Data Science Applications in Agriculture
This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the course.
Note that this schedule will be updated as the course progresses, with all changes documented here.
| Week | Date | Topic | Teachers | Prepare | Lecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8/24 (Mon) | (LEC) Course Outline | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 1 | 8/25 (Tue) | (LAB) Toolbox: IDEs, Programming Languages & Vibe Coding | Bart, Hanlu, Meike, Puchun & Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 1 | 8/26 (Wed) | (DISC) Data Science in Agriculture | Sumit, Sonam, Puchun, Hanlu, Bart & Meike | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 2 | 8/31 (Mon) | (LEC) Version Control Systems & Integration | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 2 | 9/1 (Tue) | (LAB) Toolbox: Broken Online, Merge Conflicts & Branching | Bart | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 2 | 9/2 (Wed) | (DISC) Naming Conventions & FAIR Principles | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 3 | 9/7 (Mon) | No Class – Labor Day Holiday | - | - | - |
| 3 | 9/8 (Tue) | (LAB) Cloud Computing, APIs & Hardware | Bart | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 3 | 9/9 (Wed) | (DISC) Data Governance & Data Lineage | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 4 | 9/14 (Mon) | (LEC) ML and AI Basics | Bart | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 4 | 9/15 (Tue) | (LAB) Toolbox: Project Mini, Packages, Hugging Face & Model Serving | Sonam & Meike | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 4 | 9/16 (Wed) | (DISC) Ethical and Efficient Use of AI | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 5 | 9/21 (Mon) | (LEC) Q&A | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 5 | 9/22 (Tue) | (LAB) Work on Mini Individual Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 5 | 9/23 (Wed) | (DISC) Q&A / Introduction to Tableau | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 6 | 9/28 (Mon) | (LEC) Q&A | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 6 | 9/29 (Tue) | (LAB) Work on Mini Individual Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 6 | 9/30 (Wed) | (DISC) Q&A | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 7 | 10/5 (Mon) | (LEC) Q&A | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 7 | 10/6 (Tue) | (LAB) Poster Presentation | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 7 | 10/7 (Wed) | (DISC) DISC Assessment of the Team | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 8 | 10/12 (Mon) | No Class – Fall Break | - | - | - |
| 8 | 10/13 (Tue) | No Class – Fall Break | - | - | - |
| 8 | 10/14 (Wed) | (DISC) TBD | TBD | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 9 | 10/19 (Mon) | (LEC) Final Project Kickoff | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 9 | 10/20 (Tue) | (LAB) Farm Visit | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 9 | 10/21 (Wed) | (DISC) Project Planning | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 10 | 10/26 (Mon) | (LEC) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 10 | 10/27 (Tue) | (LAB) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 10 | 10/28 (Wed) | (DISC) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 11 | 11/2 (Mon) | (LEC) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 11 | 11/3 (Tue) | (LAB) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 11 | 11/4 (Wed) | (DISC) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 12 | 11/9 (Mon) | (LEC) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 12 | 11/10 (Tue) | (LAB) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 12 | 11/11 (Wed) | (DISC) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 13 | 11/16 (Mon) | (LEC) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 13 | 11/17 (Tue) | (LAB) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 13 | 11/18 (Wed) | (DISC) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 14 | 11/23 (Mon) | (LEC) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 14 | 11/24 (Tue) | (LAB) Final Project | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 14 | 11/25 (Wed) | No Class – Thanksgiving Break | - | - | - |
| 15 | 11/30 (Mon) | (LEC) Final Project Presentations / Submission Preparation | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 15 | 12/1 (Tue) | (LAB) Final Project Submission | Course Staff | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 15 | 12/2 (Wed) | (DISC) Course Wrap-up & Reflection | Dr. Miel | 📖 | 🖥️ |