| 01/14 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
1 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 01/14 |
Wed |
Lecture |
1 |
1 |
One dimensional optimization & sensitivity analysis |
| 01/15 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
1 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 01/18 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
1 |
no assignment collected |
| 01/19 |
Mon |
Tufts |
|
2 |
No classes: MLK Day |
| 01/21 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
2 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 01/21 |
Wed |
Lecture |
2 |
2 |
Multi-dimensional optimization; Lagrange |
| 01/21 |
Wed |
Tufts |
|
2 |
Academic Date: Last day to add a course |
| 01/21 |
Wed |
Tufts |
|
2 |
Tufts: Monday schedule |
| 01/22 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
2 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 01/25 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
2 |
PS01: Optimization |
| 01/26 |
Mon |
Lecture |
3 |
3 |
Lagrange continued; root finding via Newton’s method & variants |
| 01/28 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
3 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 01/28 |
Wed |
Lecture |
4 |
3 |
Types of optimization & linear programming |
| 01/29 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
3 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 02/01 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
3 |
PS02: Linear programs |
| 02/02 |
Mon |
Lecture |
5 |
4 |
Duality & complementary slackness |
| 02/04 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
4 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 02/04 |
Wed |
Lecture |
6 |
4 |
Network flows |
| 02/05 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
4 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 02/08 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
4 |
PS03: Dual linear programs |
| 02/09 |
Mon |
Lecture |
7 |
5 |
integer programming |
| 02/11 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
5 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 02/11 |
Wed |
Lecture |
8 |
5 |
Branch & Bound algorithms |
| 02/12 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
5 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 02/15 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
5 |
midterm report 1 (linear programming) |
| 02/16 |
Mon |
Tufts |
|
6 |
No classes: Presidents’ Day |
| 02/18 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
6 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 02/18 |
Wed |
Lecture |
9 |
6 |
max flow & min cut |
| 02/18 |
Wed |
Tufts |
|
6 |
Academic Date: Last day to drop a course without record |
| 02/19 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
6 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 02/22 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
6 |
PS04: integer programming & max flow |
| 02/23 |
Mon |
Lecture |
10 |
7 |
graph models |
| 02/25 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
7 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 02/25 |
Wed |
Lecture |
11 |
7 |
Bipartite graphs & matching |
| 02/26 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
7 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 03/01 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
7 |
PS05: matching and finite-state machines |
| 03/02 |
Mon |
Lecture |
12 |
8 |
Finite-state machines & Transition diagrams |
| 03/04 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
8 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 03/04 |
Wed |
Lecture |
13 |
8 |
Iteration matrices; eigenvectors & power iterations |
| 03/05 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
8 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 03/08 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
8 |
PS06: eigenvalues & Markov processes |
| 03/09 |
Mon |
Lecture |
14 |
9 |
Markov chains |
| 03/11 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
9 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 03/11 |
Wed |
Lecture |
15 |
9 |
statistics |
| 03/12 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
9 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 03/14 |
Sat |
Tufts |
|
9 |
No classes: Spring Break |
| 03/15 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
9 |
(no homework – spring break begins) |
| 03/15 |
Sun |
Tufts |
|
9 |
No classes: Spring Break |
| 03/16 |
Mon |
Tufts |
|
10 |
No classes: Spring Break |
| 03/17 |
Tue |
Tufts |
|
10 |
No classes: Spring Break |
| 03/18 |
Wed |
Tufts |
|
10 |
No classes: Spring Break |
| 03/19 |
Thu |
Tufts |
|
10 |
No classes: Spring Break |
| 03/20 |
Fri |
Tufts |
|
10 |
No classes: Spring Break |
| 03/21 |
Sat |
Tufts |
|
10 |
No classes: Spring Break |
| 03/22 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
10 |
midterm report 2 (page-rank) |
| 03/22 |
Sun |
Tufts |
|
10 |
No classes: Spring Break |
| 03/23 |
Mon |
Lecture |
16 |
11 |
the Central Limit Theorem |
| 03/25 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
11 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 03/25 |
Wed |
Lecture |
17 |
11 |
Monte-Carlo integration |
| 03/26 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
11 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 03/29 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
11 |
PS07: Monte-Carlo methods |
| 03/30 |
Mon |
Lecture |
18 |
12 |
Monte-Carlo simulation |
| 04/01 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
12 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 04/01 |
Wed |
Lecture |
19 |
12 |
Binomial & Poisson distributions |
| 04/01 |
Wed |
Tufts |
|
12 |
Academic Date: Last day to withdraw from a course with W |
| 04/01 |
Wed |
Tufts |
|
12 |
Academic Date: Last day to select Pass/Fail Option |
| 04/02 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
12 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 04/05 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
12 |
PS08: binomial & poisson distributions |
| 04/06 |
Mon |
Lecture |
20 |
13 |
Binomial & Poisson distributions |
| 04/08 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
13 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 04/08 |
Wed |
Lecture |
21 |
13 |
Linear least squares |
| 04/09 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
13 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 04/12 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
13 |
PS09: least squares & inverse problems |
| 04/13 |
Mon |
Lecture |
22 |
14 |
Linear least squares |
| 04/13 |
Mon |
Assignment |
|
14 |
Final project proposals due |
| 04/15 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
14 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 04/15 |
Wed |
Lecture |
23 |
14 |
|
| 04/16 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
14 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 04/19 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
14 |
|
| 04/20 |
Mon |
Tufts |
|
15 |
No classes: Patriots’ Day |
| 04/22 |
Wed |
Meeting |
Office hours |
15 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 04/22 |
Wed |
Lecture |
24 |
15 |
|
| 04/23 |
Thu |
Meeting |
Office hours |
15 |
15:00-16:00 JCC 559 |
| 04/26 |
Sun |
Assignment |
|
15 |
|
| 04/27 |
Mon |
Lecture |
25 |
16 |
|
| 04/28 |
Tue |
Tufts |
|
16 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 04/29 |
Wed |
Tufts |
|
16 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 04/30 |
Thu |
Tufts |
|
16 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 05/01 |
Fri |
Tufts |
|
16 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 05/01 |
Fri |
Tufts |
|
16 |
Academic Date: Final Exam Period |
| 05/02 |
Sat |
Assignment |
|
16 |
Final Project Due |
| 05/02 |
Sat |
Tufts |
|
16 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 05/02 |
Sat |
Tufts |
|
16 |
Academic Date: Final Exam Period |
| 05/03 |
Sun |
Tufts |
|
16 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 05/03 |
Sun |
Tufts |
|
16 |
Academic Date: Final Exam Period |
| 05/04 |
Mon |
Tufts |
|
17 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 05/04 |
Mon |
Tufts |
|
17 |
Academic Date: Final Exam Period |
| 05/05 |
Tue |
Tufts |
|
17 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 05/05 |
Tue |
Tufts |
|
17 |
Academic Date: Final Exam Period |
| 05/06 |
Wed |
Tufts |
|
17 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 05/06 |
Wed |
Tufts |
|
17 |
Academic Date: Final Exam Period |
| 05/07 |
Thu |
Tufts |
|
17 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 05/07 |
Thu |
Tufts |
|
17 |
Academic Date: Final Exam Period |
| 05/08 |
Fri |
Tufts |
|
17 |
Academic Date: Reading Period |
| 05/08 |
Fri |
Tufts |
|
17 |
Academic Date: Final Exam Period |