Lectures

There is no official textbook for SPIS, but the following free online textbook (co-authored by Niema) is a great resource: https://stepik.org/course/56730/promo

Another free online textbook, that includes both Picobot and an intro to Python: https://www.cs.hmc.edu/twiki/bin/view/CSforAll/

Webclicker link: https://webclicker.web.app/

Week 1

Sunday — SPIS Orientation Session
Monday
- Introduction and overview: pdf
- Pair Programming, Repl.it, GitHub: pdf
- Picobot: pdf
Tuesday
- APS: Divide and Conquer: slides
- Learning Programming with Python - part 1: pdf notebook
- Facets
Wednesday
- Python Identifiers, Variables, Assignments, Expressions, Scope, If - part 1: pdf notebook
- Python Identifiers, Variables, Assignments, Expressions, Scope, If - part 2: pdf notebook
Thursday
- APS Discussion
- Python while and for (each) loops: pdf notebook
- Facets
Friday
- Turtle, references: pdf
- Breadth/Depth
  - Breadth - Overview of Bioinformatics: slides, recording
  - Depth - Python: pdf

Week 2

Monday
- Python parameters, lists, tuples: slides notebook
- Begin Recursion: slides notebook
Tuesday
- APS: Greedy Method: slides
- More Recursion: slides notebook
Wednesday
- More recursion: pdf
- Intro to images: pdf
Thursday
- APS Discussion
- Intro to images (part 2): pdf
- References and mutability (part 1): pdf
Friday
- References and mutability (part 2): pdf
- Breadth/Depth
  - Breadth - Compressing information: pdf
  - Depth - More recursion and references: pdf notebook

Week 3

Monday
- Intro to RPi: pdf
- Intro to Web Apps: pdf
Tuesday
- APS: Sorting: slides
- Basics of Electronics: pdf
Wednesday
- Number Representation: Binary Numbers
- Logic gates and computer architecture: pdf
Thursday
- APS Discussion
- Markov Chains, Dictionaries, and Files: slides
Friday
- Probability and Naïve Bayes classification: slides
- Clustering: slides

Week 4

Monday
- Breadth/Depth
  - Breadth - ChatGPT / Neural Networks: slides
  - Depth - TBD
- Web apps, Part 2 (sessions): slides More on Sessions Repo
Tuesday
- APS: Dynamic Programming: slides
- Overview of Embedded Systems and Robotics: pdf
Wednesday - Introduction to the Project Areas
- Webapps: slides OAuth Repo
- Machine Learning
- Robotics: pdf
Thursday
- Work on Final Projects
Friday - Work on Final Projects

Week 5

Monday — Work on Final Projects
Tuesday — Work on Final Projects
Wednesday — Work on Final Projects
Thursday — Work on Final Projects
Friday — Work on Final Projects