Presents fundamentals of computing and programming in an engineering context with an emphasis on data science. Introduces web computing, data structures, and techniques for data analysis. Includes filtering, linear regression, simple machine learning (clustering and classifiers), and visualization. Surveys techniques for ingesting, processing, analyzing, and visualizing big data from a range of fields, including environmental, transportation, supply chain, city data. Basic concepts of data storage and web server-side programming are covered. Students use JavaScript and HTML5 programming language to complete weekly assignments.
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