CS7646 Spring 2019 - Revision history

Jfox44: /* Exams: 25% */

2020-02-06T19:22:10Z

Exams: 25%

Ssung40: /* Course Calendar At-A-Glance */

2019-01-28T19:50:25Z

Course Calendar At-A-Glance

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2019-01-24T22:11:08Z

Course Calendar At-A-Glance

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2019-01-10T22:02:50Z

Course Calendar At-A-Glance

Ssung40: /* Official Course Communication */

2019-01-09T18:02:31Z

Official Course Communication

David.joyner: /* Exams: 25% */

2019-01-08T16:14:39Z

Exams: 25%

David.joyner at 05:20, 7 January 2019

2019-01-07T05:20:27Z

David.joyner at 04:49, 7 January 2019

2019-01-07T04:49:09Z

David.joyner at 02:59, 7 January 2019

2019-01-07T02:59:27Z

David.joyner at 02:46, 7 January 2019

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 === Exams: 25% ===
-There are two exams, each worth 12.5% of your average. Exam 2 is not cumulative; it only covers material after Exam 1. Exams are closed-book, closed-note: you may not consult any resources. Exams will be delivered via Proctortrack. You are encouraged to peruse materials from previous semesters to prepare for the exams, including the [http://quantsoftware.gatech.edu/Midterm_Study_Guide Midterm Study Guide], [http://quantsoftware.gatech.edu/Exam_2_Study_Guide Exam 2 Study Guide], and [http://quantsoftware.gatech.edu/File:Participation-exam-Qs.pdf Practice Exam].
+There are two exams, each worth 12.5% of your average. Exam 2 is not cumulative; it only covers material after Exam 1. Exams are closed-book, closed-note (you may not consult any resources), up to 30 questions and up to 35 minute time limit. Exams will be delivered via Proctortrack. You are encouraged to peruse materials from previous semesters to prepare for the exams, including the [http://quantsoftware.gatech.edu/Midterm_Study_Guide Midterm Study Guide], [http://quantsoftware.gatech.edu/Exam_2_Study_Guide Exam 2 Study Guide], and [http://quantsoftware.gatech.edu/File:Participation-exam-Qs.pdf Practice Exam].
 == Course Policies ==

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      <td>01/28/2019</td>
      <td>03-03<br>03-04<br></td>
-     <td>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3C-gly8bLE Suntrust Visit]*<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBWL4oLT7Uc Decision Trees 1]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVc3cjvDHhw Decision Trees 2]<br>Machine Learning Ch. 3<br></td>
+     <td>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3C-gly8bLE Suntrust Visit]*<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBWL4oLT7Uc Decision Trees 1]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVc3cjvDHhw Decision Trees 2]<br>Machine Learning Ch. 3*<br></td>
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      <td>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ysZptg2Ypk Market Simulator]<br>What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 8<br>What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 12<br></td>
      <td>Exam 1</td>
-     <td>03/03/2019</td>
+     <td>Exam window: 2/25 - 3/03/2019</td>
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      <td>Exam 2</td>
-     <td>04/28/2019</td>
+     <td>Exam window: 4/22 - 4/28/2019</td>
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 == Course Assessments ==

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 We generally prefer to handle class-wide communication via Piazza, but for individual grade-specific communication, your grading TA will generally email you directly, and you should generally email him or her directly as well with questions. We recommend that you do *not* post privately to Piazza in order to communicate with TAs and instructors; email your grading TA first, and escalate to the head TA or instructor if need be.
-Note that this means you won’t be responsible for knowing information communicated in several other methods we’ll be using. You aren’t responsible for knowing anything posted to Piazza that isn’t linked from an official announcement. You aren’t responsible for anything said in Slack or other third-party sites we may sometimes use to communicate with students. You don’t need to worry about missing critical information so long as you keep up with your email and understand the documents on this web site. This also applies in reverse: we do not monitor our Canvas message boxes and we may not respond to direct emails. If you need to get in touch with the course staff, please post privately to Piazza (either to all Instructors or to an instructor individually) or tag the instructor in the relevant post.
+Note that this means you won’t be responsible for knowing information communicated in several other methods we’ll be using. You aren’t responsible for knowing anything posted to Piazza that isn’t linked from an official announcement. You aren’t responsible for anything said in Slack or other third-party sites we may sometimes use to communicate with students. You don’t need to worry about missing critical information so long as you keep up with your email and understand the documents on this web site. This also applies in reverse: we do not monitor our Canvas message boxes. If you need to get in touch with the course staff, please email the instructor/TAs in question.
 === Office Hours ===

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 * Class Pages: [http://quantsoftware.gatech.edu/Machine_Learning_for_Trading_Course CS7646 Home] | [http://quantsoftware.gatech.edu/CS7646_Spring_2019 Spring 2019 Syllabus]
 * Projects: [[Spring 2019 Project 1: Martingale | Project 1]] | [[Spring 2019 Project 2: Optimize Something | Project 2]] | [[Spring 2019 Project 3: Assess Learners | Project 3]] | [[Spring 2019 Project 4: Defeat Learners | Project 4]] | [[Spring 2019 Project 5: Marketsim | Project 5]] | [[Spring 2019 Project 6: Manual Strategy | Project 6]] | [[Spring 2019 Project 7: Qlearning Robot | Project 7]] | [[Spring 2019 Project 8: Strategy Learner | Project 8]]
-* Surveys: Start-of-Course Survey | Quarter-Course Survey | Mid-Course Survey | End-of-Course Survey
+* Surveys: [https://gatech.instructure.com/courses/35002/quizzes/33309 Start-of-Course Survey] | [https://gatech.instructure.com/courses/35002/quizzes/33307 Quarter-Course Survey] | [https://gatech.instructure.com/courses/35002/quizzes/33313 Mid-Course Survey] | [https://gatech.instructure.com/courses/35002/quizzes/33311 End-of-Course Survey]
 == Course Calendar At-A-Glance ==

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 Final grades will be calculated as an average of all individual grade components, weighted according to the percentages below. Students receiving a final average of 90.0 or above will receive an A; of 80.0 to 89.9 will receive a B; of 70.0 to 79.9 will receive a C; of 60.0 to 69.9 will receive a D; and of below 60 will receive an F. We do not plan to have a curve.
-=== Projects: 70% ===
+=== Projects: 73% ===
-There are eight projects in this class. All together, the projects account for 70% of your final grade. The projects are not all equal in scope or difficulty, and thus they do not all count evenly. The projects are:
+There are eight projects in this class. All together, the projects account for 73% of your final grade. The projects are not all equal in scope or difficulty, and thus they do not all count evenly. The projects are:
 * [[Spring 2019 Project 1: Martingale | Project 1]], 3%: Martingale

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 Your grade in this class is derived from three categories: eight Projects, two Exams, and Participation.
-Final grades will be calculated as an average of all individual grade components, weighted according to the percentages below. Students receiving a final average of 90 or above will receive an A; of 80 to 90 will receive a B; of 70 to 80 will receive a C; of 60 to 70 will receive a D; and of below 60 will receive an F. We do not plan to have a curve. It is intentionally possible for every student in the class to receive an A.
+Final grades will be calculated as an average of all individual grade components, weighted according to the percentages below. Students receiving a final average of 90.0 or above will receive an A; of 80.0 to 89.9 will receive a B; of 70.0 to 79.9 will receive a C; of 60.0 to 69.9 will receive a D; and of below 60 will receive an F. We do not plan to have a curve.
 === Projects: 70% ===
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 There are eight projects in this class. All together, the projects account for 70% of your final grade. The projects are not all equal in scope or difficulty, and thus they do not all count evenly. The projects are:
-* [[Spring 2019 Project 1: Martingale | Project 1]], 2.5%: Martingale
+* [[Spring 2019 Project 1: Martingale | Project 1]], 3%: Martingale
-* [[Spring 2019 Project 2: Optimize Something | Project 2]], 2.5%: Optimize Something
+* [[Spring 2019 Project 2: Optimize Something | Project 2]], 3%: Optimize Something
 * [[Spring 2019 Project 3: Assess Learners | Project 3]], 15%: Assess Learners
 * [[Spring 2019 Project 4: Defeat Learners | Project 4]], 5%: Defeat Learners
 * [[Spring 2019 Project 5: Marketsim | Project 5]], 10%: Marketsim
-* [[Spring 2019 Project 6: Manual Strategy | Project 6]], 10%: Manual Strategy
+* [[Spring 2019 Project 6: Manual Strategy | Project 6]], 12%: Manual Strategy
 * [[Spring 2019 Project 7: Qlearning Robot | Project 7]], 10%: Qlearning Robot
 * [[Spring 2019 Project 8: Strategy Learner | Project 8]], 15%: Strategy Learner
-=== Participation: 5% ===
+=== Participation: 2% ===
-Participation is 5% of your average. Two activities contribute to participation: completing the four course surveys (Start-of-Course, Quarter-Course, Mid-Course, and End-of-Course) and participating on Piazza. Each completed survey will count for 10% of your participation grade (0.5% of your average), and Piazza can count for up to 3%. Piazza posts are evaluated for substantivity, not merely quantity; however, ~10 substantive posts over the course of the semester should be enough to cover your participation grade.
+Participation is 2% of your average. Participation comes from completing the four course surveys (Start-of-Course, Quarter-Course, Mid-Course, and End-of-Course). Each completed survey will count for 25% of your participation grade (0.5% of your average).
 === Exams: 25% ===
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 Because Piazza announcements are emailed to you as well, you need only to check your Georgia Tech email once every 24 hours to remain up-to-date on new information during the semester. Georgia Tech generally recommends students to check their Georgia Tech email once every 24 hours. So, if an announcement or message is time sensitive, you will not be responsible for the contents of the announcement until 24 hours after it has been sent.
-We generally prefer to handle communication via Piazza to help with collaboration among the teaching team, but we understand Piazza is not ideal for having information “pushed” to you. We may contact you via a private Piazza post instead of an email, but if we do so, we will choose to send email notifications immediately, bypassing your individual settings, in order to ensure you’re alerted. As such, this type of communication will also fall under #2 above.
+We generally prefer to handle class-wide communication via Piazza, but for individual grade-specific communication, your grading TA will generally email you directly, and you should generally email him or her directly as well with questions. We recommend that you do *not* post privately to Piazza in order to communicate with TAs and instructors; email your grading TA first, and escalate to the head TA or instructor if need be.
 Note that this means you won’t be responsible for knowing information communicated in several other methods we’ll be using. You aren’t responsible for knowing anything posted to Piazza that isn’t linked from an official announcement. You aren’t responsible for anything said in Slack or other third-party sites we may sometimes use to communicate with students. You don’t need to worry about missing critical information so long as you keep up with your email and understand the documents on this web site. This also applies in reverse: we do not monitor our Canvas message boxes and we may not respond to direct emails. If you need to get in touch with the course staff, please post privately to Piazza (either to all Instructors or to an instructor individually) or tag the instructor in the relevant post.
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 === Late Work ===
-Running such a large class involves a detailed workflow for assigning assignments to graders, grading those assignments, and returning those grades. As such, work that does not enter into that workflow presents a major delay. Thus, we cannot accept any late work in this class. All assignments must be submitted by the posted deadlines. We have made the descriptions of all assignments available on the first day of class so that if there are expected interruptions (business trips, family vacations, etc.), you can complete the work ahead of time.
+Running such a large class involves a complex grading workflow. As such, work that does not enter into that workflow presents a major delay. Thus, we cannot accept any late work in this class. All assignments must be submitted by the posted deadlines. We have made the descriptions of all assignments available on the first day of class so that if there are expected interruptions (business trips, family vacations, etc.), you can complete the work ahead of time.
-If you have technical difficulties submitting the assignment to Canvas, post privately to Piazza immediately and attach your submission. Then, submit it to Canvas as soon as you can thereafter.
+If you have technical difficulties submitting the assignment to Canvas, email your assignment to your grader immediately.
 If you have an emergency and absolutely cannot submit an assignment by the posted deadlines, we ask you to go through the Dean of Students’ office regarding class absences. The Dean of Students is equipped to address emergencies that we lack the resources to address. Additionally, the Dean of Students office can coordinate with you and alert all your classes together instead of requiring you to contact each professor individually. You may find information on contacting the Dean of Students with regard to personal emergencies here: https://gatech-advocate.symplicity.com/care_report/
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 * Any content that is copied or barely paraphrased from existing literature must be cited, both in the references at the conclusion of your assignment and in-line where the borrowed material appears. Failing to provide in-line citations for borrowed material will be regarded as plagiarism even if the source is provided in the references. This applies to figures as well as text, including those figures that are part of this course’s material.
-* Do not copy any content from other students in current or previous semesters of this course, even if cited.
+* Do not copy any content from other students in current or previous semesters of this course, or any person that has attempted this course's projects, even if cited.
 In all written work, sources should be cited in APA style, both in-line and at the end of the document. Please consult the Purdue OWL for information on when and how to cite sources in research. When in doubt, don’t hesitate to ask!