Instructors:

This semester DSC 212 PSDS is taught by Prof. Arya Mazumdar

email: arya@ucsd.edu

TA:

This term there are three TAs for DSC 212 PSDS

1. Yashi Shukla yshukla@ucsd.edu

2. Akansha Lalwani alalwani@ucsd.edu

3. Stefan Faridani sfaridan@ucsd.edu

Getting Started:

To get started in DSC 212 PSDS, you'll need to set up accounts on a couple of websites.

Campuswire

We'll be using Campuswire as our course message board. Campuswire is like Piazza, but unlike Piazza, Campuswire does not sell student data to third parties. You should have received an invitation via email, but if not you should get in touch with a course staff member as soon as possible, as we'll be making all course announcements via Campuswire.

If you have a question about anything to do with the course — if you're stuck on a homework problem, want clarification on the logistics, or just have a general question about data science — you can make a post on Campuswire. We only ask that if your question includes some or all of an answer, please make your post private so that others cannot see it. You can also post anonymously if you would prefer.

Course staff will regularly check Campuswire and try to answer any questions that you have. You're also encouraged to answer a question asked by another student if you feel that you know the answer.

Gradescope

We'll be using Gradescope for homework submission and grading. You should have received an email invitation for Gradescope, but if not please let us know as soon as possible (preferably via Campuswire).

Zoom

Some aspects of the course, like office hours and the remote discussion, will be held using Zoom. You should already have an account through UCSD; see the Zoom guide for more help. Note that you will not be expected to have a webcam!

Canvas

We'll use Canvas for the course gradebook and some announcements.

Required Materials

Here are some books that you might find useful.

Mainly the following book will be followed.

1. All of Statistics, A Concise Course in Statistical Inference. Author: Larry Wasserman Link.

2. Statistical Inference, Author: Casella and Berger

We will also refer to the following book.

1. The Theory of Probability: Explorations and Applications. Santosh Venkatesh

Office Hours:

The Instructors and TA/Graders will be available to answer your questions every week. All times below are PDT.

Tu - 1:00pm - 2:00pm 

Th - 1:00pm - 2:00pm 

The Zoom link for the Office Hours is https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/92386102063. The Tu and Th OHs will be taken by one of the TAs. The schedule can be found here.

Exams:

There will be two exams. There will be no scheduled lecture, if any, on exam days.

• Exam 1 will cover lectures 1-14: in class: Date Nov 3 Friday

• Exam 2 will cover lectures 15-25: in class: Date Dec 8 Friday