Note: Due dates of exams will not move, however the timeline of topics and smaller assignments might be updated throughout the semester. All videos should be downloaded in advance to avoid issues with internet connections. This can be done either by clicking on each video. A more automated way would be to clone to repository. All videos, are stored in videos/ under each lecture files.

Date Lesson Slides Video Video Lab RMD/PDF Lab Video Lab Partial Solution HW Misc Reading
Week 00 (Due before 1st Day of Class)
Mon Aug. 25 Welcome to STA 360/602!
Mon Aug. 27 Module 1: Intro to Bayes
Thurs. Aug. 28 Lab 2: Intro to Bayes (Watch Videos)
Week 01
Wed. Sep 1 Module 2: Intro to Decision Theory
Wed, Sep 3 Intro to Decision Theory
Thurs. Sep. 4 Lab 3: Intro to Decision Theory (Watch Videos)
Week 02
Mon. Sep. 8 Module 3: Intro to Normal Conjugacy
Mon. Sep 10 Module 4: Intro to Normal-Gamma Conjugacy
Thurs, Sep. 11 (Watch Videos) Lab 4: Intro to Normal Gamma Conjugacy
Week 03
Mon. Sep 15 Module 5: Intro to Monte Carlo
Wed, Sep. 17 Module 5: Continuation of Monte Carlo Methods
Thurs. Sep. 18 (Watch Videos) Lab 5: Intro to Monte Carlo (Rejection Sampling)
Week 04
Mon. Sep 22 Module 6: Introduction to Metropolis
Wed Sep. 24 Module 6: Intro to Metropolis (Continued)
Thurs. Sep 26 Lab 6: Intro to Monte Carlo
Week 05: Exam I
Mon, Sep 29 Review for Exam I
Wed, Oct 1 Exam I (In Class)
Thurs, Oct 2 Lab 6: Intro to Monte Carlo
Week 06: Gibbs Sampling, Part I
Mon Oct 6 Module 7: Gibbs Sampling, Part I
Wed, Oct 8 Module 7: Gibbs Sampling, Part I (Continued)
Thurs, Oct 9 Lab 7: Intro to Gibbs Sampling
Week 07: Gibbs Sampling (Parts II and III)
Mon. Oct 13 Module 7: Gibbs Sampling, Part II
Wed, Oct 15 Module 7: Gibbs Sampling, Part III
Thurs. Oct 16 Lab: Review of Practice Problems and Current Material
Week 08: Module 7: Gibbs Sampling, Part IV and Module 8: Multivariate Normal Distribution
Mon. Oct 20 Module 7: Gibbs Sampling, Part IV
Wed. Oct 22 Module 8: The Multivariate Normal Distribution
Thurs. Oct. 23 Lab 8: Gibbs Sampling, Mixture Models, and Data Augmentation
Week 09: Multivariate Normal Distribution and Missing Data
Mon, Oct 27 Module 8: The Multivariate Normal Distribution (Continued)
Wed Oct 29 Module 8: The Multivariate Normal Distribution and Missing Data
Thurs Oct 30 Lab 9: Homework Exercises (that correspond to homework 7)
Week 10: Exam II
Monday Nov 3 Review Session for Exam II
Wed. Nov. 5 Exam II
Thurs. Nov 6 Lab 9: Homework Exercises (that correspond to homework 7)
Week 11: Multivariate Gaussian, MLE, and Regression
Mon., Nov 10 Multivariate Missing Data and MLE's
Wed., Nov 12 Linear Regression
Thurs. Nov 13 Lab 10: Linear Regression
Week 12: Regression Continued
Mon., Nov. 17 Module 9: Linear Regression (Continued)
Wed. Nov. 19 Logistic Regression
Thurs. Nov 20 Preparing for the Final Exam