Archive of the autumn 2025 course. This course has ended. The template projects described on this site (RiskCalc, PyMort, EconGames, QSim, SimCLT) are not offered in 2026. The 2026 course is Data Science and Advanced Programming.

Weekly Materials

Lectures, practice sessions, and assignments for each week

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Week 14: Project Presentations II & Course Wrap-up

Final presentations and course conclusion

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Part I: Python Foundations

0-1 Sep 15

Course Overview

Setup • Unix/Linux • Git
2 Sep 22

No Class

Swiss Federal Fast
3 Sep 29

Python Fundamentals I

Variables • Control flow • Strings • Git
4 Oct 6

Python Fundamentals II

Functions • Data structures • Recursion
5 Oct 13

Special Session: Generative AI

LLMs • Autonomous agents (Anna)
6 Oct 20

Python Fundamentals III

OOP • Classes • Inheritance • Testing

Part II: Statistical Learning

7 Oct 27

Linear Regression

Supervised Learning • Gradient Descent
8 Nov 3

Classification

k-NN • Naive Bayes • Decision Trees
9 Nov 10

Unsupervised Machine Learning

k-Means • GMM • PCA • Clustering
10 Nov 17

Deep Learning Primer

MLPs • Backpropagation • TensorFlow

Part III: Advanced Topics

11 Nov 24

Best Practices in Data Science

Libraries • EDA • Feature Engineering
12 Dec 1

Introduction to HPC

Shared/Distributed Memory • Parallelization
13 Dec 8

HPC with Python

Numba • JAX • Multi-threading
14 Dec 15

Capstone Project Presentations

Final presentations • Course wrap-up