Optimization and Computational Linear Algebra Recitation - Fall 2019


Lay of the land

Instructor: Léo Miolane
Class: Tuesday, 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM, 12WV G08
Lecture material

Section Leader: Ashwin Bhola
Recitation: Wednesday, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM, 19W4 101
Ashwin's Office hours: Thursday, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, CDS 650

Piazza page for the course here

Resources

There are many videos that can be found online regarding linear algebra and optimization:
  1. If you are interested in a book that focuses more on applications to data science and engineering, take a look at Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra, by Boyd and Vandenberghe
  2. The all time classic, Introduction to Linear Algebra by Prof. Gilbert Strang
  3. Also, Prof. Gilbert Strang has a full set of linear algebra video lectures from his MIT course available here: 18.06 Linear Algebra. This contains some material not relevant to DS-GA 1014, but it's always good to learn some things from the sensei himself
  4. YouTuber 3Blue1Brown has a nice set of videos on linear algebra online with beautiful illustrations: Essence of Linear Algebra

Recitations and Concept checks

  1. Week 1: Recitation(slides, solutions), Concept Check(slides, solutions)
  2. Week 2: Recitation(slides, solutions), Concept Check(slides, solutions)
  3. Week 3: Recitation(slides, solutions)
  4. Week 4: Recitation(slides, solutions)
  5. Week 5: Recitation(slides, solutions)
  6. Week 6: Recitation(slides, solutions)
  7. Week 7: Midterm review(Review 1, Review 2)
  8. Week 9: Recitation(slides, solutions)
  9. Week 10: Recitation(slides, solutions)
  10. Week 11: Recitation(slides, solutions)
  11. Week 12: Recitation(slides, solutions)
  12. Week 14: Recitation(slides, solutions)

Most of the questions in the recitations and concept checks are from the resources mentioned above or from Prof. Afonso’s DS-GA 1014 Fall 2018 lectures