Data 102: Data, Inference, and Decisions

UC Berkeley, Fall 2024

Alexander Strang

Alexander StrangInstructor

alexstrang

Ramesh Sridharan

Ramesh SridharanInstructor

ramesh_s

Schedule

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Aug 29
Lecture 1. Binary Decision-Making I
Vitamin Vitamin 1 (due Sep 4 at 11:59 PM)

Sep 2
Lab Lab 1: Review and Warm-Up (due Sep 4 at 5 PM)
Sep 3
Lecture 2. Binary Decision-Making II
Discussion Discussion 1 (Answers)
Sep 5
Lecture 3. Binary Decision-Making III: Hypothesis Testing
Vitamin Vitamin 2 (due Sep 8 at 11:59 PM)
Sept 6
Homework Homework 1 (due Sept 20 at 5 PM)

Sep 16
Lab Lab 3: Loss and Risk (due Sep 18 at 5 PM)
Sep 17
Lecture 6. Parameter Estimation and Inference: Introduction to Frequentist and Bayesian Modeling
Discussion Discussion 3 (Answers)
Sep 19
Lecture 7. Bayesian Hierarchical Models
Vitamin Vitamin 4 (due Sep 22 at 11:59 PM)
Sept 20
Homework Homework 2 (due Oct 4 at 5 PM)

Sep 23
Lab Lab 4: Graphical Models (due Sep 25 at 5 PM)
Sep 24
Lecture 8. Bayesian Hierarchical Models II
Discussion Discussion 4 (Answers)
Sep 26
Lecture 9. Bayesian Inference with Sampling
Vitamin Vitamin 5 (due Sep 29 at 11:59 PM)

Sep 30
Lab Lab 5: Sampling & GLMs (due Oct 2 at 5 PM)
Oct 1
Lecture 10. Sampling and Prediction
Discussion Discussion 5 (Answers)
Oct 3
Lecture 11. GLMs
Vitamin Vitamin 6 (due Oct 6 at 11:59 PM)

Oct 7
Lab Lab 5.5: GLMs (due Oct 11 at 5 PM)
Oct 7
Review Session and MiniLab Slides
Oct 8
Midterm Midterm 1
Oct 10
Lecture 12. Uncertainty Quantification for GLMs
Oct 11
Homework Homework 3 (due Oct 25 at 5 PM)

Oct 14
Lab Lab 6: GLMs and the Bootstrap (due Oct 16 at 5 PM)
Oct 15
Lecture 13. Nonparametric Methods and Neural Networks
Discussion Discussion 6 (Answers)
Oct 17
Lecture 14. Neural Networks and Interpretability
Vitamin Vitamin 7 (due Oct 20 at 11:59 PM)

Oct 21
Lab Lab 7: Nonparametric methods (due Oct 23 at 5 PM)
Oct 22
Lecture 15. Causal Inference I: Association and Causation
Discussion Discussion 7 (Answers)
Oct 24
Lecture 16. Causal Inference II: Randomized Experiments
Vitamin Vitamin 8 (due Oct 27 at 11:59 PM)
Oct 25
Homework Homework 4 (due Nov 8 at 5 PM)

Oct 28
Lab Lab 8: Instrumental variable (due Oct 30th at 5 PM)
Oct 29
Lecture 17. Causal Inference III: Observational Studies
Discussion Discussion 8 (Answers)
Oct 31
Lecture 18. Concentration Inequalities and Tail Bounds
Vitamin Vitamin 9 (due Nov 3 at 11:59 PM)

Nov 4
Lab Lab 9: Unconfoundedness (due Nov 6 at 5 PM)
Nov 5
Lecture 19. Bandits I
Discussion Discussion 9 (Answers)
Nov 7
Lecture 20. Bandits II
Vitamin Vitamin 10 (due Nov 10 at 11:59 PM)
Nov 8
Homework Homework 5 (due Nov 22 at 5 PM)

Nov 12
Lecture 21. Reinforcement Learning I
Nov 13
Review Session Slides
Nov 14
Midterm Midterm 2
Vitamin Vitamin 11 (due Nov 17 at 11:59 PM)

Nov 17
Lab Lab 10: Bandits (due Nov 20 at 5 PM)
Nov 19
Lecture 22. Reinforcement Learning II
Discussion Discussion 10
Nov 21
Lecture 23. Monte Carlo Tree Search

Nov 26
Lecture 24. Privacy in Machine Learning
Nov 28
Lecture Holiday

Dec 3
Lecture 25. Case Studies: Robustness and Generalization
Dec 5
Lecture 26. Course Wrap-Up