140.778 Advanced Statistical Computing(2011)

 

Instructor

Hongkai Ji

 

Contact

Office: 615 N. Wolfe St., Rm. E3638

Office Phone: 410-955-3517

Email: hji@jhsph.edu

 

Teaching assistant

George Wu

Office: 615 N. Wolfe St., Rm. E3039

Office hours: Wed 1-2 pm (in TA’s office)

 

Class times

Tuesday 8:30 - 9:50am

Thursday 8:30 - 9:50am

 

Location

Wolfe W4013

 

Syllabus

[PDF]

 

Readings

1. Mixtures of Factor Analyzers

2. MM algorithm

 

3. Motif Sampler (2004 review)

4. Motif Sampler (1993 Science paper)

 

Homework

 

HW1, hwdata1-1.txt, hwdata1-2.txt, solutions

 

HW2, hwdata2-1.txt, solutions

 

HW3, hwdata3-1.txt, solutions

 

Final Project, projectdata.txt (Due Dec. 30, 5pm; email your report to the instructor and cc TA).