BIOSTAT 216 tentative schedule and handouts (expect frequent updates)
| Week | Thursday | Homework |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9/26 intro. [slide], vector space (BR 4) [slide] | HW1 |
| 2 | 10/3 rank (BR 5) [slide] | |
| 3 | 10/10 linear equations and matrix inverses (BR 9) [slide] | HW2 |
| 4 | 10/17 projection (BR 6) [slide], orthogonal projection (BR 7, 8) [slide] | |
| 5 | 10/24 determinant (BR 10) [slide], GE/LU [slide], QR [slide], eigen-decomposition [slide] | HW3 |
| 6 | 10/31 positive (semi)definite matrix/Cholesky/Schur complement [slide] | |
| 7 | 11/7 SVD [slide] | HW4 |
| 8 | 11/14 Kronecker product, vec, vech, communtation, duplication [slide] | |
| 9 | 11/21 optimization and multivariate calculus [slide], neural network and backpropagation [slide] | HW5+Final |
| Thanksgiving (no class) | ||
| 10 | 12/5 matrix calculus: chain rule for Jacobian [slide] |