Course syllabus
This page contains the program of the course: lectures and computer labs. The course is completely in-person, for both the lectures and the computer labs. There will be no zoom support sessions.
Many information, such as learning outcomes, teachers, literature and examination, are in a separate course PM.
The schedule of the course is in TimeEdit.
Notes of the midcourse meeting: Minutes of the mid-course meeting for TMS150-MSG400 2024-1.pdf
Lectures
See the course PM page for the "office hours" and how to interact with the lecturers.
(Here are the videos of the 2020 lectures. These were made at home during covid times, and are to be considered as useful material in case you miss a lecture, but we discourage you to rely on these videos as a substitute to attendance. Some of the topics have changed since, and we don't want you to get confused!)
None of the computer lab sessions are mandatory to attend. However you are strongly encouraged to attend as we have limited resources to provide help outside teaching hours.
See the section Examination in the course PM for deadlines of mandatory hand-ins.
| Day | lecturer | Topics | code and data files |
slides/notes |
| Wed 4 Sept | Umberto Picchini |
Intro to the course; R; recapitulation on statistical inference for linear regression |
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| Wed 11 Sept | Umberto Picchini | model selection in linear regression using prediction error; transformation tools for the Y variable |
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| Wed 18 Sept | Umberto Picchini | the bootstrap; a universal tool for uncertainty quantification |
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| Wed 25 Sept | Ioanna Motschan-Armen/Annika Lang | Intro to Python, Monte Carlo methods |
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| Wed 2 Oct | Annika Lang | Simulation of stochastic processes |
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| Wed 9 Oct |
Moritz Schauer | Bayesian inference |
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bayesianmodelling-4.pdf |
| Wed 16 Oct | Moritz Schauer | Bayesian inference and decision theory |
bayesianmodelling-5.pdf (full script with LAB 6) |
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Computer labs
Computer labs will take place in the computer rooms MVF22/MVF24/MVF25 as from the schedule on TimeEdit. None of the computer lab sessions are mandatory to attend. However you are strongly encouraged to attend as we have limited resources to provide help outside teaching hours. More info are at the "Computer Labs" section at Course PM.
These labs are not structured with presentation of concepts from the teaching assistants. They are there to help if you have questions regarding exercises.
QA = Question & Answers.
Presentations = these are dates when students can present to a teaching assistant (not to the class) their results, but only for assignments A1, A3 and A5.
It is not compulsory to present! You can always write a mini report too, but if you are confident you did things fairly ok, you can pass an assignment earlier via the presentation.
For each assignment A1-A3-A5 you can only present once! So better to present when you think you have done things fairly ok.
Please book dates via at the links below (first-come-first-served). Fill in your name for either the Monday *or* Thursday link, *not both*, at the time you want to present your solutions to the teaching assistants. One student only for each 10 minutes slot. Remember to be there in time. It is not possible to book multiple times.
If there occurs any problem with you attending at those dates for the presentations please contact Ioanna Motschan (ioannamo@chalmers.se).
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Main topic |
Doodle to sign in for presentation time slot (If there occurs any problem with you attending at those dates for the presentations please contact Ioanna Motschan (ioannamo@chalmers.se).) |
| Thur 5 Sept at 8.00-11.45 | A1 QA |
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| Mon 9 Sept at 8.00-11.45 | A1 QA and presentations |
presentations: 8:10-9:00 and 10:00-10:50 BOOK HERE |
| Thur 12 Sept at 8.00-11.45 | A2a QA and A1 presentations | presentations: 8:10-9:00 and 10:00-10:50 BOOK HERE |
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Mon 16 Sept at 8.00-11.45 |
A2a QA |
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Thur 19 Sept at 8.00-11.45 |
A2b QA |
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Mon 23 Sept at 8.00-11.45 |
A2b QA |
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| Thur 26 Sept at 8.00-11.45 |
A3 QA |
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| Mon 30 Sept at 8.00-11.45 | A3 QA and presentations | presentations: 8:10-9:00 and 10:00-10:50 BOOK HERE |
| Thur 3 Oct at 8.00-11.45 | A4 QA and A3 presentations |
presentations: 8:10-9:00 and 10:00-10:50 BOOK HERE |
| Mon 7 Oct at 8.00-11.45 | A4 QA |
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| Thur 10 Oct at 8.00-11.45 | A5 QA |
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| Mon 14 Oct at 8.00-11.45 | A5 QA and presentations |
presentations: 8:10-9:00 and 10:00-10:50 BOOK HERE |
| Thur 17 Oct at 8.00-11.45 | A6 QA and A5 presentations |
presentations: 8:10-9:00 and 10:00-10:50 BOOK HERE |
| Mon 21 Oct at 8.00-11.45 | A6 QA |
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| Thur 24 Oct at 8.00-11.45 | A1-A6 QA |
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Deadlines for handing in
Here are the deadlines. For instructions on the assignments and info on the examination, see the course PM.
| Assignment | Language | Type of examination |
Recommended deadline |
Final deadline for all assignments: 1 November |
| A1 | R | answers only (passed/not-passed) | Wed 18 September @23.59 | 1 November |
| A2a | R | LaTeX report (with points) | Wed 18 September @23.59 | 1 November |
| A2b | Matlab | LaTeX report (with points) | Wed 25 September @23.59 | 1 November |
| A3 | Python | answers only (passed/not-passed) | Wed 9 October @23.59 | 1 November |
| A4 | Python | LaTeX report (with points) | Wed 9 October @23.59 | 1 November |
| A5 | R | answers only (passed/not-passed) | Wed 23 October @23.59 | 1 November |
| A6 | R | LaTeX report (with points) | Mon 28 October @23.59 |
1 November |
Course summary:
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