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Programming for Data Science A.Y. 2018/19
This is an introductory course to computer programming and related mathematical/logic background for students without a Bachelor in Computer Science or in Computer Engineering. The objective is to smoothly introduce the student to the programming concepts and tools needed for typical data processing and data analysis tasks. The course consists of lectures and practice in computer labs.
Instructors
- Giuseppe Prencipe
- Università di Pisa
- Giulio Rossetti
- Università di Pisa
Classes
Day of Week | Hour | Room | Type |
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Monday | 11:00 - 13:00 | Fib C1 | Lectures |
Tuesday | 9:00 - 11:00 | Fib N1 | Lectures |
Wednesday | 16:00 - 18:00 | Fib M-Lab | Labs |
Thursday | 11:00 - 13:00 | Fib M-Lab | Labs |
<html> <span style=“color:red”> <b>NEWS:<br> </b> Class of <b>5th of December (Wednesday): Simulation of the exam</b>.</span><br> </span></html>
Office hours
- Prof. Prencipe: Wednesdays h 15:00 - 19:00 or by appointment, Department of Computer Science, room 327/DO.
- Prof. Rossetti: Tuesday h 11:00 - 13:00 or by appointment, Department of Computer Science, room 383/DB
Text Books
- [T] Kenneth H. Rosen. Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications. Seventh Edition, MCGraw-Hill, 2012. Supplement material (including Errata-Corrige).
- [P] Pieter Spronck. The Coder’s Apprentice: Learning Programming with Python 3, 2017. Book and supplement material.
- [C] Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie. C Programming Language. Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1988.
- [A] David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy. Computer Organization and Design. Fifth Edition, The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design, 2014. MKComputerOrganizationAndDesign-1stChapter.pdf
- [O-it] Paolo Ancilotti, Maurelio Boari, Anna Ciampolini, Giuseppe Lipari. Sistemi Operativi. McGraw-Hill, 2008
- [O-en] Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne. Operating System Concepts, 9th Edition International Student Version, 2013
Software
- Python programming: Anaconda distribution of Python 3. Computers at lab rooms include it both on Linux and Windows OS.
- C programming (Windows) Either DevC++ (already installed on LabMachines) or install CygWin (not on lab machines – on your PC) or install a Virtual Machine (such us VirtualBox) running any Linux distribution.
- Editor for C files on Windows Either use the DevC++ editor, or use Notepad++ .
- Unix Shell Either use Linux on lab machines, or install CygWin (on your PC).
- Python/C online including visualization of memory state PythonTutor.
- Jupyter Notebooks shown during theory classes GitHub
Preliminary program and calendar
Exams
Exams is made out of two parts:
- Written part, in Lab: solve programming exercises in both Python and C (using computers' labs)
- Oral part: discussion of all topics covered during the course
Registration to exams is mandatory: register here
<html> <span style=“color:red”> IMPORTANT: </span></html> To be able to solve the C exercises during the exam, you need to use DevC++ installed in the Windows partition of the computers' lab. Please, read carefully the instructions in the Software section above.
Day | Hour | Room | Type |
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29.10.2018 | 14:00 - 16:00 | I-Lab | Reserved exam (working students) |
19.12.2018 | 14:00 - 16:00 | M-Lab | Second Mid-Term |
15.1.2019 | 9:00 - 13:00 | H-Lab | Regular Exam |
15.2.2019 | 9:00 - 13:00 | H-Lab | Regular Exam |
Mid-terms text and solutions: PDS_2017_midterm_1.zip and PDS_2017_midterm_2.zip
Class calendar
Recordings are password protected. Ask the teachers for credentials.
Day | Room | Topic | Learning material | Recordings | Instructor | |
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1. | 17.9 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Introduction. Propositional logic. | [T: 1.1-1.3] | 20170918.flv20180917_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
2. | 18.9 9:00-11:00 | N1 | Exercises. Rules of inference for propositional logic. | [T: 1.6] | 20170919.flv20180918_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
3. | 19.9 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Architectures and hardware design. | [A: 1] | 20171113.pdf20171114.mp420180919_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
4. | 20.9 11:00-13:00 | M-Lab | Algorithms and programming: notions, programming steps, states, expressions and assignment. Introduction to Python. Data types, expressions using numbers, variables. | [P: 1-4] | 20170920.mp420180920_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
5. | 24.9 11:00-13:00 | C1 | First Order Logic: Predicates and Quantifiers, Rules of Inference | [T: 1.4-1.6] | 20180924_en.m4v | Rossetti |
6. | 25.9 9:00-11:00 | N1 | Sets and Set Operations | [T: 2.1-2.2] | 20180925_en.m4v | Rossetti |
7. | 26.9 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Exercises and programming practice. Simple functions, input, if-else, if-elif-else. | [P: 1-4] | Esercizi1.pdf20180926_I_en.mp420180926_II_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
8. | 27.9 11:00-13:00 | M-Lab | while, for. | [P: 4-7] | Esercizi2.pdf20170926.mp420180927_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
9. | 01.10 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Concepts of Operating Systems I. | Lezione9_IntroduzioneOS.pdfLezione10_FileSystem.pdf20171207.mp4 | Prencipe | |
9.1 | 01.10 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Concepts of Operating Systems I. | Lezione9_IntroduzioneOS_en.pdfLezione10_FileSystem_en.pdf20181001_en.mp4 | Prencipe | |
–. | 02.10 09:00-11:00 | Lesson not held. | ||||
10 | 03.10 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Concepts of Operating Systems II. | 20181001_I_en.mp420181001_II_en.mp4 | Prencipe | |
11. | 4.10 11:00-13:00 | M-Lab | Functions and recursion. | [P: 8-9] | 20171005.mp4Esercizi3.pdfEsercizi3.pdf20181004_I_en.mp420181004_II_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
12. | 8.10 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Exercises on Predicate Logic and Sets | 20181008_en.m4v | Rossetti | |
13. | 9. 10 9:00-11:00 | N1 | Functions, Sequences, Set Cardinality, Matrices | [T: 2.3-2.6] | 20181009_en.m4v | Rossetti |
14. | 10.10 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Strings, tuples, lists, dictionaries, sets. | [P: 10-14] | 20171011.mp420181010_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
15. | 11.10 11:00-13:00 | M-Lab | Exercises on strings, tuples, lists, dictionaries and sets. | [P: 10-14] | Esercizi4.pdf20181011_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
16. | 15.10 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Exercises on Functions, Sequences, Set Cardinality. High Order Functions. | 20181015_en.m4v | Rossetti | |
17. | 16. 10 9:00-11:00 | N1 | Divisibility. Primes. Integer Representation. | [T: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5] | 20181016_en.m4v | Rossetti |
18. | 17.10 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Selection sort and Mergesort, text and binary files, exceptions, bitwise operators. | [P: 15-19] | 20171018.mp420181017_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
19. | 18.10 11:00-13:00 | M-Lab | Debugging. Exercises on sorting, files, exceptions. | [P: 15-19] | Debug.pdfEsercizi5.pdf20181018_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
20. | 22.10 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Exercises on Primes, Integer Representation, Divisibility. Induction. | [T: 5.1] | 20181022_en.m4v | Rossetti |
21. | 23. 10 9:00-11:00 | N1 | Strong Induction, Recursion, Structural Induction. | [T: 5.2, 5.3, 5.4] | 20181023_en.m4v | Rossetti |
22. | 24.10 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Classes, Object and Overloading. | [P: 20-21] | 20171108.mp420181024_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
23. | 25.10 11:00-13:00 | M-Lab | Inheritance, iterators and generators, command line processing. Exercises on classes, objects and overloading. | [P: 22-24] | Esercizi6.pdf20171122.mp420181025_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
24. | 5.11 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Exercises on induction and recursive programming. Basic of counting. The Pigeonhole Principle. Permutations. | [T: 6.1-6.2] | 20181105_en.m4v | Rossetti |
25. | 6.11 9:00-11:00 | N1 | Combinations. Binomial coefficient. Exercises on recursive programming. | [T: 6.3-6.4] | 20181106_en.m4v | Rossetti |
26. | 7.11 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | The Unix Shell. Introduction to C: pre-processor, compiler, linker. Structure of a C-program. | [P: 22-24][C: 1-5] | IntroUnix.pdfintroUnix_en.pdfEsercizi7.pdf8-ShellEx_en.pdf20171123.mp4 | Prencipe |
27. | 8.11 11:00-13:00 | M-Lab | Introduction to C: pre-processor, compiler, linker. Structure of a C-program, types, if-for, switch. | [C: 1-5] | intro-C_en.pdf9.1-Cex_en.pdf9.2-Cex_en.pdf20181108_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
28. | 12.11 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Exercises on counting. Relations. | [T: 9.1] | 20181112_en.m4v | Rossetti |
29. | 13.11 11:00-13:00 | N1 | Relations, posets. | [T: 9.3, 9.4, 9.6] | 20181113_en.m4v | Rossetti |
30. | 14.11 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Introduction to C: arrays, functions, scope. | [C: 1-5] | 20171129.mp420181114_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
31. | 15.11 11:00-13:00 | M-Lab | Introduction to C: pointers and memory. Exercises on Python and C. | [C: 1-5] | 20171130.mp420181115_en.mp4Esercizi9_introC_en.zip | Prencipe |
32. | 19.11 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Exercises on relations and posets. Inclusion-exclusion. | [T: 8.5,8.6] | 20181119_en.m4v | Rossetti |
33. | 21.11 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Equivalence relations. Relational operators in Python. | [T: 9.5] | 20181121_en.m4v | Rossetti |
34. | 22.11 11:00-13:00 | M-Lab | Introduction to C: dangling pointers and memory leaks. | [C: 1-5] | 20181122_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
35. | 26.11 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Grammars. | [T: 13.1] | 20181126_en.m4v | Rossetti |
36. | 27.11 11:00-13:00 | N1 | Finite-state automata, regular expressions. | [T: 13.3, 13.4] | 20181127_en.m4v | Rossetti |
37. | 28.11 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Introduction to C: struct, lists | [C: 6] | 20171206.mp420181128_en.mp4Esercizi10_en.zip | Prencipe |
38. | 29.11 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Introduction to C: libraries, strings | [C: 1-6] | 20181129_en.mp4 | Prencipe |
39. | 03.12 11:00-13:00 | C1 | Regular expressions in Python. Syntax and semantics of C expressions. | [P: 25] | Rossetti | |
40. | 04.12 11:00-13:00 | N1 | A Python interpreter of C expressions. Type checking. | Rossetti | ||
41. | 05.12 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Fake Test | 20181205-FakeTest.pdf20181205-FakeTestSoluzione.pdf | Prencipe | |
42. | 06.12 11:00-13:00 | M-Lab | Exercises | Prencipe | ||
43. | 10.12 11:00-13:00 | C1 | A Python interpreter of C commands. | Rossetti | ||
44. | 11.12 11:00-13:00 | N1 | A Python interpreter of C commands. Wrap-up on programming languages. | Rossetti | ||
45. | 12.12 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Exercises | Prencipe | ||
46. | 12.12 16:00-18:00 | M-Lab | Exercises | Prencipe |