CS109: Introduction to Probability for Computer Scientists

CS109: Introduction to Probability for Computer Scientists
Winter 2011-2012

Staff Email: cs109@cs.stanford.edu

Announcements

Graded Problem Set #1's will be returned after class on Friday, January 27. If you did not get your graded problem set back after class, you can pick it up in a box labeled Graded CS109 Problem Sets located under the CS109 handout bins in the Gates building.

Note: Usually, graded problem sets are returned one week after you turned them in. If you turned in a problem set late, you should expect to get it returned one week after the date you turned it in.

Your graded problem set will have the name of your primary course contact on it. Your primary course contact is the TA who will be grading your problem sets. If you have any specific concerns/questions about grading, please direct them to your primary course contact.

Solutions to Problem Set #1 will be distributed in class on Friday, January 27. After solutions are distributed, we will not be able to accept any more late Problem Set #1 submissions.

Week of January 9th

If you are interested in writing-up your problem sets using the LaTex system (this is purely optional), there is a short intoduction to LaTex available as a PDF document, and you can also obtain the original LaTex file that was used to generate that PDF (so you can see an example of LaTex source).
If you are thinking of writing your solutions for the Problem Sets in LaTex, you might find it useful to start with this LaTex template file for Problem sets.

Please watch this web site for important class announcements or assignment errata.

You might also be interested in the one unit course CS109L: Statistical Programming with R Laboratory.
Handouts from class will be available on the handouts page. Any hardcopies remaining after class will be available in the handout bins on the first floor of the Gates building.

Staff office hours and locations will be posted on the Course Staff page.
The Wall Street Journal published an article entitled New Hiring Formula Values Math Pros talking about how employers are seeking computer scientists with training in statistics and probability. CS109 is specifically mentioned in the article.

An article from the New York Times discusses the increasing importance of statistics in computing. The article is entitled For Today's Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics.