Note: This schedule is subject to change and will be adjusted as needed throughout the semester.

Week Topics Reading Homework
Due @ 11:59pm ET/Boston
1-2 Tooling
  • Python environments
  • Projects
  • Course Objectives
  • conda commands
  • python environments
  • introduction to git
 CS14 
Chap 1-4		 HW1:Tooling (5/11)
3-4 Wrappers
  • An introduction to plotly
  • Sankey Diagrams
  • conda-forge
  • code reuse
 Plotly Docs HW2:Visualization  (5/18)
5-6
 Dashboards
  • Interactive visualization
  • Holoviz Panel
  • Sliders, Panels, Buttons
  • Architectures for Data-driven Applications
 Holoviz Panel HW3: Dashboards (5/25)
7-8 Animation and Simulation
  • Animation techniques
  • Model ecosystems
  • Artificial Life
 TBA HW4:Ecological Modeling (6/1)
9-10 Efficiency and Reliability
  • Decorator patterns
  • Profiling
  • PyTest: Test-Driven Development
  • Exceptions
  • Assertions
  • Type hints
  • Evolutionary Computing
  • Multi-objective optimization
  • Multi-agent systems
  • Evo: A resusable optimization framework
 TBA HW5: Evolutionary Computing (6/8)
11-13 Extensibility and Higher-Order Abstractions with AI
  • Natural-language processing frameworks
  • Plug-in architectures
  • Comparative text analysis
  • Vibe Coding
 TBA HW6:Research Project (11/25)
NO LATE EXTENSIONS!
Be ready to present on Monday and Tuesday!
14 Science Fair and Wrap-up Remarks
  • Breakout sessions
  • Poster presentations (December 2nd and 5th)
  • Rachlin gets the last word. (December 5th)