Introduction to Data Science
Cogs 9 at UC San Diego 👋
Summer Session 1 (2025)
Remote Class
Lectures Pre-Recorded
Please note that due to technical issues with podcast, the recordings from SP’25 were deleted and I only have recordings from last year. The slides may be slightly altered in places, but most of the changes are in appearances and memes 😁. The content is still moreover the same. This is why the pdf slides and videos slides might be slightly different, but do not fret! There are no exams (check out the exam section for more), so the content being the same is largely conducive for your projects!
- Kyle’s OH (PDT): Thursday 5:00pm - 6:00pm zoom link
- Quirine OH (PDT): Tursday 8:00am - 9:00am zoom link
- TA Discussion Session: Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 pm - 3:30pm (PDT) zoom link
Week 1 - Introduction to Data Science & Data Ethics, Data Questions & Reproducibility
- 📘 Read R1.
- 🏠 Mon Aug 4
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LEC 1 What is Data Science? (Live Lecture on Zoom @3:30pm PDT) recording zoom-link
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 1 Released (due Aug 13, 11:59 pm)
- 🏠 Tue Aug 5
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DISC Discussion Section 0 - Team Selection - IMPORTANT (2:30-3:20 PM) zoom-link
- 🏠 Wed Aug 6
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HW Assignment 1 Released (due Aug 15, 11:59 pm)
- 🏠 Thu Aug 7
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DISC Discussion Section - Discussion 1 (2:30-3:20 PM) zoom-link
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LEC 4 Reproducibility
slides - 🏠 Fri Aug 8
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 2 Released (due Aug 15, 11:59 pm)
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MISC MANDATORY to have/get assigned a group
Week 2 - Data Fundamentals & Collection, Wrangling & Visualization
- 📘 Read R2.
- 🏠 Mon Aug 11
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HW Assignment 2 Released (due Aug 20, 11:59 pm)
- 🏠 Tue Aug 12
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DISC Discussion Section - Discussion 2 (2:30-3:20 PM) zoom-link
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LEC 6 Data Collection
slides - 🏠 Wed Aug 13
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LEC 7 Data Wrangling
slides - 🏠 Thu Aug 14
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DISC Discussion Section - Team Project check ins begin (check in every week after) (2:30-3:20 PM) zoom-link
- 🏠 Fri Aug 15
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 3 Released (due Aug 22, 11:59 pm)
Week 3 - EDA & Communication, Inferential Analysis & Data Literacy
- 📘 Read R3.
- 🏠 Mon Aug 18
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LEC 8 Data Visualization
slides demo - 🏠 Tue Aug 19
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DISC Discussion Section - Project Teams (2:30-3:20 PM) zoom-link
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PROJECT Group Project Topics Due during discussion section (1 paragraph pdf emailed to TA)
submission - 🏠 Wed Aug 20
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LEC 10 Communicating Data Science
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HW Assignment 3 Released (due Aug 29, 11:59 pm)
- 🏠 Thu Aug 21
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DISC Discussion Section - Discussion 5 (2:30-3:20 PM) zoom-link
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LEC 11 Inferential Analysis
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PROJECT Project P1 Due
- 🏠 Fri Aug 22
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 4 Released (due Aug 29, 11:59 pm)
Week 4 - ML Fundamentals & Applications, Specialized Data Types & Industry Advice
- 📘 Read R4.
- 🏠 Mon Aug 25
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LEC 12 ML (part 1)
slides - 🏠 Tue Aug 26
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DISC Discussion Section - Discussion 6 (2:30-3:20 PM) zoom-link
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LEC 13 ML (part 2)
slides - 🏠 Wed Aug 27
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LEC 15 Geospatial Data Analysis
slides - 🏠 Thu Aug 28
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DISC Discussion Section - Discussion 7 (2:30-3:20 PM) zoom-link
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LEC Guest Lecture 1
- 🏠 Fri Aug 29
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 4 Released (due Sept 5, 11:59 pm)
Week 5 - Guest Lectures, Industry Insights, Modern AI Applications & Future of DS
- 📘 Read R5.
- 🏠 Mon Sep 1
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LEC Guest Lecture 2
- 🏠 Tue Sep 2
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DISC Discussion Section - Discussion 8 (2:30-3:20 PM) zoom-link
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LEC 16 Computer Vision
slides - 🏠 Wed Sep 3
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LEC 17 Algorithms
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PROJECT Project Report Due (~10-15 pages pdf gradescope)
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PROJECT Project P2/Video Due (7-10 min video include link in PDF on 1st page)
- 🏠 Thu Sep 4
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DISC NO Discussion Section - CANCELED
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LEC 18 Data Science Jobs
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