An independent study with two parts:
Part 1: Consolidate and advance understanding of mainstream and cutting edge scientific data analysis techniques using Chapters 1-8 of Pasha, Astronomical Python
Part 2: Survey data science techniques up to and including neural net and deep learning implementations (which are the relevant preparation for a subsequent study of natural-language processing and LLMs) using Chapters 1-11, 13, 18, 19 and 21 of Grus, Data Science from Scratch, 2nd Ed.
Term 6 of Academic Year 2024-2025, Deep Springs College
Mentor: Prof. Brian Hill
Student: Hexi Jin (DS 23)