data: past present and future;

• professors: matt jones & chris wiggins
• class time: TR 10:10-11:25, location: 614 Schermerhorn Hall
• Grader Office hours (for Python & coding questions):
  • Yamini Ananth: Tue 17.00-19.00
    Mathematics 508
  • Will O'Brien: Wed 18.00-20.00
    Mathematics 508
  • Fraye Beyene: Thurs 15.00-17.00
    Mathematics 508
• TA Office hours (for all other questions), please DM via data-ppf.slack.com for questions:
  • James Buckley: Thurs 13.00-14.00
    Cafe Wallabout (Avery Basement)
  • Jamie Nadal: Thurs 14.30-16.30
    The New York Basics (1090 Amsterdam Ave & 113th St)

The class

• "data: past present and future" is open to students in SEAS, CC, GS, and GSAS.
• CC/GS students: The course satisfies one science requirement
• SEAS students: The counts towards "nontech elective" credit
• BC students: This course satisfies Barnard's T&D general education requirement.
• History majors: this course counts as a history course for history major.
• although we will code in Python no prerequisites and no programming experience is required (we will be using pre-authored notebooks and using Google's Colab; you will not need to install anything).
• For more information on the course please see the 2016 COI proposal here.
• Slides from Day 1 (Jan 12, 2021)

Find out more

• Please do read this article in the Columbia Spectator, October 2016.
• Please do read this article in the Columbia Record, February 2017.
• Please do read this article in the Columbia Magazine, Spring 2017.
• Please do read this Op-Ed in the Data Science Institute's Voices section, December 2017.