Introduction to Data Science
COGS 9 - UC San Diego - Dr. Dominic Burrows
Winter 2025
WLH 2001
TU & TH 5:00-6:20PM
Welcome 👋
We are all very excited that you decided to join us on this whirlwind tour of data science. All relevant info, e.g. due dates, assignment links, etc. are found on this website. We look forward to teaching and working with all of you and hope to meet you in office hours. Check out the Getting Started section so you can hit the ground running when class starts!
Our staff try to enroll as many students from the waitlist as possible during Week one. Dr burrows does not have access to the waitlist or the ability to directly enroll anyone into the class, so please email cogsadvising@ucsd.edu with further questions.
Discussion Sections
| Day | Time | Location | Staff | Materials | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A01 | Mon | 9:00-9:50AM | CENTR 222 | TA: Kunal IA: Jiesen, Bobby, Boyong | View |
| A02 | Mon | 10:00-10:50AM | CSB 004 | TA: Areeb IA: Zhuji, Boyong | View |
| A03 | Mon | 11:00-11:50AM | CSB 004 | TA: Vineeth IA: Zhuji, Zhilin | View |
| A04 | Mon | 12:00-12:50PM | MOS 0204 | TA: Vineeth IA: Jiesen, Bobby | View |
| A05 | Mon | 4:00-4:50PM | PCYNH 120 | TA: Vineeth IA: Jiesen, Bobby | View |
| A06 | Mon | 2:00-2:50PM | RWAC 0103 | TA: Vineeth IA: Jiesen, Bobby | View |
Course Calendar
| Week 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Jan 07 | LECT | What is Data Science |
| Thu, Jan 09 | LECT | Ethics |
| Fri, Jan 10 | EXTR | Pre-Course survey due |
| Week 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Jan 14 | LECT | Data Science Questions |
| Thu, Jan 16 | LECT | Sampling & Reproducibility |
| Fri, Jan 17 | QUIZ | Quiz 1 due |
| Week 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Jan 21 | LECT | Data |
| Thu, Jan 23 | LECT | Programming for Data Science |
| Fri, Jan 24 | QUIZ | Quiz 2 due |
| Week 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Jan 28 | LECT | Data Visualisation and Descriptive Analysis |
| Thu, Jan 30 | LECT | Exploratory Data Analysis |
| Fri, Jan 31 | QUIZ | Quiz 3 due |
| Week 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Feb 04 | LECT | Communicating Data Science |
| Thu, Feb 06 | LECT | Statistical Learning |
| Fri, Feb 07 | ASSG | Assignment 1 due |
| Week 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Feb 11 | LECT | Classification vs Regression |
| Thu, Feb 13 | LECT | Model Selection |
| Fri, Feb 14 | QUIZ | Quiz 4 due |
| Fri, Feb 14 | PROJ | Final Project Part 1 due |
| Week 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Feb 18 | LECT | Dimensionality Reduction |
| Thu, Feb 20 | LECT | Clustering |
| Fri, Feb 21 | ASSG | Assignment 2 due |
| Week 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Feb 25 | GLCT | Spatial Data Science in Neuroscience: Alon Gelber |
| Thu, Feb 27 | LECT | Deep Learning |
| Fri, Feb 28 | QUIZ | Quiz 5 due |
| Week 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Mar 04 | GLCT | Classification in Genetics Data: Mike Cuoco |
| Thu, Mar 06 | GLCT | Natural Language Processing: Ross Devito |
| Fri, Mar 07 | ASSG | Assignment 3 due |
| Week 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Mar 11 | LECT | The Future of Data Science |
| Wed, Mar 12 | PROJ | Final Project Part 2 due |
| Thu, Mar 13 | CNCL | No class! |
| Week 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 20 | EXAM | Take home exam due |
| Thu, Mar 20 | EXTR | Post-Course survey due |