DS800: Introduction to Data Processing
The Study Board for Science
Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher
EKA: N340041102
Assessment: Second examiner: External
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Master
STADS ID (UVA): N340041101
ECTS value: 10
Date of Approval: 27-02-2019
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Archive
Comment
New course autumn 2019
Kurset kan ikke følges af studerende, der: har fulgt eller bestået DM561, eller DM562, eller et kursus med lignende indhold
Entry requirements
Academic preconditions
Course introduction
The aim of the course is to enable the student to represent and describe data and to write small computer programs to read, collect, integrate, clean, validate, and prepare data for scientific computations. This is important in regard to the rest of education in Data Science as it provides the basis for carrying out data analysis projects.
The course will give to the student knowledge and competence in methods from linear algebra, such as matrices and matrix calculations, which allow a mathematical description of a data science task. In addition, the course will provide skills in writing small computer programs to carry out scientific computations of the type encountered in linear algebra or of the type that will be needed later in the education.
The course gives an academic basis for studying the topics Applied Statistics, Multivariate Analysis, Datamining and Machine Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Visualization and Deep Learning, that are part of the degree.
In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- Give the competence to handle, analyse and present data
- Give knowledge and understanding of programming
- Give the competence to design, select, apply and integrate the right programming tools to process and analyze large amounts of data as well as make calculations with them
- Give the competence to use and further develop existing programming tools to perform complex data analyzes and work with advanced data
- Give skills in software development
- Give skills in data collection, cleaning, validation, integration and preparation
- Give knowledge and understanding of methods for working with larger amounts of data in general and within a given subject area.
- Give knowledge and understanding of theories at the basis of data science methods
Expected learning outcome
The learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
- Use data representations from linear algebra to describe and report data analyses
- Recognize which methods from linear algebra can be used for different tasks in data analysis
- Develop small computer programs (scripts) in an appropriate programming language to process data
- Select and use programming tools to collect, clean and prepare data
- Apply linear algebra methods to extract knowledge from data
Content
The following main topics are contained in the course:
Linear Algebra:
- sets and functions
- vector spaces
- linear functions
- matrix operations
- determinants
- linear equation systems
- eigenvalues and eigenvectors
- principle component analysis
Programming:
- basics
- values and data types
- control flow (choice, loops)
- data structures (lists, associative)
- functions, classes
- file I/O, exceptions
- basic data visualization
Practical Applications on Linear Algebra & Programming
Literature
Examination regulations
Exam element a)
Timing
Autumn
Tests
The exam consists of a number of practical assignments submitted during the course and a written examination.
EKA
N340041102
Assessment
Second examiner: External
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
Allowed, a closer description of the exam rules will be posted under 'Course Information' on Blackboard.
ECTS value
10
Additional information
The written exam takes place in January.
Eksamensformen ved reeksamen kan være en anden end eksamensformen ved den ordinære eksamen.
Eksamensformen ved reeksamen kan være en anden end eksamensformen ved den ordinære eksamen.
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
At the faculty of science, teaching is organized after the three-phase model ie. intro, training and study phase.
The intro phase facilitates the introduction to new material and topics, which in the skills training phase are processed with exercises prepared at home and discussed in class to validate the acquired knowledge. The study activity in form of practical applications gives the students the possibility to apply and use the knowledge acquired.
Study phase activities:
- Reading from text books
- Solving homeworks
- Applying acquired knowledge to practical projects
Teacher responsible
| Name | Department | |
|---|---|---|
| John Bulava | bulava@imada.sdu.dk | CP3-origins |
| Stefan Jänicke | stjaenicke@imada.sdu.dk | Institut for Matematik og Datalogi |