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  <name>Amir Shahmoradi</name>
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  <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lecture 6: Python - Vectorization, visualization, and probabilistic modeling]]></title>
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  <published>2021-04-16T00:00:00-05:00</published>
  <updated>0000-00-00T00:00:00-00:00</updated>
  
  <author>
    <name>Amir Shahmoradi</name>
    <uri>http:/DSP2021S</uri>
    <email>shahmoradi@utexas.edu</email>
  </author>
  
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&lt;p&gt;This lecture aims at providing an overview of packaging methods in Python, as well as data input/output methods.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;post_toc&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The material for this lecture can be found at:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/scientific-computing/vectorization/vectorization.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Vectorization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/visualization/overview/overview.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Visualization: Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/visualization/2d/2d.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Visualization: 2D&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/visualization/3d/3d.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Visualization: 3D&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/probabilistic-modeling/random-numbers/random-numbers.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Probabilistic modeling: Random numbers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/probabilistic-modeling/monte-carlo/monte-carlo.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Probabilistic modeling: Monte Carlo methods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

  
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S/lecture/6-visualization-modeling&quot;&gt;Lecture 6: Python - Vectorization, visualization, and probabilistic modeling&lt;/a&gt; was originally published by Amir Shahmoradi at &lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S&quot;&gt;DATA 1401 - Data Science with Python - Spring 2021 - MW 14:30-15:50 @ Teams&lt;/a&gt; on April 16, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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<entry>
  <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lecture 5: Python - modules, data I/O, exception handling, and unit testing]]></title>
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  <published>2021-03-31T00:00:00-05:00</published>
  <updated>0000-00-00T00:00:00-00:00</updated>
  
  <author>
    <name>Amir Shahmoradi</name>
    <uri>http:/DSP2021S</uri>
    <email>shahmoradi@utexas.edu</email>
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&lt;p&gt;This lecture aims at providing an overview of packaging methods in Python, as well as data input/output methods.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;post_toc&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The material for this lecture can be found at:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/program-units/modules/modules.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Modules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/data-transfer/input/input.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Data input methods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/data-transfer/output/output.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Data output methods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/exceptions-errors/exception-handling/exception-handling.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Exception handling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/exceptions-errors/unit-testing/unit-testing.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Unit testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

  
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S/lecture/5-modules-io-exception&quot;&gt;Lecture 5: Python - modules, data I/O, exception handling, and unit testing&lt;/a&gt; was originally published by Amir Shahmoradi at &lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S&quot;&gt;DATA 1401 - Data Science with Python - Spring 2021 - MW 14:30-15:50 @ Teams&lt;/a&gt; on March 31, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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  <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lecture 4: Python - branches, looping, and functions]]></title>
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  <published>2021-03-01T00:00:00-06:00</published>
  <updated>0000-00-00T00:00:00-00:00</updated>
  
  <author>
    <name>Amir Shahmoradi</name>
    <uri>http:/DSP2021S</uri>
    <email>shahmoradi@utexas.edu</email>
  </author>
  
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&lt;p&gt;This lecture aims at providing an overview of methods of checking conditions and iterating over lists in Python, as well as the concept of functions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;post_toc&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The material for this lecture can be found at:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/control-constructs/branching/branching.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Branching and If-constructs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/control-constructs/looping/looping.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Loops and iteration constructs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/program-units/functions/functions.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Functions in Python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

  
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S/lecture/4-python-branches-looping-functions&quot;&gt;Lecture 4: Python - branches, looping, and functions&lt;/a&gt; was originally published by Amir Shahmoradi at &lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S&quot;&gt;DATA 1401 - Data Science with Python - Spring 2021 - MW 14:30-15:50 @ Teams&lt;/a&gt; on March 01, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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<entry>
  <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lecture 3: Python - values, variables, and types]]></title>
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  <published>2021-02-10T00:00:00-06:00</published>
  <updated>0000-00-00T00:00:00-00:00</updated>
  
  <author>
    <name>Amir Shahmoradi</name>
    <uri>http:/DSP2021S</uri>
    <email>shahmoradi@utexas.edu</email>
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&lt;p&gt;This lecture aims at providing an overview of methods of interacting with Python as well as the fundamental types in Python.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;post_toc&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The material for this lecture can be found at:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/values-variables-types/first-program/first-program.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;First Python program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/values-variables-types/values/values.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Values in Python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/values-variables-types/variables/variables.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Variables in Python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

  
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S/lecture/3-beginner-python&quot;&gt;Lecture 3: Python - values, variables, and types&lt;/a&gt; was originally published by Amir Shahmoradi at &lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S&quot;&gt;DATA 1401 - Data Science with Python - Spring 2021 - MW 14:30-15:50 @ Teams&lt;/a&gt; on February 10, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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<entry>
  <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lecture 2: A brief history of computer programming]]></title>
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  <published>2021-02-08T00:00:00-06:00</published>
  <updated>0000-00-00T00:00:00-00:00</updated>
  
  <author>
    <name>Amir Shahmoradi</name>
    <uri>http:/DSP2021S</uri>
    <email>shahmoradi@utexas.edu</email>
  </author>
  
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&lt;p&gt;This lecture aims at providing an overview of computer programming history and, in particular, Python, as we well as popular implementations of Python interpreter and editors and how to install them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;post_toc&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The material for this lecture can be found at:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/preliminary-foundations/programming-history/programming-history.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;programming history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/preliminary-foundations/computer-program-structure/computer-program-structure.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Computer program structure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/preliminary-foundations/python-for-beginners/python-for-beginners.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Python for beginners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;


  
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S/lecture/2-history&quot;&gt;Lecture 2: A brief history of computer programming&lt;/a&gt; was originally published by Amir Shahmoradi at &lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S&quot;&gt;DATA 1401 - Data Science with Python - Spring 2021 - MW 14:30-15:50 @ Teams&lt;/a&gt; on February 08, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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<entry>
  <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lecture 1: Version Control Systems, Git, and GitHub]]></title>
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  <id>http:/DSP2021S/lecture/1-vcs</id>
  <published>2021-01-20T00:00:00-06:00</published>
  <updated>0000-00-00T00:00:00-00:00</updated>
  
  <author>
    <name>Amir Shahmoradi</name>
    <uri>http:/DSP2021S</uri>
    <email>shahmoradi@utexas.edu</email>
  </author>
  
  <content type="html">
  
    
&lt;p&gt;This lecture aims at providing an overview of the Version Control Systems (VCS) and how to use them for our needs in this course.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;post_toc&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&quot;version-control-systems-git-and-github&quot;&gt;Version Control Systems, Git, and GitHub&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To lean about VCS, Git, and GitHub, we will follow the lecture notes available here,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/python/notes/preliminary-foundations/version-control-system/version-control-system.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;VCS (Python)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org/matlab/notes/preliminary-foundations/version-control-system/version-control-system.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;VCS (MATLAB)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

  
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S/lecture/1-vcs&quot;&gt;Lecture 1: Version Control Systems, Git, and GitHub&lt;/a&gt; was originally published by Amir Shahmoradi at &lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S&quot;&gt;DATA 1401 - Data Science with Python - Spring 2021 - MW 14:30-15:50 @ Teams&lt;/a&gt; on January 20, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title type="html"><![CDATA[Announcement 1: Assessing your programming knowledge and interests]]></title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http:/DSP2021S/announcement/1-assessing-your-knowledge-and-interests"/>
  <id>http:/DSP2021S/announcement/1-assessing-your-knowledge-and-interests</id>
  <published>2021-01-20T00:00:00-06:00</published>
  <updated>2021-01-20T00:00:00-06:00</updated>
  <author>
    <name>Amir Shahmoradi</name>
    <uri>http:/DSP2021S</uri>
    <email>shahmoradi@utexas.edu</email>
  </author>
  
  <content type="html">
  
    &lt;p&gt;The goal of this survey is to assess your prior programming experience and to identify the favorite programming language and Data Science topics for this class. Ask Amir to send you a link to the survey if you have not already received it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;survey-results&quot;&gt;Survey results&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The survey results will be posted here for your knowledge, once it is complete.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The following are the summaries of the responses to the survey questions. The total number of survey respondents is 20.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S/announcement/1-assessing-your-knowledge-and-interests&quot;&gt;Announcement 1: Assessing your programming knowledge and interests&lt;/a&gt; was originally published by Amir Shahmoradi at &lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S&quot;&gt;DATA 1401 - Data Science with Python - Spring 2021 - MW 14:30-15:50 @ Teams&lt;/a&gt; on January 20, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title type="html"><![CDATA[Announcement 0: Student-professor connection day]]></title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http:/DSP2021S/announcement/0-student-professor-connection-day"/>
  <id>http:/DSP2021S/announcement/0-student-professor-connection-day</id>
  <published>2021-01-20T00:00:00-06:00</published>
  <updated>2021-01-20T00:00:00-06:00</updated>
  <author>
    <name>Amir Shahmoradi</name>
    <uri>http:/DSP2021S</uri>
    <email>shahmoradi@utexas.edu</email>
  </author>
  
  <content type="html">
  
    &lt;p&gt;On the first day of our class, we will try to get to know each other and I will attempt to describe my research work and educational background for you, as well as what we should expect from this course. We will also discuss the survey that have filled out (or will do so) to better plan for our course.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;post_toc&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;about-me-amir-the-instructor&quot;&gt;About me, Amir, the instructor&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am a physicist and researcher, and currently a faculty member at &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.uta.edu/physics/&quot;&gt;the Department of Physics&lt;/a&gt; as well as the Data Science Program in &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.uta.edu/science/index.php&quot;&gt;The College of Science&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.uta.edu/&quot;&gt;The University of Texas at Arlington&lt;/a&gt;. You can find more information about me, our group, and our research at &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.cdslab.org&quot;&gt;cdslab.org&lt;/a&gt;. Here is a summary of my life in a few pictures:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was introduced to the world of information and computer programming around 1991 by my father and elder brother. By the end of elementary school, I was so impressed with and knew enough about computer software to write a few simple &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_game&quot;&gt;computer games&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QBasic&quot;&gt;QBasic programming language&lt;/a&gt; on our first family personal computer, &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_386SLC&quot;&gt;IBM 386&lt;/a&gt;. Here is an example of how computer games looked liked 30 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;div class=&quot;video-wrapper&quot;&gt;
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        &lt;iframe width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/4TSF5sIgorA&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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            &lt;figcaption&gt;A portrait of me at high-school by my friends&lt;/figcaption&gt;
        
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&lt;p&gt;I never imagined a day I would use computer programming for scientific purposes. Nevertheless, there has been almost no single day that I have not used scientific programming for my work and research, ever since I entered graduate school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;my-research-topics&quot;&gt;My research topics&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The following are a few examples of what I do nowadays as part of my scientific research at UT Austin.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&quot;theoretical-astrophysics&quot;&gt;Theoretical Astrophysics&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While my current focus of research is mathematical modelling of tumor growth and Monte Carlo samplers, I am and have been working in multiple branches of science and engineering for several years, from the subatomic world of &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_particle&quot;&gt;elementary particles&lt;/a&gt;, to the microscopic world of &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromolecule&quot;&gt;biological macromolecules&lt;/a&gt;, to &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-ray_burst&quot;&gt;astrophysical phenomena&lt;/a&gt; occurring on the grandest scales of the &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe&quot;&gt;observable Universe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For several years of my research, I have been working on understanding Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) and their physics. Below is a movie of the moment a Short-duration GRB is generated from the merger of a binary Neutron star system.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h3 id=&quot;theoretical-biology-bioinformatics&quot;&gt;Theoretical Biology, Bioinformatics&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have also worked for a few years in the field of bioinformatics and evolutionary biology. The overarching goal in the field of protein bioinformatics and biophysics is to understand how proteins fold into their unique structure, and what determines the stability of the protein &lt;abbr title=&quot;3-Dimensional&quot;&gt;3D&lt;/abbr&gt; structure.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;One of the workhorses of this field, is therefore &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_dynamics&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;molecular dynamic simulation&lt;/a&gt; to probe the dynamics of proteins and their interactions with other molecules. The following is a 1.5ns molecular dynamics simulation of Human Influenza H1 Hemagglutinin protein (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1rd8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;1RD8&lt;/a&gt;, chains AB).&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h3 id=&quot;petroleum-engineering&quot;&gt;Petroleum Engineering&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;h3 id=&quot;computational-oncology&quot;&gt;Computational Oncology&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What you see in the figures below, is a representation of the growth of Glioblastoma tumor cells in a Rat’s brain over time.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h4 id=&quot;the-temporal-evolution-of-the-growth-of-glioma-tumor-in-rat&quot;&gt;The temporal evolution of the growth of Glioma tumor in rat&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;h3 id=&quot;monte-carlo-simulation-and-integration-methods&quot;&gt;Monte Carlo Simulation and Integration Methods&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the fields on which my research is currently focused, is developing Monte Carlo optimizer/sampler and integrator algorithms for Bayesian inverse problems.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4 id=&quot;development-of-monte-carlo-sampling-algorithms&quot;&gt;Development of Monte Carlo sampling algorithms&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Below you see example animations of two &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain_Monte_Carlo&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Markov Chain Monte Carlo&lt;/a&gt; (MCMC) samplers, both of which sample a double Gaussian-peak function, but with different MCMC sampling parameters.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h4 id=&quot;development-of-monte-carlo-integration-algorithms&quot;&gt;Development of Monte Carlo integration algorithms&lt;/h4&gt;

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&lt;h4 id=&quot;biomedical-data-science&quot;&gt;Biomedical Data Science&lt;/h4&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S/announcement/0-student-professor-connection-day&quot;&gt;Announcement 0: Student-professor connection day&lt;/a&gt; was originally published by Amir Shahmoradi at &lt;a href=&quot;http:/DSP2021S&quot;&gt;DATA 1401 - Data Science with Python - Spring 2021 - MW 14:30-15:50 @ Teams&lt;/a&gt; on January 20, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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