Assignments

Cogs138 Sp23


Frequently Asked Questions

Required and Optional Readings and Other Assignments

Each week, there will be both a required reading and a suggested reading relevant to the topic and theme of that week. The required readings are expected to be completed by all students each week, and they are meant to be both engaging and of an appropriate scope/length that we can reasonably expect you will do them each week. There may also be videos or items such as short works of fiction that are included in the required readings, and the required and suggested readings will be clearly differentiated.

The suggested readings will be there for those that wish to delve more deeply into a theme or concept, have additional/alternative perspectives on a topic, or to provide more background and supporting relevant ideas for assignments. You are all strongly encouraged to engage with this material, as doing so will ensure that you get the most out of the class, and achieve a deeper level of understanding of the course themes.

(N = # assignments, M = #class participation exercises)

Week # Assignment # Description Optional Reading Due Date Points
1

Pre-course survey

      1/N*EC%
1
Wk1_Reading 1 COGS108 - python and jupyter tutorials, data science tools      
1
Wk1_Reading 2 Neural data science tutorials (github - original 138 page)      
2
Week 2 Lecture 3 survey/quiz

Fill in what you wrote in class- no research online pre-lecture survey/quiz - required as part of participation points but not graded on correctness, do your best and do not research answers, you can leave answers blank if needed or fill in something like "unsure" or "do not know"

  Wed, 4/12 1/M*20%
2
Wk2_Reading 3 MNE tutorial - at minimum introduction, installation pages      
2
Wk2_Reading 4 NLTK overview, installation, choose several examples      
2
Assignment 0 (on datahub) Getting your system working with datahub   Fri, 4/15 1/N*EC%
2
Paper - assigned R1 R1-Ezer and Whitaker - 2019 - Data science for the scientific life cycle   Fri, 4/21  
3
         

3

Assignment 1 (on datahub)     Tues, 4/25 at 11:59pm 8%
3 Reading quiz 1     Fri 4/28 at 11:59pm 5%
4 Reading 2 Assigned R2-Paninski_and_Cunningham_2018_Neural_data science_accelerating_the_experiment   Fri 5/5 at 11:59pm  
4 Assignment 2 (on datahub) LISC  

Tue 5/9 at 11:59pm (extended)

8%
4 Quiz Week1-2- lecture quiz (canvas) A short quiz on the lecture materials for the first two weeks.   Tue 5/9 at 11:59pm (extended) 1/M*20%
5 Reading quiz 2 Due to the timing of putting up the quiz and that there are other assignments to complete we will provide a week to complete it, so please complete by next monday.  

Tue 5/9 at 11:59pm (extended)

5%
6 Lecture 11 Survey/quiz (before) Questions you answered before the lecture about classical statistics   Friday 5/12 at 11:59pm 1/M*20%
7 Lecture 11 Survey/quiz (after) Questions you answered after the lecture at home about classical statistics   Friday 5/12 at 11:59pm 1/M*20%
7 Assignment 3 (on datahub) Correlations   Saturday 5/20 EXTENDED: Wednesday 5/24 at 11:59pm 8%
7 Quiz week 3 lectures (canvas) A short quiz on the lecture materials for the third week   Tuesday 5/23 at 11:59pm 1/M*20%
7 Mid-quarter check-in Required, a check-in to go along with the grade check-in to see how things are going, and for some feedback. Part of class participation credit. Won't take more than a few minutes   Tuesday 5/23 at 11:59pm 1/M*20%
7 Reading 3

Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams

  Thursday 5/25 at 11:59pm 5%
7 Mid-quarter grade check-in Required, a check-in to ensure that you have turned in all you need to and things are progressing smoothly.   Tuesday 5/23 at 11:59pm 1/M*20%
8

Wk8_Reading1-examples

Wk8_Reading1.2-documentation

Documentation for PySurfer - go through, download and complete the examples from basic visualization and any interesting in between examples, and defnitely go through how to save images, present views of the brain, and possibly display animations, also recommended you go through the detailed documentation link, which is actually fairly short.  

Saturday 5/27

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8 Wk8_Reading2 NiBabel documentation installation and getting started sections, and any sections you see in the A4 assignment.   Saturday 5/27 --
8 Previous project review Please review the prior quarter projects as we went over in class. Review the two projects your group selects as individuals then come together as a group and coordinate. Each group submits one.   Tuesday 5/23 at 11:59pm TBA
8 Project proposal We are going to start with a project proposal where you will describe your project idea, hypothesis, proposed data, and answer some other questions so we can give you feedback and guide you to a successful outcome   Friday 5/26 Extended to Saturday at 5:00pm TBA
8 Class Report Answering questions/workshop to enhance student learning outcome  

Tuesday 5/30

Sunday 6/4 at 11:59pm

TBA
9 Data checkpoint     Saturday 6/3 at 11:59pm TBA
9          
10 EDA checkpoint     Friday EXTENDED Saturday 6/10 at 11:59pm TBA
10 Reading quiz 4 (canvas) The Virtuous Cycle of a Data Ecosystem, by Brad Voytek PhD   Sunday 6/11 at 11:59pm 5%
10          
10          
FINALS

Final project due

Presentation guidelines and instructions

This will be the final report, data, etc all due to the github repository (includes the video or a link to the video)  

Thursday

Extended to Friday 6/16 at 11:59pm

TBA
FINALS

A5 due

TUTORIAL HERE

Mouse v. human cells, allensdk

TUTORIAL HERE

  Saturday 6/17 at 11:59pm 8%
FINALS Lecture quiz week 4-5 (canvas) 2 required, 1 extra credit (choose any of the 3 as extra credit)   Sunday 6/18 at 11:59pm TBA 1/M*20%
FINALS Lecture quiz week 6-7, (canvas) 2 required, 1 extra credit (choose any of the 3 as extra credit)   Sunday 6/18 at 11:59pm TBA 1/M*20%
FINALS Lecture quizzes week 8-10 (canvas) 2 required, 1 extra credit (choose any of the 3 as extra credit)   Sunday 6/18 at 11:59pm TBA 1/M*20%
FINALS

(Optional) Video reviews

login/password listed in final module and in announcement

Each video presentation you review and fill out the form completely gets you an additional 0.5% bonus to your grade. If over 90% of the class completes at least ONE video review fully, I'll add a 1% bonus to the overall grade for everyone!   Sunday 6/18 at 11:59pm 0.5% bonus per review, 1% overall bonus if over 90% of students do at least 1
FINALS (Optional) Group feedback form This is an opportunity to provide feedback for your group members. If some people did not contribute or everybody contributed. Since it is the timing it is and you had many deadlines this week this is optional, but we will take it into account during grading   Sunday 6/18 at 11:59pm