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6.00.2x Calendar

This calendar is subject to change. In particular, dates for unreleased materials are only estimates and are likely to change slightly. All material will be released at 14:00 UTC. All due dates will be 23:30 UTC (the GMT -- Greenwich Mean Time). Please convert these times to your own timezones. We have also provided relevant dates in this iCal link.



WeekTopicReadingLecture SequenceProblem SetProblem Set Due Date
1

1 Optimization and Knapsack Problem Chapter 11, 12.1 Lecture 1
    2 Decision Trees and Dynamic Programming Chapter 13 Lecture 2     
    3 Graph Problems Chapter 12.2 Lecture 3  Problem Set 1  Thur, Nov 8, 23:30 UTC

2 4 Plotting Chapter 11 Lecture 4
    5 Stochastic Thinking Chapter 15.1, 15.2 Lecture 5
    6 Random Walks Chapter 14 Lecture 6 Problem Set 2 Thur, Nov 22, 23:30 UTC 

Quiz Covers Material from Lecture 1 - Lecture 6 All Readings from Lectures 1-6   Quiz
Out: Fri, Nov 23, 14:00 UTC

Due: Tues, Nov 27, 23:30 UTC

3 7 Inferential Statistics Chapter 15 Lecture 7
    8 Monte Carlo Simulations Chapter 16 Lecture 8
    9 Sampling and Standard Error Chapter 17 Lecture 9 Problem Set 3 Thur, Dec 6, 23:30 UTC

4 10 Experimental Data Chapter 18 Lecture 10
    11 Experimental Data Chapter 19 Lecture 11 Problem Set 4 Thur, Dec 13, 23:30 UTC 

5 12 Machine Learning Chapter 22 Lecture 12
    13 Statistical Fallacies Chapter 21 Lecture 13

Final Exam Covers Material from all Lectures All Readings from all lectures   Final Exam
Out: Fri, Dec 14, 14:00 UTC

Due: Tues, Dec 18, 23:30 UTC