Duke University
Instructor: Omar Melikechi (oem2@duke.edu)
TA: Yihao Gu (yihao.gu@duke.edu)
TA: Sonya Eason (sonya.eason@duke.edu)
Important note: This schedule is subject to change. Revisit and refresh this page regularly.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Notes | New | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Jan 7 | No class | ||||
| Thu Jan 8 | No lab | ||||
| Fri Jan 9 | Course overview | Chapter 1 | Chapter 1 | Homework 1 | |
| Wed Jan 14 | Probability review | Chapter 2 | Chapter 2 | ||
| Thu Jan 15 | Lab 1: Intro to R | ||||
| Fri Jan 16 | Probability review | Chapter 2 | Chapter 2 | ||
| Wed Jan 21 | One-parameter models | Chapter 3 | Chapter 3 | Homework 2 | Homework 1 |
| Thu Jan 22 | Lab 2: Beta-binomial [Rmd] | ||||
| Fri Jan 23 | One-parameter models | Chapter 3 | Chapter 3 | ||
| Wed Jan 28 | One-parameter models | Chapter 3 | Chapter 3 | ||
| Thu Jan 29 | Lab 3: Predictive checks [Rmd] | ||||
| Fri Jan 30 | Monte Carlo | Chapter 4 | Chapter 4 | Homework 3 | Homework 2 |
| Wed Feb 4 | Monte Carlo | Chapter 4 | Chapter 4 | ||
| Thu Feb 5 | Lab 4: Monte Carlo | ||||
| Fri Feb 6 | Monte Carlo | Chapter 4 | Chapter 4 | ||
| Wed Feb 11 | Normal model | Chapter 5 | Chapter 5 | ||
| Thu Feb 12 | Lab 5: Prior selection [Rmd] | ||||
| Fri Feb 13 | Normal model | Chapter 5 | Chapter 5 | Homework 3 | |
| Wed Feb 18 | Review | ||||
| Thu Feb 19 | Review | ||||
| Fri Feb 20 | Midterm 1 | ||||
| Wed Feb 25 | Go over Midterm 1 | Homework 4 | |||
| Thu Feb 26 | No lab | ||||
| Fri Feb 27 | MCMC | Chapters 6,10 | Chapters 6,10 | ||
| Wed Mar 4 | MCMC | Chapters 6,10 | Chapters 6,10 | ||
| Thu Mar 5 | Lab 6: Gibbs sampling [Rmd] | ||||
| Fri Mar 6 | MCMC | Chapters 6,10 | Chapters 6,10 | Homework 4 | |
| Wed Mar 11 | Spring break | ||||
| Thu Mar 12 | Spring break | ||||
| Fri Mar 13 | Spring break | ||||
| Wed Mar 18 | MCMC | Chapters 6,10 | Chapters 6,10 | Homework 5 | |
| Thu Mar 19 | Lab 6: Gibbs sampling [Rmd] | ||||
| Fri Mar 20 | Multivariate normal | Chapter 7 | Chapter 7 | ||
| Wed Mar 25 | Multivariate normal | Chapter 7 | Chapter 7 | ||
| Thu Mar 26 | Lab 7: HMC [Rmd] | ||||
| Fri Mar 27 | Hierarchical models | Chapter 8 | Homework 5 | ||
| Wed Apr 1 | Hierarchical models | Chapter 8 | |||
| Thu Apr 2 | Review | ||||
| Fri Apr 3 | Midterm 2 | ||||
| Wed Apr 8 | Linear regression | Chapter 9 | |||
| Thu Apr 9 | Lab 11 | ||||
| Fri Apr 10 | Linear regression | Chapter 9 | |||
| Wed Apr 15 | Linear regression | Chapter 9 | |||
| Thu Apr 16 | Lab 12 | ||||
| Fri Apr 17 | Metropolis-Hastings | Chapter 10 | |||
| Wed Apr 22 | Last class |