Teaching Team
Unit Co-ordinator & Lecturer: Professor Junbin Gao
Consultation hour: Tuesdays 14:00-15:00.
Room 4085, H70.
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Lecturer: Dr Jie Yin
Consultation hour: Mondays 15:30 – 16:30
Room 4035, H70.
Lecturer: Dr Thang Bui
Consultation hour: Wednesdays 14:30 – 15:30
Room 4037, H70.
Lectures
This unit is offered by the Discipline of Business Analytics,
Lectures (Week 1 to Week 13)
Time: Mondays 13:00-15:00
Room: ABS Case Study Lecture Theatre 1060, H70
Lecturer: Professor Junbin Gao
Time: Mondays 16:00-18:00
Room: ABS Case Study Lecture Theatre 1060, H70
Lecturer: Dr Thang Bui
Time: Tuesdays 14:00-16:00
Room: Carslaw Lecture Theatre 273
Lecturer: Dr Jie Yin
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Tutorials
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Tutorials (Week 1 to Week 13)
Time: Mon 12:00 or 18:00 or 19:00
Room: Codrington Computer Laboratory 2 (H69 building)
Time: Mon 17:00
Room: Codrington Computer Laboratory 4 (H69 building)
Time: Tue 10:00 or 18:00 or 19:00
Room: Codrington Computer Laboratory 2 (H69 building)
Time: Tue 12:00
Room: Codrington Computer Laboratory 5 (H69 building)
Time: Wed 17:00
Room: Codrington Computer Laboratory 2 (H69 building)
Time: Thu 17:00 and Fri 09:00
Room: Codrington Computer Laboratory 2 (H69 building)
[The Stream with Special Time Slots]
Time: 18:00 Wed (week 3,5,7,9,11,13) and 19:30 Wed (week 1-2,4,6,8,10,12)
Room: Codrington Computer Laboratory 2 (H69 building)
Note:
This unit contains a 1-hours tutorial which focuses on practical exercises using Python
Students must attend their centrally assigned tutorials
Tutorials
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (2006), Chris M. Bishop,
Springer. (Bishop, 2006)
Data Science for Business (2013), Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, O’Reilly
Media, Inc. (Provost and Fawcett, 2013)
Introduction to Machine Learning (2014), Ethem Alpaydin. The MIT Press.
(Alpaydin, 2014)
The Elements of Statistical Learning (2001), Friedman, Jerome, Trevor
Hastie, and Robert Tibshirani. Springer, Berlin: Springer series in statistics.
(Friedman et al., 2001)
An introduction to statistical learning: With applications in R (2014), Gareth
James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, and Robert Tibshirani. Springer-Verlag,
New York: Springer Texts in Statistics. (James et al., 2014)
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Suggested Reading List
Software
Python (used in this course)
Free and works on PCs, Mac, Unix/Linux
Does statistical modelling, visualisation and programming
Can be used for almost all models to be discussed in this class
Matlab
Licensed: USyd provides a license to enrolled students and can be
downloaded and installed on personal computers
No technical support from the teaching team
Other languages: R, SAS etc. However excel is not enough to
complete most machine learning tasks
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The unit requirements:
Attend a 2-hour lecture per week
Attend a 1-hour tutorial class per week
Submit individual assignments 1&2 – 10% each
Submit the group project report – 20%
Complete mid-semester exam – 20%
Complete the final exam – 40%
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Workload
Weekly Schedules
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Weekly Schedules
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Advice
You should spend a minimum of 12 hours per
week on this unit.
You must attend all lectures & tutorial, and
complete all assessment items.
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Communication with Staff
For general administrative inquiries:
– Contact Ms Colleen, Phone: 9351 3069
– Discipline Executive Officer of the Discipline of Business Analytics, in Room 4082, Abercrombie Building
For inquiries about teaching materials (Technical)
– Preferred method of communication is joining the consultation during office hour, and posting your
questions on Ed discussion
– Enquiries sent by email will not be accepted.
For administrative & all other general inquiries about this unit (Non-
technical)
– Preferred method of communication is verbal, during office hour.
– Email correspondence is also preferred.
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Communication with Staff
Many emails are received every day, so there is no guarantee that your
emails will be answered immediately.
Emails sent from non-university email account will not be read & replied.
Emails with correct subject line will receive high priority.
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Need Help?
Discipline of Business Analytics
– Unit Coordinator, Lecturers and Tutors
Business School
– PASS (Peer-Assisted Study Sessions) – Free enrolment
http://sydney.edu.au/business/learning/students/pass
– Maths in Business – Free enrolment
http://sydney.edu.au/business/learning/students/maths
Faculty of Science
– Mathematics Learning Centre at Level 4, Carslaw
Building (Email: mlc.enquiries@sydney.edu.au)
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Teaching Team
Lectures
Tutorials
Tutorials
Suggested Reading List
Software
Workload
Weekly Schedules
Weekly Schedules
Advice
Communication with Staff
Communication with Staff
Need Help?
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