Announcing "Introduction to Data Science"

Jointly developed by CSE, the iSchool, and Statistics. Initial offering in Winter 2018 as STAT180

Course description

Introduction to the fundamentals of data science: data collection and management; summarizing and visualizing data; basic ideas of statistical inference; machine learning. Students will gain hands-on experience using the Python programming language.

Target audience

All undergraduates. Assumes no previuos exposure to programming or statisics. Minimal math requirements.

Organization

Three lectures / week plus two of hours of hands-on work in computer labs.

More info

Syllabus https://wstuetzle.github.io/IDS-syllabus-11-14-2017.html

Contact instructor: Werner Stuetzle (wxs@uw.edu)