Final grades will be based on one final project (15%), six homework assignments (60%), and two midterms (15%+10%).
Homework assignments include conceptual and applied exercises. Typesetting your reports/solutions in Latex or R markdown is strongly encouraged. Unreadable handwriting is subject to zero credit. Unreadable handwriting is subject to zero credit.
Late homework policy:
Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the day that they are due. You will be allowed 2 total late days without penalty for the entire semester. Please use these wisely, and plan ahead for conferences, travel, deadlines, etc. Once those days are used, you will be penalized according to the following policy:
Homework is worth full credit at the beginning of class on the due date.
It is worth half credit for the next 48 hours.
It is worth zero credit after that.
Collaboration on homework:
This class abides by Spartan Code of Honor. Unless otherwise specified, homework will be done individually and each student must hand in their own assignment. It is acceptable, however, for students to collaborate in figuring out answers and helping each other understand the underlying concepts. When collaborating, the "whiteboard policy" is in effect: You may discuss assignments on a whiteboard, but, at the end of a discussion the whiteboard must be erased, and you must not transcribe or take with you anything that has been written on the board during your discussion. You must be able to reproduce the results solely on your own after any such discussion. Finally, you must write the names of the students you collaborated with on each homework.
Midterm exams include one written exam (15%) and one midterm report (10%).
Written exam (02/25/2022): There will be an open-book midterm. The exam will be in class.
Midterm report (04/01/2022): This is a proposal report of your project. You should re-state the problem you are solving and your approaches and findings, and propose your experimental design.