LSE DS105 - Data for Data Science

2024/25 Autumn Term

Eager to learn how to clean, reshape, pivot, and manipulate data in search of the purest insights in data science? You’re in the right place! Welcome to the course page for LSE DS105 - Data for Data Science.

📑 Notice Board

📌 Commonly Used Links:

Visit our Slack group
Not yet on Slack? Click on this invitation link¹.

Go to the Nuvolos Platform
Not yet on Nuvolos? Visit the Nuvolos guide to learn how to get access to it.

📢 Recent updates
(22 Oct, 8pm):

Your first graded assignment is now available. Head over to the ✍️ W06 Summative (20%) page to read the instructions.

However, unless you are an experience coder, I highly recommend completing the 📝 W04 Formative first! This exercise will equip you with the basic Git skills you need to complete the summative (we will revisit that in this week’s lecture).

Our Team

Name:	Dr Jon Cardoso-Silva
Links	LSE, GitHub, LinkedIn, 📧
Role at LSE:	Assistant Professor (Education) LSE Data Science Institute At LSE since 2021
Office Hours:	🗓️ Wednesdays, 1-4pm (book via StudentHub)
Background:	PhD in Computer Science (King’s College London) Former roles: Tech Lead, Data Scientist, Software Engineer
Likes to think about:	How Generative AI is influencing the way we learn 2.

COURSE LEADER | LECTURER

Riya Chhikara
Data Scientist
The Economist
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CLASS TEACHER

Alex Soldatkin
PhD candidate
Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
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CLASS TEACHER

Sara Luxmoore
Research Officer
LSE Data Science Institute and LSE Cities
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SUPPORT SESSIONS

Kevin Kittoe
Teaching and Assessment Administrator
LSE Data Science Institute
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ADMIN

Class Details

📅 Class Group 1
⏰ 09.00 am - 10.30 am
📍 CKK.2.18 (check map)
👤 Riya Chhikara
(substituted by Sara Luxmoore on W01)

📅 Class Group 2
⏰ 10.30 am - 12.00 pm
📍 CKK.2.18 (check map)
👤 Riya Chhikara
(substituted by Sara Luxmoore on W01)

📅 Class Group 3
⏰ 12.00 pm - 01.30 pm
📍 PAN.3.04 (check map)
👤 Alex Soldatkin

📅 Class Group 4
⏰ 03.00 pm - 04.30pm
📍 CLM.2.06 (check map)
👤 Alex Soldatkin

📅 Class Group 5
⏰ 04.30 pm - 6.00 pm
📍 CLM.2.06 (check map)
👤 Alex Soldatkin

Footnotes

1. The Slack link is private and only available on Moodle

2. Read about the GENIAL project