Stat 221
Statistical Computing and Visualization, Spring 2013
Instructor Sergiy Nesterko
Class material features
- Tools to analyze and visualize data efficiently and beautifully
- Introduction to statistical and computational reasoning in the presence of complex models and large datasets
- Statistical cloud computing on Odyssey
- Efficient coding of algorithms in R - ML, EM, HMC etc.
- Interactive visualization using d3.js
Material structure
Assignments structure
- 5 homeworks, 1 final project
- No exams
Homeworks
- Provided code snippets and examples both for computing and interactive visualization component
Final project
- Your own research computing/visualization project
- Or, choose from academic and industry projects