Introduction

Lecture 0

Hyung-Sin Kim and Yohan Jo

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Instructor – Hyung-Sin Kim (first half)
• Assistant Professor in Data Science, SNU

• Software Engineer at

• Postdoctoral Scholar in Computer Science, UC Berkeley

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical and Computer Science, SNU

• 70 academic papers

• 4 Postdoc/PhD Fellowships, 3 Best paper finalists, 2 Paper awards

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Instructor – Yohan Jo (second half)

• Assistant Professor in Data Science, SNU

• Applied Scientist, Amazon

• MS/PhD in Language and Information Technologies,

Carnegie Mellon University

• BS/MS in Computer Science, KAIST

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Data Science
- GSDS View -
Lecture 0-1

Hyung-Sin Kim and Yohan Jo

We Want Insight
Useful insight!

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Data Science – From Data to Insight
Big, Diverse Data Useful insight!

Data Science
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Data Science – From Data to Insight
Big, Diverse, Dirty Data Useful insight!

Data Science
Cleansing and Pre-
Storing – Data Lake Analysis
processing

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Data Science – From Data to Insight
Big, Diverse, Dirty Data Useful insight!

Storing and Managing

– Data Lake
Cleansing and Pre-processing Analysis

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Data Science – Four Pillars (ABC+D)
Big, Diverse, Dirty Data Useful insight!

Domain (application)

Where data comes from…

Where insights are applied to…

AI model
Big Data
( Math, Stat, ML/DL)

Computing

Storing and Managing

– Data Lake
Cleansing and Pre-processing Analysis

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Drew Conway’s Venn Diagram (2010)

[The image is from http://drewconway.com/zia/2013/3/26/the-data-science-venn-diagram] 11

 Ullman’s Venn Diagram (2021)

[The figures are from “The Battle for Data Science,” http://sites.computer.org/debull/A20june/p8.pdf] 12
Data Scientist Job …

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Data Science, a Global Megatrend
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZopVhw6t3Y

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Data Science, a Global Megatrend
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hx5FppPVso

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Data Science, a Global Megatrend
• In UC Berkeley
▪ 6,000 undergraduate students take DS courses per year
▪ ~2,000 students and 76 TAs for a single course (Data 8, Spring 2022)

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Graduate School of Data Science

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GSDS – Vision and Mission
• Make students from various backgrounds (D) dive into core principles (ABC)
of data science and let these ambidexters lead data-driven innovation in
various fields
▪ Globally unique mission… challenging of course…

• Methodologies
▪ Not an undergraduate department as a silo but a graduate school as a hub
▪ Not an MBA-ish but a hardcore program to change students’ DNA
▪ Not only advanced but also basic courses that are open to all students outside of
GSDS (no number limit)

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GSDS – Curriculum
+bootcamp 데이터사이언스를 위한 데이터사이언스를 위한
수학과 통계의 기초 (3) 컴퓨팅의 기초 (3)
Every semester

데이터사이언스를 위
빅데이터 및 지식 관리 데이터사이언스를 위
한 머신러닝 및 딥러닝
시스템 1 (3) 한 컴퓨팅 1 (3)
1 (3)

데이터사이언스를 위
빅데이터 및 지식 관리 데이터사이언스를 위 데이터사이언스
한 머신러닝 및 딥러닝
시스템 2 (3) 한 컴퓨팅 2 (3) 프로젝트 (3)
2 (3)

A B C
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GSDS – Growth
• (11 + 2) new faculty members have joined
▪ Google, Amazon, US faculty…
• 40 MS/15 PhD to 80 MS/30 PhD per year
• Being recognized gradually…

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2020년 1학기 2020년 2학기 2021년 1학기 2021년 2학기 2022년 1학기 2022년 2학기

데이터사이언스학과 타 학과(부) 합계

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GSDS – Outreach
• Summer/Winter GSDS Bootcamp
▪ 4-week quick and intense program for beginners
▪ Flipped learning
▪ Computing for DS
▪ Math and Statistics for DS

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GSDS – Outreach
• Google ExploreCSR
▪ Workshops to explore various research fields
▪ Mentoring for CS/DS carrier and research
▪ Will do it again in the upcoming Summer

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GSDS – Outreach
• Ambient AI Bootcamp & Competition
▪ Google donation and funding
▪ 3-week education
▪ 1-month project with mentoring

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GSDS – Outreach
• Ambient AI Bootcamp & Competition
▪ Google donation and funding
▪ 3-week education
▪ 1-month project with mentoring

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About This Course
Lecture 0-2

Hyung-Sin Kim and Yohan Jo

Computing Foundations for Data Science

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Chef or Farmer?

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What Chefs Do…
• Making a unique recipe
▪ What ingredient to use
▪ What utensils to use
▪ Sequence of cooking
▪ Time duration of each step
• Cooking fluently according to the recipe

• They are not required to farm, fish, or feed livestock

• But if you are a top-level chef, you do take care of so
many things
▪ Ingredient, chemistry, climate, history, culture…

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Computer Science
• Computer Science is not mainly about computer hardware
▪ Semiconductor (Moore’s law), Integrated circuit – Electrical engineering!
▪ Like chefs’ main job is neither farming nor fishing

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Computer Science
• Computer Science is more about what computers can do (software)
▪ How to make computers do what we want them to do?
▪ We should provide a nice recipe for computers to follow

▪ Algorithm: A recipe for computers to follow (logical steps)

▪ Program: An instruction set for a computer to understand put an algorithm to
practice
▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9otrE0SyrFE

• But if you want to be an exceptional programmer, you do need more!

▪ Hardware characteristics (not to design it but use it efficiently)
▪ Application (may be your current major)

• This is what GSDS is heading toward!

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Computing, as Part of Data Science

Manager Various
workers

How to make my workers most

productive?

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Computing, as Part of Data Science

Data Scientist Various

computers

All data are electronically

stored and processed…

How to make my computers

most productive?

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Computing Foundations for Data Science:
A Pathway toward…

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Power of Programming
• Defining new operations
▪ “Go to work” Program
• (1) check time (2) if it is 9:00, go to the office (3) otherwise, stay at home
▪ "Go home“ Program
• (1) check time (2) if it is 18:00, go home (3) otherwise, stay at the office

• Combining (Reusing) already-defined operations to do more complex things

▪ “Commute” Program
• Repeat the steps (1) and (2) infinitely
• (1) If you are at home, do “Go to work"
• (2) Otherwise, do “Go home"

• Repeating the two steps enables computers to do incredibly many things!

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Programming Language
• Human(natural) languages are based on common sense of mankind
▪ Computers do not have that common sense
▪ Human languages are difficult for computers to understand

• Programming languages have accurate structure and accurate meaning for

computers to understand (zero ambiguity)
▪ Programming: Writing an algorithm in a programming language
▪ It is also called “coding,” since it was actually like a secret code (011010101110111…)

• Programming languages have evolved so that human can also easily

understand
▪ Less like a secret code these days ☺
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This Course is About …
• You will learn fundamental programming concepts to handle data
▪ How to (efficiently) process data to draw conclusions: Algorithms
▪ How to store/organize data for its (efficient) processing: Data types/structures
▪ How to make computers (efficiently) execute your algorithms: Programming in
Python
▪ Yes, now that we are talking about big data, efficiency is important!

• Clarification: Although this course does cover Python, it is NOT mainly about
Python, but more about fundamental concepts by using Python as a tool

• You will get a glimpse of how Silicon Valley companies do technical

interviews to recruit software engineers ☺
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This Course is About …
• You will learn how a computer system works
▪ How to process and store data at the hardware level: Logic gates
▪ Why/How all the information is represented in bits (010101): Data representation
▪ Several great ideas in computer architecture

• You will learn another language called C

▪ Why it is important and how it is distinguished from Python
▪ If you can implement an algorithm using Python, you should be able to do it using C!

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This Course is NOT About…
• This course does not cover computer systems nor machine-friendly
programming, which is important for high-performance big data computing
▪ Please check out
• Computing for Data Science 1, 2
• Big data and knowledge management systems 1, 2

• This course does not cover machine/deep learning programming, which

needs (some) mathematical background as well
▪ Please check out
• Computing for Data Science 1
• Machine learning and deep learning for Data Science 1, 2

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This Course is NOT About…
• This course does not cover various libraries and frameworks for data analysis,
such as pandas, numpy, Tensorflow, and Pytorch

• This course is not easy! It will require devotion

▪ You will learn a lot (three in one) and there will be a lot of assignments
▪ If you don’t have that much time, I recommend other slow-paced courses

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Course Logistics
Lecture 0-3

Hyung-Sin Kim and Yohan Jo

Hybrid Learning
• Q&A, assignments, grading … (feel free to poke them ☺)

• Practices/QnA
0. Online lectures 2. TAs/Instructor

1. Students 3. Instructor
• Self-paced, • Integral guidance
self-disciplined learning

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Learning Methodology
• When/How to ask questions?
▪ During lectures (zoom chat or offline)
▪ Q&A session after each lecture – For shy ladies and gentlemen

• I really encourage students to try to answer any question

▪ Remember! You know something only when you can explain it clearly to others
▪ By organizing your thought, you will be the one who has the most benefit

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Learning Methodology
• Study group (optional)
▪ Will be organized later this week (4~5 members/group)
• Please answer the google form
▪ Small group discussion during lectures

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So… for Each Lecture…
• Before the lecture
▪ You should watch the videos in advance
▪ While doing this, you should turn on Jupytor or Visual studio and type the codes
▪ Ask questions on Slack
• During the lecture
▪ Change your zoom name like 스터디그룹명-김형신
▪ Quiz: You will take a quiz with your group members
▪ Review: I will review the content of the videos
▪ Practice: A TA or I will lead a practice session and you will solve some problems collab
oratively
• After the lecture
▪ Review and ask questions on Slack

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TAs
• For the first half
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

한예규 장건민 지서진

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TAs
• For the second half
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

김주희 심지훈 이유섭

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Textbook
• Practical programming (pdf is provided!) • Introduction to computing systems
▪ Used for the first half of this course ▪ Used for the second half of this course

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Grading
• Final 100% (2/14, online)

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Overcoming Psychological Barrier
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7onWtuD92U

Dr. Jordan Peterson

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Thanks!
[email protected]

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