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Check this page for each week's reading assignment. Please read each week's material before class on Monday. Usually, there is a short “Reading Quiz” posted on Canvas under the “Quizzes” tab. These are due by 11 am on Tuesday before 1 pm before the lecture.
Links to the books here. Online The online version is available for free through the UVa Library system.
PDFs of the main books are also linked under Canvas resources.
| Week Day 0 | Jan 18June 17 | Read this short Linux beginners guide. (no quiz). No Quiz. | ||||||||||||
| Day 2 | June 18 | Week 1 | Jan 23 | Emacs, ways to run pythonPython: Sundnes Ch.1 and Ch.2 (Don't forget Quiz1!) | ||||||||||
| Day 4 | June 20 | Week 2 | Jan 30 | Sundnes Review Ch.2 and read Ch 3. Complete the 4 topics in the 'Python Introductionfundamentals' section of this tutorial: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/variables-constants-literals. Also, complete the 5 topics in the 'Python Flow Control' section: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/firstif-elif-programelse. You Note, you don't need to install any software! Ignore that part. Note Note that this is 9 short tutorial pages. You You can find some information about how to use the tutorials here. Basically, you should login to Rivanna (Desktop or Jupyter) and try out the Python commands being discussed in the tutorial. (Don't forget Quiz2!) Week 3 | ||||||||||
Day Feb6 | June 24 | Sundnes Review Ch.2. Read Ch. 3; 7.4; Read about Monte Carlo integration here. You won't understand the code yet, but just try to understand the process. Complete the 'Python Flow Control' section (5 short pages) of this tutorial:https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/if-elif-else. (Don't forget Quiz3!) | Week 4 | Feb 13 | Sundnes Review Ch.2.3 Read 6.15, Read 6.1 For Numpy Ref VandePlas Ch. 2;; Complete the 'Python Data Types' section (6 short pages) https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/numbers | Week 5 | Feb 20 | Sundnes: Ch. 5, For Numpy Ref VandePlas Ch. 2; Complete the 'Python Files' section (5 short pages)https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/file-operation. (Don't forget Quiz3!) | ||||||
| Day 8 | June 26 | Week 6 | Feb 27 | Sundnes functions Ch.4 Sundnes: classes Ch.8; (some of this is review - just skim that part if you want). Complete the 'Python Functions' section (5 short pages) https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/function | ||||||||||
| Week 7 | Mar 5 | Spring Break | ||||||||||||
| Day 10 | June 28 | Week 8 | Mar 12 | No Quiz this week - part of your Spring Break! | Week 9 | Mar 19 | Review: Wood Ch. 10 Sundnes: 6.2 --> 6.5 . Wood Ch. 11 Review the Poisson Distribution and the Gaussian ("Normal") Distribution. Don't forget Reading Quiz 7! | Week 10 | Mar 26 | Review review the Poisson Distribution and the Gaussian ("Normal") Distribution , and a short Chi^2 distribution youTube video:
Don't forget Reading Quiz 5! | ||||
| Day 12 | July 1 | Week 11 | Apr 2 | Wood Ch. 11. - Focus on fitting. No quiz! | ||||||||||
| Day 14 | July 8 | Week 12 | Apr 9 | For Pandas reference see VandePlas Ch. 3 (read introduction and skim). For plotting with Pandas see VandePlas Ch. 4. These . For Machine Learning reference see VandePlas Ch. 5. These chapters are long - they are for reference. Read the introductions and skim to see what is available in Pandas and learn about machine learning tools. Last reading quiz! | ||||||||||
| Week 13 | Apr 16 | For Machine Learning reference see VandePlas Ch. 5 | ||||||||||||
| Week 14 | Apr 23 | For Machine Learning reference see VandePlas Ch. 5 | ||||||||||||