Thinking about data-Lesson 1: Introduction
Thinking about data
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Thinking about data-Lesson 2: Course overview
Course overview
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Thinking about data-Lesson 3: Pulsars
Pulsars
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Thinking about data-Lesson 4: Diving in - image stacking
Diving in: imaging stacking
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Thinking about data-Lesson 5: The challenge: what went wrong?
Challenge: the median doesn't scale
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Thinking about data-Lession 6: The solution: improving your method
The solution: improving your method
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Module summary
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Further reading
Thinking about data-Bonus material: interview with an astronomer
Interview with Aris Karastergiou
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Big data makes things slow-Lesson 1: Introduction
Big data makes things slow
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Big data makes things slow-Lesson 2: Supermassive black holes
Supermassive black holes
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Big data makes things slow-Lesson 3: Diving in - crossmatching
What is cross-matching?
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Big data makes things slow-Lesson 4: Time complexity and scaling
Evaluating time complexity
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Big data makes things slow-Lesson 5: A faster solution
A (much) faster algorithm
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Module summary
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Big data makes things slow-Bonus material: interview with an astronomer
Interview with Brendon Brewer
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Querying your data-Lesson 1: Introduction
Organising your data
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Querying your data-Lesson 2: Exoplanets
Exoplanets
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Querying your data-Lesson 3: Diving in - simple queries
Querying database with SQL
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Querying your data-Lesson 4: More advanced SQL queries
More advanced SQL
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Querying your data-Lesson 5: Joining tables
Joining tables in SQL
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Querying your data-Lesson 6: Planets in the habitable zone
Module summary
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Querying your data-Bonus material: interview with an astronomer
Interview with Jon Jenkins
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Managing your data-Lesson 1: Introduction
Managing your big datasets
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Managing your data-Lesson 2: The lifecycle of stars
The lifecycle of stars
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Managing your data-Lesson 3: Diving in - databases
Setting up your own database
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Managing your data-Lesson 4: Exploring a star cluster
Exploring a star cluster
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Module summary
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Managing your data-Bonus material: interview with an astronomer
Interview with Emily Petroff
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Learning from data: regression-Lesson 1: Introduction
Learning from data
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Learning from data: regression-Lesson 2: The cosmological distance scale
The cosmological distance scale
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Learning from data: regression-Lesson 3: Diving in - machine learning
What is machine learning?
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Learning from data: regression-Lesson 4: Decision trees
Decision tree classifiers
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Learning from data: regression-Lesson 5: Estimating redshifts using regression
Estimating redshifts using regression
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Summary
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Learning from data: regression-Bonus material - interview with an astronomer
Interview with Ashish Mahabal
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Learning from data: classification-Lesson 1: Introduction
Classifying your data
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Learning from data: classification-Lesson 2: Types of galaxies
Types of galaxies
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Learning from data: classification-Lesson 3: Diving in - morphological classification
Morphological classification of galaxies
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Learning from data: classification-Lesson 4: Are decision trees good enough?
Limitations of decision tree classifiers
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Classify some galaxies by hand!
Learning from data: classification-Lesson 5: Ensemble classifiers
Improving our results with ensemble classifiers
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Module summary
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Learning from data: classification-Bonus material: interview with an astronomer
Interview with Karen Masters
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