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Added phase color coding and presentations to schedule
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</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 1 ### -->
<!-- <td colspan="4" style="background-color: #D8BFD8">Week 0</td> -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 1</b></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #ededed"><b>Week 1</b> <i>(Preliminaries)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tue Sep 3</td>
<td>Welcome and introduction.</td>
<td> Materials link <a href="URL">here</a></td>
<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
<td><b>Assigned:</b> Intro Survey, HW1-Command Shells<br><b>Due:</b> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Thu Sep 5</td>
<td>Project Pitches.</td>
<td><b>Project Pitches</b></td>
<td>Materials link <a href="URL">here</a></td>
<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> Intro Surveys </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 2 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 2</b></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #ededed"><b>Week 2</b> <i>(Preliminaries)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tue Sep 10</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 3 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 3</b> <i>(Project Week 1 -- Project Definition)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #fce9d7"><b>Week 3</b> <i>(Project Week 1 -- Project Definition)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tue Sep 17</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 4 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 4</b> <i>(Project Week 2 -- Project Definition)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #fce9d7"><b>Week 4</b> <i>(Project Week 2 -- Project Definition)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tue Sep 24</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 5 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 5</b> <i>(Project Week 3 -- Research)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #fcfad7"><b>Week 5</b> <i>(Project Week 3 -- Research)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tue Oct 01</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 6 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 6</b> <i>(Project Week 4 -- EDA)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #eefcd7"><b>Week 6</b> <i>(Project Week 4 -- EDA)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr style="background-color: #fcd7e2">
<td>Tue Oct 8</td>
<td>Lecture description.</td>
<td><b>Project Definition and Research Presentations</b></td>
<td> Materials link <a href="URL">here</a></td>
<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> Presentations </td>
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<tr>
<td>Thu Oct 10</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 7 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 7</b> <i>(Project Week 5 -- EDA)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #eefcd7"><b>Week 7</b> <i>(Project Week 5 -- EDA)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tue Oct 15</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 8 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 8</b> <i>(Project Week 6 -- PoC)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #d7fcf8"><b>Week 8</b> <i>(Project Week 6 -- PoC)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr style="background-color: #fcd7e2">
<td>Tue Oct 22</td>
<td>Lecture description.</td>
<td><b>Project EDA Presentations</b></td>
<td> Materials link <a href="URL">here</a></td>
<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> Presentations </td>
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<td>Thu Oct 24</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 9 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 9</b> <i>(Project Week 7 -- PoC)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #d7fcf8"><b>Week 9</b> <i>(Project Week 7 -- PoC)</i></td>
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<td>Tue Oct 29</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 10 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 10</b> <i>(Project Week 8 -- Deployment)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #d7e2fc"><b>Week 10</b> <i>(Project Week 8 -- Deployment)</i></td>
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<td>Tue Nov 5</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 11 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 11</b> <i>(Project Week 9 -- Deployment)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #d7e2fc"><b>Week 11</b> <i>(Project Week 9 -- Deployment)</i></td>
</tr>
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<td>Tue Nov 12</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 12 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 12</b> <i>(Project Week 10 -- Deployment)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #d7e2fc"><b>Week 12</b> <i>(Project Week 10 -- Deployment)</i></td>
</tr>
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<td>Tue Nov 19</td>
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<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 13 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 13</b> <i>(Project Week 11 -- Evaluation)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #e8d7fc"><b>Week 13</b> <i>(Project Week 11 -- Evaluation)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tue Nov 26</td>
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<td colspan="3">No class. Thanksgiving recess.</td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 14 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 14</b> <i>(Project Week 12 -- Evaluation)</i></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #e8d7fc"><b>Week 14</b> <i>(Project Week 12 -- Evaluation)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tue Dec 3</td>
<td>Lecture description.</td>
<td> Materials link <a href="URL">here</a></td>
<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr style="background-color: #fcd7e2">
<td>Thu Dec 5</td>
<td>Project Presentations.</td>
<td><b>Project Final Presentations</b></td>
<td>Materials link <a href="URL">here</a></td>
<td><b>Assigned:</b> PS #<br><b>Due:</b> PS # </td>
</tr>
<tr> <!-- ### Week 15 ### -->
<td colspan="4"><b>Week 15</b></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: #ededed"><b>Week 15</b> <i>(Presentations and Demos)</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tue Dec 10</td>
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| % of Grade | Category | Notes |
| ---------- | -------- | ----- |
| 15% | Assignments | Grading rubrics are available on individual assignment pages. You must pass the diagnostic assessment to receive a passing grade in the class. |
| 15% | Attendance and Participation | Students are graded on their in person attendance, class participation and individual contributions towards the project. |
| 50% | Project | Students are graded on their individual contributions and overall quality of the project (see below) |
| 5% | Peer evaluations | Each student will receive midterm and final peer evaluations from members of their project |
| 5% | Midterm presentation | Student teams will present their projects to the rest of the class. All students on a team will receive the same grade. |
| 10% | Final presentations | Student teams will present their projects to the rest of the class. All students on a team will receive the same grade, barring special circumstances. |
| 15% | Assignments | Grading rubrics are available on individual assignment pages. |
| 10% | Attendance and Participation | Students are graded on their in attendance, participation and engagement during lectures. |
| 15% | Presentations | Student teams will give interim and final presentation on their projects to the rest of the class. All students on a team will receive the same grade. |
| 60% | Project | Students are graded on their individual contributions and overall quality of the project (see below) |

Given that this is a practicum, the project is central to this course and is worth 50% of your final grade. We will be partnering with BU Spark! to work on a semester-long, machine learning project. Projects are sourced from external partners and are complex enough to provide students with real-world ML experience.
Given that this is a practicum, the project is central to this course and is
worth 60% of your final grade. We will be partnering with BU Spark! to work on a
semester-long, machine learning project. Projects are sourced from external
partners and are complex enough to provide students with real-world ML experience.

### Project Grading

Projects will be graded on:
Projects will be graded based on a combination of overall project outcome and
individual contributions.

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<th> Description/Notes </th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 30% </td>
<td> Objectives Achieved </td>
<td> Ultimately the goal of the project is to deliver towards the client's expectations. Did the project accomplish a sufficient number of (possibly revised) objectives?</td>
<td> 40% </td>
<td> Project Impact and Success </td>
<td> Ultimately the goal of the project is to deliver towards the
client's expectations.
<ul>
<li> Did the project accomplish a sufficient number of (possibly
revised) objectives?</li>
<li> Was the client relationship managed well? </td>
</ul>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 10% </td>
<td> Client Relationship & Management </td>
<td> 20% </td>
<td> Repo Software and Documentation Quality, Reproducibility </td>
<td>
<ul>
<li> Did the team develop a positive, constructive rapport with the clients?</li>
<li> Did the team clarify client expectations and problem definition sufficiently?</li>
<li> Were project deliverables defined and updated with client input and approval?</li>
<li> Is the Github repository well organized and easy to navigate?</li>
<li> Is the repo well documented especially with replication steps?</li>
<li> Can one start from a new environment and easily setup and run?</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 25% </td>
<td> Algorithmic Soundness </td>
<td>
<ul>
<li> Is the training process well documented and reproducible?</li>
<li> Is the evaluation process rigorous and reproducible?</li>
<li> Is the dataset available and any preprocessing or augmentation well documented? </li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 25% </td>
<td> Code quality, organization and reproducibility </td>
<td>
<td> 30% </td>
<td> Individual Contribution </td>
<td> Is there clear evidence of
<ul>
<li> Is the source code for the application well-structured with meaningful folder structure and intuitive filenames?</li>
<li> Is the environment documented and easily recreated?</li>
<li>n Is there a top-level README that orients the user to the repository, installation and operating instructions and summarizes results?</li>
<li> Is the project replicable? Has a clean installation been attempted?</li>
<li> Attendance and active participation in class lab time, client and team meetings?</li>
<li> Documented activities in sprint plan history?</li>
<li> Git commit history and co-authored git commits? </li>
<li> Record of individual's contributions in document and presentation revision history?</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 10% </td>
<td> Team Process </td>
<td> Did the team meet periodically and operate in sprints? Was project progress incremental? </td>
<td> Individual contribution to collaboration and teamwork</td>
<td> Is there indication, for example from peer reviews, of positive
collaborations and constructive teamwork?
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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Unless explicitly stated, collaboration on assignments and projects among teammates is both allowed and encouraged.

### Use of Generative AI for course work
### Use of Generative AI

Generative AI tools are permitted for coursework, with a strong recommendation to maintain transparency by appropriately citing their usage.

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