COMP9321 Notices

Notices

  • Supplementary exam Has began

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Thursday 26 May 2022, 12:58:58 PM.

    Dear All,

    Please be advised that the Supplementary Exam Paper is now released (here Exam ).

    You can submit your MCQ answers in Moodle Quiz ( MCQ )

    Remember the instructions we have provided in the previous announcements. Try to read all the exam questions first, so if you have any questions, you can reach out to us soon, rather in the last minute. Reach out to the lecturer (Morty Al-Banna) via MS Teams or via the course email ( m.al-banna@unsw.edu.au).

    Best of Luck to all…

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Supplementary exam info

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Thursday 19 May 2022, 10:22:17 AM.

    Dear Students,

    if you have been approved to participate in the supplementary exam please be advised for the following:

    • the exam is on Thursday the 26th of May @ 13:00 and conclude @ 15:15 (2 hours and 15 minutes).
    • all the exam details are similar as the original final exam (read the previous announcement on the 29th of April) the only difference is that if you have any question you need to contact me (Morty) on Teams or email.
    • it worth to iterate and elaborate about something. we are going to use Moodle quiz bank for the MCQ. you can attempt the MCQ multiple times and only the last attempt that you have click "submit answers" will be considered. as the questions are randomized from the quiz bank, that means if you make new attempt you will get new set of questions.
    • one more thing to emphasize, all answers should be in your own words. copy/paste from any source will get you zero and possible case of student misconduct.

    best of luck to all...

  • Assignmnet 3 marks

    Posted by Mehmet Rad Monday 09 May 2022, 01:19:09 PM, last modified Monday 09 May 2022, 01:19:31 PM.

    Hi Everyone,
    As you may already know Assignment 3 marks were released a few days ago and it was updated on the same day to resolve the issue in the calculation of metrics based on your output files.

    You can still request a re-assessment. However, before contacting tutors pls check if the output files which are generated by your scripts are correct:

    • Have the same number of rows as the marking-test datasets
    • The "SK_ID_CURR" column contains valid IDs from the marking-test dataset (not random or any sequential IDs). These are important and without correct IDs, your models can be verified.

    For invalid output files, you will lose marks for performance and calculation of metrics (because they cannot be assessed)
    Regarding the performance marks, it is based on how well your model performed on the marking-test dataset, and meeting the baselines does not mean that you will get a full mark.
    If you have already contacted us, there is no need for a new request.

    Cheers,

    Mehmet (Mohammadali)



  • Important: Metric Calculation Error

    Posted by Mehmet Rad Thursday 05 May 2022, 01:51:33 PM.

    Dear All,
    There is a problem with the metric calculation script, and some students have lost marks incorrectly.
    Please ignore your current feedback and mark, I will modify the marks and feedback today and will inform everyone.

    Sorry for the mistake and thanks for being patiant.

  • Assignment 3 Mark Clarification

    Posted by Mehmet Rad Thursday 05 May 2022, 01:19:51 PM, last modified Thursday 05 May 2022, 01:35:22 PM.

    Dear All,
    Please read the following prior to contacting the tutors:

    • Performance Mark for Part 1 and 2 is based on how well your model worked in comparison to other students. If you get a full mark you will not receive any comment on this part (only if you lose marks)
      The peformance Mark is also based on your output files not the SUMMARY files
    • Regarding the calculation of the metrics, there are mainly three reasons why you are losing mark:
      1. Your output files are not generated
      2. Your output files do not have the same number of rows as the test dataset
      3. More commonly, your claimed performance (e.g., accuracy) does not match what you predicted (we are calculating these metrics based on your output files and the test dataset). If your claimed performance in the summary file does not match that of the output file, you lose your mark.

  • IMPORTANT - Assign3 Marks are Released

    Posted by Mehmet Rad Thursday 05 May 2022, 11:56:54 AM.

    Hi All,
    Please check your marks for assignment 3 and conduct DIRECTLY with your marking tutor if you have any inquiries.
    Before contacting your tutor, please use the marking-test-dataset to see your own results or code errors.

    Test Dataset Used by Tutors for Marking: https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/22T1/reso...

    May: m.altulyan@unsw.edu.au
    MohammadAli: m.yaghoubzadehfard@unsw.edu.au
    Dylan: d.sanusi-goh@unsw.edu.au
    Alireza: a.tabebordbar@unsw.edu.au

    If you have submitted it late, your mark might be missing (you should not get any feedback). In this case, please email ( MohammadAli: m.yaghoubzadehfard@unsw.edu.au) me ASAP to initiate marking.




  • Ways to submit answers if WebCMS start acting up

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Tuesday 03 May 2022, 02:26:33 PM.

    Dear All,

    Just to anticipate what may happen, as Give might have been improved, but WebCMS seems still not there yet.

    The ways to submit your answers for Part B (the written questions) are as follow:

    • Via WebCMS “make submission” tab.
    • Using the Give command below from any machine tunnelling to CSE (via SSH or VLab) 
    give cs9321 final-exam z{id}.pdf


    Best of Luck to all…

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Exam paper available in Webcms and MS Teams

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Tuesday 03 May 2022, 01:07:06 PM, last modified Tuesday 03 May 2022, 01:10:09 PM.

    Dear All,

    Please be advised that the final exam Paper is now released (here Exam ) or here (https://unsw.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/COMP93212021T1copy/EY6GDVRchjVKrhpcuIwBYKsBKRUUz04bpjlguv2_w_KmrA?e=FRiEyZ&isSPOFile=1)

    You can submit your MCQ answers in Moodle Quiz ( MCQ )

    Remember the instructions we have provided in the previous announcements. Try to read all the exam questions first, so if you have any questions, you can reach out to us soon, rather in the last minute. Reach out to the lecturer (Morty Al-Banna) and the course admin (Mehmet Yaghoubzadehfard) via MS Teams or via the course email ( cs9321@cse.unsw.edu.au). <o:p></o:p>

    Best of Luck to all…

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Reminder and some notes about the Final exam

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Tuesday 03 May 2022, 09:58:08 AM.

    Dear All,

    A gentle reminder of the final exam Today. Additionally, please be advised for the following:

    • Exam is today the 3 rd of May 2022. Start time is 13:00 Sydney Time and ends at 15:15 of the same day (2 hours and 15 minutes reading and submission time).
    • All the exam details were mentioned in the previous announcement. (Read the previous announcement on the 29 th of April).
    • The Exam paper is going to be released in WebCMS in the "Final Exam " menu item on the designated time and a notification will be sent. Also, to have a backup channel, we will make an announcement in Microsoft Team in the General Channel of the course and provide the link to the exam paper. This just in case WebCMS gets a bit sluggish with everyone trying to access at the same time.
    • As we mentioned before, we are going to use Moodle quiz bank for the MCQ. you can attempt the MCQ multiple times, and only the last attempt that you have click "submit answers" will be considered. As the questions are randomized from the quiz bank, that means, if you make new attempt, you may get a new set of questions .
    • During the exam if you have any inquiry about the exam questions you can approach the available teaching staff (Morty, and MohammadAli) via Microsoft Teams, or you can send an e-mail to ( cs9321@cse.unsw.edu.au ). Please try to read the exam paper as early as possible and get clarifications if needed. Do not keep inquiries to the last minute. The title of the e-mail should include " COMP9321 Exam ".
    • If there are any corrections or updates during the exam, we will make an announcement in WebCMS (and MS Teams). An e-mail will be sent to all. Make sure to check WebCMS regularly and before submitting. Also Make sure that you are logged in to the University Microsoft Teams.

    Best of luck to all...

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • About COMP9321 Final Exam

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Friday 29 April 2022, 03:21:10 PM.

    Dear All,

    In regard to the final exam, please be advised for the following:

    • Exam is on the 3 rd of May 2022. start time is 13:00 PM Sydney Time and ends at 15:15 PM of the same day (2 hours and 15 minutes reading and submission time).
    • The Exam paper is going to be released in WebCMS in the "Final Exam " menu item on the designated time and a notification will be sent.
    • As we mentioned before, we are going to use Moodle Quiz Module for the MCQ. The link to the quiz will be visible on the designated time. Check the Thursday lecture of Week10 for details.
    • Answers to the Written questions are to be submitted via WebCMS/Give system as a PDF file and the file name should be z{id}.pdf. the answers should be typed NOT handwritten, but if you need to explain something with a hand sketch drawing, then it is allowed to sketch by hand and attach the drawing in the PDF. Be aware of the size of the file not to be larger than 1.5MB .
    • During the exam if you have any inquiry about the exam questions you can approach the available teaching staff (Morty, and MohammadAli) via Microsoft Teams, or you can send an e-mail to ( cs9321@cse.unsw.edu.au ). Please try to read the exam paper as early as possible and get clarifications if needed. Do not keep inquiries to the last minute. The title of the e-mail should include " COMP9321 Exam ".
    • If there are any corrections or updates during the exam, we will make an announcement in WebCMS and an e-mail will be sent to all. Make sure to check WebCMS regularly and before submitting. Also Make sure that you are logged in to the University Microsoft Teams.
    • There is no extra time or late penalty. the deadline is Final , and any submission made after the deadline (without approved extension) WILL NOT BE MARKED. Do not leave the submission of all the answers to the last minute and risk facing issues or forgetting. You can make multiple submissions regularly to avoid this risk. Only the latest submission will be marked.
    • By submitting your answers, you certify that all the answers are according to your own effort and are in <u>Your Own Words</u>. We are going to use plagiarism/text similarity tool to check submissions and if your submission is not in your own words and according to your own effort, you will get zero marks for the exam and a possible charge of academic misconduct. copy/paste from any resource is NOT allowed.
    • We had some questions in the forum about calculation. There might be some simple calculations but no mathematical proofs as I have mentioned before in the lecture.
    • Even after you finish the exam, do not communicate your exam answers to anyone on the day of the exam. Some students may have extended time to complete the exam.
    • Do not place your exam work in any location accessible to any other person. This includes services such as Dropbox and GitHub.
    • Ensure during the exam no other person in your household can access your work.
    • Your zpass should not be disclosed to any other person. If you have disclosed your zpass , you should change it immediately.
    • Closer to the Date of the Exam there will be another announcement to remind you and another one on the same day to give contact details and links.

    Below are some instructions from the school you also need to be aware of:

    FIT TO SIT

    By sitting or submitting an assessment on the scheduled assessment date, a student is declaring that they are fit to do so and cannot later apply for Special Consideration.

    If, during an exam a student feels unwell to the point that they cannot continue with the exam, they should take the following steps which are also available in the (Important Information for Online Assessments) section of the special consideration process information ( https://student.unsw.edu.au/special-consideration ).

    1. Stop working on the exam and take note of the time

    2. If the Course Coordinator or Tutor is present online during the assessment in Microsoft Teams, make contact immediately and advise them that they are unwell

    3. Immediately submit a Special Consideration application saying that they felt ill during the exam and were unable to continue

    4. If they were able to advise the Course Coordinator or Tutor of the illness during the assessment, attach screenshots of this conversation to the Special Consideration application

    TECHNICAL ISSUES

    If students experience a technical issue, they should take the following steps:

    1. Take screenshots of as many of the following as possible:

    • error messages
    • screen not loading
    • timestamped speed tests
    • power outage maps

    2. If the Course Coordinator or Tutor is present online during the assessment in Microsoft Teams, contact should be made immediately to advise them of the issue.

    3. A Special Consideration application should be submitted immediately after the conclusion of the assessment, along with the appropriate screenshots.

    Best of luck to all...

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Assignment3 no penalty submissions last day

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Monday 25 April 2022, 02:31:37 PM.

    Dear All,

    Just a reminder that if you submit your assignment3 by today (Monday the 25th of April @7:59PM) there is no late penalty. Any submission without an approved special consideration (or ELS) after this date/time will incur a late penalty. Submissions after the 27th of April 7:59PM, will not be marked.

    best of luck to all...

    COMP9321 teaching team



  • MyExperience Survey participation update

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Saturday 23 April 2022, 04:06:57 PM.

    Dear All,

    Thank you all who have participated in the MyExperience survey. We really appreciate your feedback.

    It is our pleasure to provide the status, as we have reached 80%. Effectively this means, that we will be waiving the late penalty of Assignment3 submission for 3 days.

    Just to iterate what I mentioned before, we are not extending the original deadline, just waiving late penalty. so if you submit assignment3 anytime before 8:00PM Monday the 25th of Apri l, there will be NO penalty . The original policy still apply for anything after Monday.

    Thank you and best of luck to all,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team


  • MyExperience Survey participation update

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Friday 22 April 2022, 07:54:36 PM.

    Dear All,

    Thank you all who have participated in the MyExperience survey. We really appreciate your feedback.

    It is our pleasure to provide the status, as we have reached 78%. A little bit more and we will get to 80% and grant a 3 days late penalty waiver.

    Thank you all,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team


  • Assignment 2 Marks are released

    Posted by Mehmet Rad Thursday 21 April 2022, 08:56:14 PM.

    Hi All,
    Assignment 2 marks are now available.
    If you have any enquires please contact the tutor who has marked you directly.
    Mortdata m.al-banna@unsw.edu.au
    May: m.altulyan@unsw.edu.au
    MohammadAli: m.yaghoubzadehfard@unsw.edu.au
    Dylan: d.sanusi-goh@unsw.edu.au
    Alireza: a.tabebordbar@unsw.edu.au

  • MyExperience Survey participation update

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Thursday 21 April 2022, 05:16:39 PM.

    Dear All,

    Thank you all who have participated in the MyExperience survey. We really appreciate your feedback.

    It is our pleasure to provide the status, as we have reached 72%. Effectively this means, that waiving the Late penalty of assignment3 for 2 days is in the bag.

    We will post another update if we reach another milestone.

    Thank you all,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team


  • Update on the MyExperience participation

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Wednesday 20 April 2022, 04:49:50 PM, last modified Wednesday 20 April 2022, 04:50:53 PM.

    ear All,

    Thank you all who have participated in the MyExperience survey. We really appreciate your feedback.

    It is our pleasure to provide the status, as we have reached 52%. Effectively this means, that waiving the Late penalty of assignment3 for 1 day is in the bag.

    We will post another update if we reach another milestone.

    Thank you all,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Quiz5 is released

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Wednesday 20 April 2022, 10:56:09 AM.

    Dear All,

    Quiz5 is released. Please make sure to submit the answers on time to avoid late penalties.

    Best of luck to all,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Waiving the late penalty for Assignment3 based on the MyExperience Survey participation

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Wednesday 20 April 2022, 12:52:03 AM.

    Dear All,

    First, I would like to thank all the students who have participated in the MyExperience survey. In order to motivate the remaining students to participate we decided to tie the level of participation to waiving the late penalty for assignment3.

    Based on the level of participation in the MyExperience survey, we will waive the late penalty as below:

    • If we reach 40% participation, we will waive the late penalty for all the students being 1 day late.
    • If we reach 60% participation, we will waive the late penalty for all the students being 2 days late.
    • If we reach 80% participation, we will waive the late penalty for all the students being 3 days late.
    • If we reach 95% participation, we will waive the late penalty for all the students being 5 days late.

    Pay attention that we are NOT extending the deadline . No Matter which condition is met, if you submit your answers after 5 days of the original deadline (without approved extension) your submission will NOT be marked.

    We will make a daily announcement to share the participation level, so you will have an idea of what condition is met. This is an interesting case of how the community can come together to support each other. So even if you do not need the additional time, you might think of participating to help your fellow classmates. (Yes, we are being cheeky here 😊). Remember to share with us what you liked, and what you want us to improve. We really appreciate all feedback.

    If you have any question or if anything is not clear, please feel free to contact us.

    Best of Luck,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Welcome to Week10 of COMP9321

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Tuesday 19 April 2022, 01:14:56 PM, last modified Tuesday 19 April 2022, 01:15:32 PM.

    Dear All,

    Welcome to Week10 of COMP9321. Congrats for reaching the end of the term. I hope you have enjoyed the course as much as I have enjoyed teaching such brilliant students as you are.

    For this Week, we are going to continue with Data Analytics. We will be finalizing Decision trees, talk about DeepLearning on a high level, talk about recommender systems, and finally we will discuss the final exam and what to expect.

    This is the last week for labs. Make sure you make use of the consultation labs which run for everyday of the week. Check the timetable section for the times.

    As always, in the beginning of Tuesday lecture, we are going to acknowledge the learning effort done in DataCamp, and award 1 bonus mark for each of the top3 on the XP ranking leader board. As mentioned last week, if there is a student who has maxed-out of bonus points, then we will look at the next top ranking.

    In regard to the quizzes, Quiz5 (the last quiz) will be released this week (today Tuesday). Remember to submit before the deadline.

    Regarding Assignment3, I hope that you have already made some good progress and looking at optimization now. The assignment is due Friday, so make sure to submit on time to avoid late penalties. We will also double up the tutor availability for Thursday and Friday. If you have any question, do not hesitate to drop by to the consultation labs, use the forum, or send your question to the course email.

    As the end of the term is drawing near. Please if you may make sure to fill the MyExpreience Survey ( https://myexperience.unsw.edu.au/ ). It is super important to us to know your opinion, and how we can improve future offerings. You can help us by letting us know what worked and what we need to improve.

    We, as the COMP9321 teaching team, appreciate to have been given the opportunity to interact with you all. We are rooting for you and wishing you all the best.

    As always, remember to have fun and enjoy the learning experience. :)

    Cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Quiz4 is released

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Tuesday 12 April 2022, 08:19:01 PM.

    Dear All,

    Quiz4 is now released. Please make sure to submit on time to avoid late penalties.

    best of luck to all,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Welcome to Week9 of COMP9321

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Monday 11 April 2022, 02:03:51 PM.

    Dear All,

    Welcome to Week9 of COMP9321.

    For this Week, we are going to continue with Data Analytics. We are going to look at clustering and some other classification ML models using Scikit-learn.

    The Lab activities for Weeks 9 and 10 are now available. We encourage you to do them at your own convenience. As always, we have consultation labs for everyday of the week. Check the timetable section for the times.

    As always, in the beginning of Tuesday lecture, we are going to acknowledge the learning effort done in DataCamp, and award 1 bonus mark for each of the top3 on the XP ranking leader board. So, keep up the good work.

    In regard to the quizzes, just a heads-up, Quiz4 will be released this week (Tuesday), and Quiz5 on Week10. Remember to submit before the deadline.

    Regarding Assignment3, we Hope that you have already went through the specification and got an understanding of what needs to be done. As mentioned in the lecture, as a general rule, for the ML problems an iterative approach is better be considered. Question everything, your selection of features, your selection of ML Model, and your initialization of any parameters. The Assignment is on the scale of a small individual project, so remember to treat it as such.

    The COMP9321 teaching team is always rooting for you and here to help. Do not hesitate to use the forum to ask as many questions or contact us via the course email.

    As always, remember to have fun and enjoy the learning experience. :)

    Cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Assignment3 specification

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Friday 08 April 2022, 12:28:47 AM.

    Dear All,

    Thank you for the comments and suggestions. We have adjusted some of the wordings, and fixed some typos in the specification.

    Assignment3 specification is in the final version now. Feel free to start working on it, and ask as many questions as you like in the Forum or during the Consultation labs sessions. By the way, check the lab activities for weeks 9 and 10, which is already visible to you now. You might find some useful excercies to help you while working on the assignemnt.

    best of luck to all...

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Assignment3 specification is available for viewing

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Thursday 07 April 2022, 12:17:43 AM.

    Dear All,

    Assignment3 specification is available for viewing ( https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/22T1/reso... ). Remember it is in the draft stage. Feel free to give comments and ask for clarification through the Forum or using the course email address.

    best of luck to all...

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Missed Lecture

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Wednesday 06 April 2022, 02:20:28 PM.

    Dear All,

    Apologies for not being able to deliver the lecture yesterday. I was unwell. I hoped that the medication will kick-in and allow me to deliver the lecture on time, but things did not go my way :(

    I will be recording a lecture today (Wednesday the 6th of April) from 8-10PM. if you are available and would benefit from attending the live lecture, you are welcome to do so. You can check the general channel for the link or join through ( https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:APr... ). the lecture will be recorded, and the link to the recording will be available through WebCMS as usual.

    regards,

    Morty

  • Assignment 1 Mark Released

    Posted by Mehmet Rad Monday 04 April 2022, 04:53:54 PM.

    Dear Students,
    You can now check your Assignment 1 mark on GIVE.
    Please check the assign1Feedback to see why you have lost any marks.
    For any inquiries please contact the examiner (specified in the feedback section)

  • Welcome to Week8 of COMP9321

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Monday 04 April 2022, 12:46:38 PM, last modified Monday 04 April 2022, 12:46:58 PM.

    Dear All,

    Welcome to Week8 of COMP9321. We are almost there…

    For this Week, we are going to continue with Data Analytics. We are going to dive deeper in classification and regression. We will run some exercises of how we can build some ML models using Scikit-learn.

    The Lab activities for Week8 are now available. We encourage you to do them at your own convenience. As always, we have consultation labs for everyday of the week. Check the timetable section for the times.

    As always, in the beginning of Tuesday lecture, we are going to acknowledge the learning effort done in DataCamp, and award 1 bonus mark for each of the top3 on the XP ranking leader board. So, keep up the good work.

    In regard to the quizzes, just a heads-up, Quiz3 is due today, Quiz4 will be released on Week9 and Quiz5 on Week10. Remember to submit before the deadline.

    Regarding Assignment2, remember that it is due today as well (Monday the 4 th of April). I hope that all of you have either submitted or doing final touches. Submit on time to avoid late penalties. If you have a valid reason preventing you from submitting on time, please submit a special consideration request, and the special consideration unit will provide us the outcome of request.

    We are going to release assignment3 specification for review this week, so stay tuned.

    The COMP9321 teaching team is always rooting for you and here to help. Do not hesitate to use the forum to ask as many questions or contact us via the course email.

    As always, remember to have fun and enjoy the learning experience. :)

    Cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Quiz3 is released

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Wednesday 30 March 2022, 01:06:36 AM.

    Dear All,

    Quiz3 is released.

    Best of luck to all...

    COMP9321 Teaching team

  • Welcome to Week7

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Monday 28 March 2022, 01:51:50 PM, last modified Monday 28 March 2022, 01:52:07 PM.

    Dear All,

    Welcome to Week7 of COMP9321. Hopefully, you enjoyed an activity free flexibility week and looked after yourselves.

    For this Week, we are going to finalize the topic of REST Services and start with the third phase of the course, which is Data Analytics. In the third phase, we focus on how you can apply some basic machine learning algorithms to generate useful insights from the data. As I mentioned in the beginning of the term, we are not building algorithms from scratch in this course, but rather leverage libraries like Scikit-learn to apply Machine learning.

    The Lab activities for Week7 are now available. We encourage you to do them at your own convenience. As always, we have consultation labs for everyday of the week. Check the timetable section for the times.

    As always, in the beginning of Tuesday lecture, we are going to acknowledge the learning effort done in DataCamp, and award 1 bonus mark for each of the top3 on the XP ranking leader board. So, keep up the good work.

    In regard to the quizzes, just a heads-up, we will be releasing Quiz3 on Tuesday (Week7), Quiz4 on Week9 and Quiz5 on Week10. Remember to submit before the deadline.

    Regarding Assignment2, remember that it is due next week on Monday (Week8). I hope that you all have made good progress by now. Again, I want you to remember that the assignment is on the scale of a small individual project. You have the say of how you may do somethings, as long as you are fulfilling the requirements. Please feel free to utilize the Forum in WebCMS or attend the consultation labs for any question. For this week we are going to double up the tutors on the labs on Thursday and Friday to make sure everyone gets a chance to get help if needed.

    The COMP9321 teaching team is always rooting for you and here to help. Do not hesitate to use the forum to ask as many questions or contact us via the course email.

    As always, remember to have fun and enjoy the learning experience. :)

    Cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Welcome to Week6 of COMP9321 (Flexibility Week)

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Monday 21 March 2022, 02:21:37 PM.

    Dear All,

    Welcome to Week6 of COMP9321. It’s Flexibility Week.

    As this is flexibility week, so we are not running any activities (i.e., no lectures and no Labs). So, make sure you make use of the extra time to look after yourself (hint: Tuesday’s whether is perfect for the beach 😊).

    By the way, even if we are not running any activities this week, but we are still there for you on the WebCMS forum and email communications. Please feel free to use the Forum or drop a message to the class email account if you need any help.

    So, take some time for yourself, and we’ll see you next week (i.e., Week7).

    Cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Assignment2 specifications

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Saturday 19 March 2022, 07:31:49 PM.

    Dear All,

    Thanks for the comments provided for the assignment2 specification. It is now in the final state. So you can start working on your submissions.

    Remember that you need to satisfy the requirements provided and that is what we are going to mark against. We are also going to mark the submission manually and we are going to test according to the requirements.

    Make sure to utilize the support provided through the WebCMS forum and the consultation labs. We are here to help.

    Best of luck to all...

    COMP9321 teaching team

  • Assignment2 is available for review

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Thursday 17 March 2022, 10:33:39 PM, last modified Thursday 17 March 2022, 10:33:53 PM.

    Dear All,

    Assigment2 specification is available for viewing. As mentioned in the lecture, the specification is in the draft state. Please review and ask for clarifications and provide comments. We will revise according to the comments and announce once the specification is in the final state.

    Assignment-2 ( DRAFT ) | COMP9321 22T1 | WebCMS3 (unsw.edu.au)

    best of luck to all...

    COMP9321 Teaching Team


  • Assignment1 reminder

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Wednesday 16 March 2022, 08:09:29 PM.

    Dear All,

    Just a reminder that the assignment1 deadline is drawing near. Hopefully you are at the stage of polishing and optimizing now.

    Remember we are doubling up support on the consultation labs for tomorrow and the day after. if you have a last minute question, please feel free to drop by. Additionally, you can use the forum for any question. We have also updated the FAQs with some frequent questions on the forum. These are clarification if you have doubt about how you can do something. Remember what matter most is that you are following the core requirements.

    Best of luck to all...

    Regards,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Milestone achieved (COMP9321 Week5)

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Monday 14 March 2022, 01:42:26 PM.

    Dear All,

    Welcome to Week5 of COMP9321. Congrats, we are halfway through. I am proud of you all.

    For this Week, we are going to cover the topic of REST Services. This is the second phase of the course, where we focus on how you can allow your data to be consumed as a web service. We are going to consider how you can consider your Web API RESTful, some best practices and how you can leverage the existing Python libraries to help you build your REST Web API.

    The Lab activities for Week5 are now available. We encourage you to do them at your own convenience. As always, we have consultation labs for everyday of the week. Check the timetable section for the times.

    As always, in the beginning of Tuesday lecture, we are going to acknowledge the learning effort done in DataCamp, and award 1 bonus mark for each of the top3 on the XP ranking leader board. So, keep up the good work. In relevant topic, your classmate Timothy has shared a blogpost he made about exploring your data ( https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/22T1/blogs/post/42760 ). Feel free to check it out. Thanks, Timothy, for sharing.

    One of your classmates raised an excellent point about the quiz deadline technically falling within the weekend (thanks Toshihiro for bringing this up). I have extended the deadline for Quiz2 till midnight today (i.e., Quiz2 will be due Monday 14 th of March 23:59 Sydney time). Best of luck to all.

    In regard to Assignment1, remember that it is due this week. I hope that you are all finalizing and polishing your submissions by now. Again, I want you to remember that the assignment is on the scale of a small individual project. You have the say of how you may do somethings, as long as you are fulfilling the requirements. When we say, “it is up to you”, it means we are NOT going to penalize you regarding your methodology. Think about it this way, if we are going to do a UAT (User Acceptance Test), will your project pass or not? (This is just an analogy). The assignments are there to help you practice what you have learned, and the marks are there to give you feedback to improve.

    The COMP9321 teaching team is always rooting for you and here to help. Do not hesitate to use the forum to ask as many questions or contact us via the course email.

    As always, remember to have fun and enjoy the learning experience. :)

    Cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Quiz2 is released

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Tuesday 08 March 2022, 10:04:53 PM.

    Dear All,

    Quiz2 is released.

    Best of luck to all...

  • Welcome to Week4 of COMP9321

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Monday 07 March 2022, 02:07:18 PM, last modified Monday 07 March 2022, 02:08:20 PM.

    Dear All,

    Welcome to Week4 of COMP9321. Things are getting more interesting…

    For this Week, we are going to cover the topic of Data visualization. Visualization is a very important topic. We are going to learn what makes a good visualization, and how we can apply our knowledge in Python and Pandas to generate some useful visualisations.

    The Lab activities for Week4 are now available. We encourage you to do them at your own convenience. As always, we have consultation labs for everyday of the week. Check the timetable section for the times.

    It is really exciting to see many students using the DataCamp platform. I really admire your passion to learn. If you have not yet joined, feel free to do so (if you like) using the invite link in the activity section of WebCMS. In the beginning of Tuesday lecture, we are going to acknowledge the learning effort done in DataCamp, and award 1 bonus mark for each of the top3 on the XP ranking leader board.

    Quiz2 will be released after Tuesday lecture. Make sure to participate before the deadline.

    Assignment1 specification was released last week. I can already see many interesting conversations in the forum. Remember that the assignment is on the scale of a small individual project. Utilize your analytical skills and what you have learned in the course. Start early and ask as many questions as possible in the Forum and/or the consultation labs. The assignments are there to help you practice what you have learned, and the marks are there to give you feedback to improve.

    The COMP9321 teaching team is always rooting for you and here to help. Do not hesitate to use the forum to ask as many questions or contact us via the course email.

    As always, remember to have fun and enjoy the learning experience. :)

    Cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Assignment1 clarifications

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Saturday 05 March 2022, 02:34:16 PM.

    Dear All,

    Thank you for your comments on the draft of the assignment specification. We have made some adjustments to the wordings and added some guidance. the guidance is specially relevant to Question1 (start and end). We believe that the specs should be in the final form now.

    An important things to remember with the assignment, is that it is a small scale individual project. You are responsible to meet the requirements, There might be more than one way to meet them, and we kept some things open to encourage creativity. The Datasets are real world datasets, since we didn't want to breed misconceptions by manafactruing a dummy data ourselves. The submissions will be marked manually.

    I encourage you to start working on the assignment early. Do not leave it till the last minutes, when it will be harder for you to get support or find available time in the consultation labs to ask questions.

    best of luck to all...

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Draft of the Assignment 1 specifications is now available for viewing

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Thursday 03 March 2022, 11:43:35 PM.

    Dear All,

    A draft of the specifications for Assignment1 is now available for viewing ( https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/22T1/assgn1 ). We decided to release it a day earlier to give you the chance to read the specifications and ask questions or comment on the specifications if you think something is not clear. We will clarify and adjust if needed (think in context of reading time in exams :) ). Do not start working on the assignment or submit anything yet (till tomorrow when we will make the specification final).

    best if luck to all...

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • DataCamp access for COMP9321 students

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Wednesday 02 March 2022, 12:04:48 AM.

    Dear All,

    As mentioned in Week3 Tuesday lecture, we have got a 6-month subscription to DataCamp for free to students in COMP9321. Using DataCamp is purely optional as an external resource to help you practice and self-learn.

    A little bit about DataCamp (from their website): DataCamp is an intuitive learning platform for data science and analytics. DataCamp’s learn-by-doing methodology combines short videos and hands-on-the-keyboard exercises to help learners retain knowledge. DataCamp offers 350+ courses by expert instructors on topics such as importing data, data visualization, and machine learning.

    Check the Week3 Tuesday lecture recording, to know about how to leverage DataCamp for the challenges that can help you get the bonus marks if you are interested.

    We have created a poll activity with the invite link.

    Disclaimer: It is up to you whether you use the platform or not. Other than sending the invite to join the free subscription, we have zero control over the platform or the content. Make sure to check DataCamp terms of use and the privacy policy if you are concerned.

  • Welcome to Week3 of COMP9321

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Monday 28 February 2022, 01:40:33 PM, last modified Monday 28 February 2022, 01:41:40 PM.

    Dear All,

    Welcome to Week3 of COMP9321.

    For this Week, we are going to continue with Data pre-processing/wrangling and how you can work with the data to improve its quality and relevancy. Expect more in-lecture exercises. We will also start with Data visualization as well.

    The Lab activities for Week3 are now available. If you have not checked them out, we encourage you to do them at your own convenience. Another reminder, that we have consultation labs for everyday of the week. Check the timetable section for the times. Lab activities are not marked, but they are super important to help you get the required knowledge and skills to solve the assignments.

    I have some good news. We have got approved for an education 6-month subscription for DataCamp. DataCamp is an external platform, that I have found useful, and the students liked very much. Joining DataCamp is purely optional. We have no control over your privacy in DataCamp. Please check their Terms of use and privacy statement. We will follow up with another dedicated announcement for DataCamp and how to join.

    I can still see some requests to access the recording. If you are not in MS teams, please join ASAP . We do not encourage the habit of approving individual requests to access the recording. You can access them directly as long as you are part of the MS Teams Group.

    I hope all of you submitted Quiz1 already. If you have not, you still have a chance to submit, subject to some late penalty. You can view the correct answers for the quizzes after three days of the deadline.

    We are giving Assignment1 specification some reviews, and you should expect the release this Week. It should be tons of fun.

    The COMP9321 teaching team is always rooting for you and here to help. Do not hesitate to use the forum to ask as many questions or contact us via the course email.

    As always, remember to have fun and enjoy the learning experience. :)

    Cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Quiz1 is released

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Tuesday 22 February 2022, 09:51:08 PM, last modified Tuesday 22 February 2022, 09:52:21 PM.

    Dear all,

    Please be Advised that Quiz1 is released. you can find it in the activty section of WebCMS.

    Best of luck to all...

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Welcome to Week2 of COMP9321

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Monday 21 February 2022, 12:07:14 PM.

    Dear All,

    Welcome to Week2 of COMP9321. I hope you will enjoy the ride.

    For this Week, we are going to continue with Data Access and how to store the Data Accessed, learn about NoSQL Databases, then we dive deeper into how you can perform some basic data cleansing (cleaning) and explore your dataset to grasp some understanding.

    The Lab activities for Week1 are now available. If you have not checked them out, we encourage you to do them at your own convenience. Remember that we have consultation labs for everyday of the week. Check the timetable section for the times. Lab activities are not marked, but they are super important to help you get the required knowledge and skills to solve the assignments.

    The First Quiz will be released after the Tuesday Lecture. Once the quiz is available, we will make an announcement in WebCMS. You can access the quiz through the activity section of WebCMS.

    I can see some excellent conversations in the forum. It just makes me full of joy to see students helping each other and such a healthy community.

    As a side note, if you are still not in MS teams, please join ASAP. We do not encourage the habit of approving individual requests to access the recording. You can access them directly as long as you are part of the MS Teams Group.

    The COMP9321 teaching team is always rooting for you and here to help. Do not hesitate to use the forum to ask as many questions you like or contact us via the course email.

    Finally, remember to have fun and enjoy the learning experience. :)

    Cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Lab 1 is released

    Posted by Mehmet Rad Sunday 20 February 2022, 01:14:05 AM.

    Dear Students,

    Lab 1 is released

    https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/22T1/resources/72116

    You can go through the activities and use the Consultation Lab hours to get help from tutors.

  • Lecture recording + Consultation Labs Timetable

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Wednesday 16 February 2022, 02:04:07 PM.

    Dear All,

    thank you for those who attended the lecture yesterday. the recording is ready and accessible either via the General channel in the Course MS Teams space, or through the link we have put in the Lectures subsection in WebCMS (within the designated week).

    Please be advised that you need to join the Course in MS Teams to be able to view the recording. We won't be approving individual requests to access the recording. We have already facilitated an easy way for your to access the Lectures and Labs by joining the course in MS Teams. You can join the course in MS Teams by visiting the poll activity ( https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/22T1/acti... ), and either click the link or use the join code (Tip: the Team Code is faster for you).

    We have finalized the timeslot for the consultation labs starting next week. You can find them in WebCMS Timetable subsection. As I mentioned yesterday, the consultation labs are there to provide support. We have a consultation lab in everyday of the week and with different timings to help cater for most needs and availabilities of students.

    Looking forward to seeing you in the lecture tomorrow 6:00PM.

    cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • COMP9321 first lecture

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Tuesday 15 February 2022, 02:20:52 PM.

    Dear All,

    I hope that you are excited as as I am for the first lecture today at 4:00PM (Sydney time). As I mentioned before, we are using MS Teams to deliver the lecture live. You can either access the meeting invite posted in the General Channel of the COMP9321 MS Teams Space, or click the link and follow through ( https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:APr... ).

    Some house keeping rules:

    • Please mute your Microphone and turnoff video when you join.
    • You can use the chat to ask questions and Dylan will be there all the time to answer questions or pass them to me.
    • Please use the chat responsibly.
    • You can also unmute yourself and ask the question during Q&A time.
    • The lecture will be recorded. The link will be made available after the lecture.

    Looking forward to seeing you all...

    cheers,

    Morty


  • Join the Course in MS Teams

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Saturday 12 February 2022, 11:53:29 AM.

    Hi Everyone,

    Just a reminder that the lectures and the Consultation Labs will be delivered using MS Teams. if you have not joined the Course on MS Teams yet, please do so ASAP. Please do not leave it till the last minute before the lecture, when we do not have the time to debug if there is an issue.

    the joining link and code are in the activity section. https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/22T1/acti...

    **By Clicking the Link and joining the Course MS Teams Space, you confirm that you are currently officially enrolled in the course. or you have the approval of the teaching team to join while the enrolment is not yet finalized.

    Looking Forward to seeing you all on Tuesday at 4:00PM.

    Cheers,

    COMP9321 Teaching Team

  • Welcome to COMP9321

    Posted by Morty Al-Banna Wednesday 09 February 2022, 12:37:54 AM.

    Dear All,

    Welcome to COMP9321 (Data Services Engineering). Please feel free to check the course provisional outline here ( https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/22T1/outline ).

    For the offering of 2022T1 please be advised for the following:

    • The course will run completely online (lectures, consultation labs, exam...etc.).
    • We are going to use MS Teams for the live lectures, and the lecture will be recorded and made available after the lecture.
    • We have lab activities and walkthroughs that we will share the details in WebCMS and during the lecture.
    • We will also have consultation labs, that we will run everyday of the week starting week2. The intention is to provide additional support for the lab activates and the assignments. The schedule of the consultation labs will be made available in WebCMS. We are also using MS Teams for the consultation labs
    • Join the course in MS Teams by accessing the link in the poll activity ( https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/22T1/acti... )

    I hope that you will find COMP9321 Educational and Fun...

    Stay tuned for further updates...

    best regards,

    COMP9321 Teaching team

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