xbresson / Ce9010_2018

CE9010: Introduction to Data Science
Semester 2 2017/18
Xavier Bresson

Slides of the course

• Lecture 1: Introduction

• Lecture 2: Learning Techniques

• Lecture 3: Supervised Linear Regression

• Lecture 4: Supervised Classification

• Lecture 5: Gradient Descent Tricks

• Lecture 6: Generalization and Regularization

• Lecture 7: Developing Data Science Projects

• Lecture 8: Unsupervised Learning

• Lecture 9: Recommender Systems

• Lecture 10: Neural Networks

Python notebooks of the course

• Tutorial 1: Introduction to Python

• Tutorial 2: Linear algebra in Python

• Tutorial 2: Linear algebra in Python - solution

• Tutorial 3: Linear supervised regression

• Tutorial 3: Linear supervised regression - solution

• Tutorial 4: Supervised classification

• Tutorial 4: Supervised classification - solution

• Tutorial 5: Polynomial supervised classification

• Tutorial 5: Polynomial supervised classification - solution

• Tutorial 6: Bias vs. variance

• Tutorial 6: Bias vs. variance - solution

• Tutorial 7: PCA

• Tutorial 7: PCA - solution

• Tutorial 8: Neural networks

• Tutorial 8: Neural networks - solution

Student Projects

• [Notebook, Slides] How Close Are NBS Students To Their Classmates? Cheng Jin Yee (Jinny), Jeremy Jerome Chia

• [Notebook, Slides] A Look into rental fee on PropertyGuru, Chong Ke Xin

• [Notebook, Slides] Gender Prediction Based on Profile Photo, Chen Zitong, Jin Ye, Xiao Fengtong

• [Notebook, Slides] Predicting Success in the NBA, Cai Xin Qing Yeo Ngee Chong

• [Notebook, Slides] Predicting HDB Resale Prices in Singapore, Thomas ten Hacken, Maxime Kayser, Mei-Jun Yeh

Running Python notebooks without local Python installation

    Run the notebooks from the cloud using Binder: Simply click here.

Local Python installation

Follow the following instructions to install Miniconda and create a Python environment for the course:

1. Download the Python 3.6 installer for Windows, macOS, or Linux from https://conda.io/miniconda.html and install with default settings. Note for Windows: If you don't know if your operating system is 32-bit or 64-bit, then open Settings-System-About-System type to find out your xx-bit system.

   • Windows: Double-click on the Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.exe file.
   • macOS: Run bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh in your terminal.
   • Linux: Run bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh in your terminal.

2. Windows: Open the Anaconda Prompt terminal from the Start menu. MacOS, Linux: Open a terminal.

3. Install git: conda install git.

4. Download the GitHub repository of the course: git clone https://github.com/xbresson/CE9010_2018.

5. Go to folder CE9010_2018 with cd CE9010_2018, and create a Python virtual environment with the packages required for the course: conda env create -f environment.yml. Note that the environment installation may take some time.

   Notes:
   The installed conda packages can be listed with conda list.
   Some useful Conda commands are pwd, cd, ls -al, rm -r -f folder/
   Add a python library to the Python environment: conda install -n CE9010_2018 numpy (for example)
   Read Conda command lines for packages and environments
   Read managing Conda environments

Running local Python notebooks

First time:

1. Windows: Open the Anaconda Prompt terminal from the Start menu. MacOS, Linux: Open a terminal.

2. Activate the environment. Windows: activate CE9010_2018, macOS, Linux: source activate CE9010_2018.

3. Start Jupyter with jupyter notebook. The command opens a new tab in your web browser.

4. Go to the folder tutorials and duplicate the original notebook tutorial01.ipynb with a new name my_tutorial01.ipynb (for example) to avoid future conflicts, see understanding git conflicts.

5. Open, edit and run the notebook my_tutorial01.ipynb from your browser.

6. When your tutorial is completed, you can go back to the terminal command by shutting down the juypter kernels with Control-C.

7. Save your notebook with git: git add ., and git commit -m tutorial01.

   Notes:
   Windows: Folder CE9010_2018 is located at C:\Users\user_name\CE9010_2018. MacOS, Linux: /Users/user_name/CE9010_2018.
   Check the status of your git folder: git status
   List of git commands
   Windows systems may print the warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF when git commit. You can deactivate this warning with git config core.autocrlf false.

The next times:

1. Windows: Open the Anaconda Prompt terminal from the Start menu. MacOS, Linux: Open a terminal.
2. Activate the environment. Windows: activate CE9010_2018, macOS, Linux: source activate CE9010_2018.
3. Download the new Python notebooks: Go to folder CE9010_2018 with cd CE9010_2018, and git pull.
4. Start Jupyter with jupyter notebook. The command opens a new tab in your web browser.
5. Go to the folder tutorials and duplicate the original notebook tutorial02.ipynb with a new name my_tutorial02.ipynb (for example) to avoid future conflicts, see understanding git conflicts.
6. Open, edit and run the notebook my_tutorial02.ipynb from your browser.
7. When your tutorial is completed, you can go back to the terminal by shutting down the juypter kernels with Control-C.
8. Save your notebook with git: git add ., and git commit -m tutorial02.

Clean re-installation of the GitHub repository:

1. For GitHub beginners who wish to re-start from a clean GitHub repository of the course.
2. Backup the current folder by changing the folder name CE9010_2018 to CE9010_2018_backup (for example).
3. Re-download the GitHub repository of the course: git clone https://github.com/xbresson/CE9010_2018.
4. Copy-paste your own notebooks from CE9010_2018_backup/tutorials to the new folder CE9010_2018/tutorials.
5. Follow instructions The next times.