Teaching Philosophy 2
• Goal 1. Create an interactive learning environment for students in a classroom
• Goal 2. Prepare a high-quality class material to help students gain a strong understanding
• Goal 3. Help students apply fundamental concepts to solve real-world problems
Course Overview – Computational Data Analysis
Prof. Junghyun Kim
School of Applied Artificial Intelligence
Handong Global University
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Teaching Goal 1 3 Lesson Learned 4
• Experienced different styles of the class from both South Korea and United States • Discussion-driven class
[Credited by Georgia Tech]
South Korea: Lecture-based class United States: Discussion-driven class
(Cramming) (Line of thinking)
Goal 1. Create an interactive learning environment for students in a classroom
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Teaching Goal 2 5 Lesson Learned 6
• Met mentor Prof. Jon Ahn who was passionate about teaching • Prof. Walter Lewin (MIT)
[Credited by MIT]
Goal 2. Prepare a high-quality class material to help students gain a strong understanding
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Teaching Goal 3 7 Course Description 8
• Participated in the human-powered aircraft competition • See the syllabus (Computational Data Analysis, Fall 2023) for more details
[Credited by Fusha Sakai]
Goal 3. Help students apply fundamental concepts to solve real-world problems
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Course Objectives 9 Meet the Team 10
• Computational Data Analysis (Fall 2023)
Objective 1 – Instructor’s email: [Link]@[Link]
– Instructor’s office: Nehemiah Hall 119
Gain a deeper understanding of theoretical properties of commonly used
machine learning and optimization algorithms – Instructor’s office hours: By appointment
Objective 2
Learn computational skills necessary for extracting useful knowledge from data
to facilitate decision-making processes
Objective 3
Acquire practical know-how in applying the algorithms to real-world problems Instructor Teaching Assistant
(Prof. Junghyun Kim) (Mr. Sunwoo Kim)
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Pre-requisites 11 Course Materials 12
• Programming • Textbooks are not designed as required but the instructor will strive to make the
– The instructor expects students to be comfortable utilizing a programming language lectures self-contained
– Python is recommended but not mandatory • Lecture slides and notes will be posted periodically to LMS
• Engineering mathematics
– Familiarity with basic engineering mathematics (e.g., calculus and linear algebra) is recommended
Junghyun’s library of
hand-written notes
[Link]
om/home/handwritten-notes
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Course Materials 13 Grading 14
• Students are welcome to read the following textbook as needed • Attendance: 5%
– The instructor will call out each student’s name for attendance at the beginning of the class
• Participation: 10%
– Participating in the class is encouraged
• Midterm: 20%
• Final: 25%
• Project: 25%
• Homework: 15%
Student grades will be fundamentally based on absolute evaluation and the
grades may be curved at the discretion of the instructor
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Projects 15 Tentative Topics 16
• Students will exercise implementing various algorithms for real-world problems • Please note that the topics are subject to change
• Students will work in a team of two or three students with the aim of developing
teamwork skills while working with other students
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Invited Lectures 17 Logistics 18
• The instructor plans to have guest lecture series in Week 15 • Classroom
• Previous guest speakers are as follows: – Nehemiah Hall 310
• Time
United States South Korea – Monday and Thursday 11:30 - 12:45
• Announcement
Ms. Hyemin Hwang Dr. Kisun Song – LMS
(Software Engineer, Amazon in Seattle) (CEO, Maze Inc.) • Recorded video
– LMS
Dr. Juhyun Bae Dr. Kyuman Lee
(Research Scientist, IBM in New York) (Professor, Kyungpook National University)
Dr. Uthaipon Tantipongpipat Mr. Youngjae Lee
(Researcher, Twitter in California) (Researcher, Hyundai Motor Company)
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Concluding Remarks 19
THANK YOU
For more information, please reach out to Prof. Junghyun Kim at
[Link]@[Link]
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