline, 50% credit: Fri Sep-27) (Notebook 3 is ungraded.)	20240916	[TZC: 20240916]
7	3	Sep-9	Sep-15	Topics 5+6: Preprocessing unstructured data + web mining	Notebook 5 (4%): due Mon Sep-23 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Sep-25) (Late deadline, 50% credit: Fri Sep-27) (Notebook 6 is ungraded.)	20240923	[TZC: 20240923]
8	4	Sep-16	Sep-22	Topics 7+8: Tidying data (pandas) + basic visualizations PMT1 Released (date = Sep-9)	Notebook 7 (4%): due Mon Oct-7 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Oct-9) (Late deadline, 50% credit: Fri Nov-1) (Notebook 8 is ungraded.)	20240930	[TZC: 20240930]
9	5	Sep-23	Sep-29	Midterm 1: Topics 0-5	Midterm 1 (10%): release on Fri Sep-27 at 12:00 UTC, due by Wed Oct-2 at 11:59 UTC	20241002	[TZC: 20241002]
10	6	Sep-30	Oct-6	Topic 9: Relational data + SQL	Notebook 9 (4%): due Mon Oct-14 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Oct-16) (Late deadline, 50% credit: Fri Nov-1)	20241014	[TZC: 20241014]
11	7	Oct-7	Oct-13	Topic 10: Array processing using Numpy + Scipy	Notebook 10 (4%): due Mon Oct-21 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Oct-23) (Late deadline, 50% credit): Fri Nov-1)	20241021	[TZC: 20241021]
12	8	Oct-14	Oct-20	Topic 11: Ranking + Markov chains	Notebook 11 (4%): due Mon Oct-28 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Oct-30) (Late deadline, 50% credit): Fri Nov-1) ⇒ Withdraw deadline is Sat Oct-26.	20241028	[TZC: 20241028]
13	9	Oct-21	Oct-27	Topic 12: Linear regression PMT2 Released (date = Oct-14)	Notebook 12 (4%): due Mon Nov-11 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Nov-13) (Late deadline, 50% credit: Fri Dec-6)	20241104	[TZC: 20241104]
14	10	Oct-28	Nov-3	Midterm 2: Topics 7, 9-11	Midterm 2 (15%): release on Fri Nov-1 at 12:00 UTC, due by Wed Nov-6 at 11:59 UTC	20241111	[TZC: 20241111]
15	11	Nov-4	Nov-10	Topic 13: Classification	Notebook 13 (4%): due Mon Nov-18 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Nov-20) (Late deadline, 50% credit: Fri Dec-6)	20241118	[TZC: 20241118]
16	12	Nov-11	Nov-17	Topic 14: Clustering	Notebook 14 (4%): due Mon Nov-25 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Nov-27) (Late deadline, 50% credit: Fri Dec-6)	20241125	[TZC: 20241125]
17	13	Nov-18	Nov-24	Topic 15: Compression (dimension reduction) PFX Released (date = Nov-18)	Notebook 15 (4%): due Mon Dec-02 (Extended deadline, no penalty: Wed Dec-4) (Late deadline, 50% credit: Fri Dec-6)	20241202	[TZC: 20241202]
18	14	Nov-25	Dec-1	Final exam study period	'DIY' extra credit (+3%) Submission due by Thu Dec-5 Peer grading due by Wed Dec-11	20241205	[TZC: 20241205]
19	15	Dec-2	Dec-8	Final Exam	Final exam (25%): release on Fri Dec-6 at 12:00 UTC, due by Wed Dec-11 at 11:59 UTC	20241211	[TZC: 20241211]