Calendar

Event Date Description Course Materials
Preparation Sunday
March 15 		Preparation

Tutorials
Environment setup

Book: Think Python
Python tutorial
NumPy tutorial
Matplotlib tutorial
Pandas and Seaborn

Lecture 1 Tuesday
March 17 		Introduction

Models in Biology Or: Biology is more theoretical than physics

Slides
A0 Due Monday
March 23 		Assignment #0 due

Python, NumPy, Matplotlib, Pandas, Seaborn
No submission or grade
Lecture 2 Tuesday
March 24 		Population Dynamics 1

Continuous-time univariate deterministic model: Population growth models

Notebook
Lecture 3 Tuesday
April 14 		Population Dynamics 2

Continuous-time multivariate deterministic model: Predator-prey model

Notebook
Stability analysis
A1 Due Monday
April 27 		Assignment #1 due

Continuous-time deterministic models
Lecture 4 Tuesday
April 28 		Population Genetics 1

Discrete-time univariate deterministic model: Haploid selection

Notebook
Lecture 5 Tuesday
May 05 		Population Genetics 2

Discrete-time stochastic model: Wright-Fisher model

Notebook
A2 Due Monday
May 11 		Assignment #2 due

Discrete-time deterministic models
Lecture 6 Tuesday
May 12 		Epidemiology

Continuous-time stochastic model: SIR model

Notebook
Lecture 7 Tuesday
May 19 		Statistical Inference 1

Maximum likelihood estimation: Count data

Notebook
Proposal Due Monday
May 25 		Proposal due

Final project guidelines
Lecture 8 Tuesday
May 26 		Statistical Inference 2

Bayesian inference: Count data

Notebook

A3 Due Monday
June 01 		Assignment #3 due

Stochastic models
Lecture 9 Tuesday
June 02 		Generalized Linear Models 1

Generalized linear models 1: Exponential growth

Notebook
Lecture 10 Tuesday
June 09 		Generalized Linear Models 2

Generalized linear models 2: COVID-19 survival

Notebook
A4 Due Monday
June 15 		Assignment #4 due

Statistical inference
Lecture 11 Tuesday
June 16 		Statistical Inference 3

Bayesian inference in deterministic models: Predator-prey model

Notebook

Lecture 12 Tuesday
June 23 		Statistical Inference 4

Likelihood-free inference: Animal social networks

Notebook

A5 Due Tuesday
June 30 		Assignment #5 due

Bayesian inference
Project Due Tuesday
September 01 		Final project due

Final project guidelines