ST810-007 Tentative schedule and handouts (expect frequent updates).

Monday
Wednesday
01/07 [EL]
Linux and R
01/09 [EL]
Reproducible research
HW1
01/14 [HZ]
Collaborative research
01/16 [HZ]
Computing with Matlab
01/21 [No Class]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
01/23 [EL]
Calling compiled code from R
01/28 [EL]
Cloud computing EC2
01/30 [EL]
Cloud computing
02/04 [HZ]
Parallel computing (cluster, MPI)
02/06 [HZ]
Parallel computing (GPU)
02/11 [EL]
Convex optimization: general theory part I
02/13 [EL]
Convex optimization: general theory part II
Review numerical optimization
HW2
02/18 [EL]
Linear programming
02/20 [EL]
Quadratic programming
02/25 [EL]
Integer programming
02/27 [EL]
Lab on convex optimization
03/04 [No Class]
Spring Break
03/06 [No Class]
Spring Break
03/11 [HZ]
Parallel computing (multi-core, cluster)
R demo code
03/13 [HZ]
Parallel computing (GPU part I)
03/18 [HZ]
Parallel computing (GPU part II)
03/20 [HZ]
GPU computing examples
C++ code for the genetics example
03/25 [HZ]
EM algorithm
03/27 [HZ]
MM algorithm
04/01 [HZ]
EM/MM: s.e., convergence, acceleration
04/03
[HW3]
[Yelp project]
04/08 [HZ]
Dynamic programming

04/10 [HZ]
Q-learning (Kristin Linn)
04/15 [HZ]
Sparse regression
04/17 [HZ]
  Aug. Lagrangian and ADMM: basis pursuit, gen lasso
[John Tukey on data analysis]
[a baby reader on optim.]
04/22
Group presentations: 1-6
04/24
Group presentations: 7-11, 13