Topics in Scientific and Statistical Computing

Seminar course for graduate students only. The goal is to build community, foster discussion, and develop a deeper understanding of a single topic, or an introduction to multiple topics, relevant to scientific or statistical programming using R. The specific format will be chosen by participants in the course; students are empowered to take the lead in the discussion of weekly readings. Prerequisites: an introductory course in statistics and some familiarity with the R programming language.