Communication

Data for Data Science

📟 Communication

Find out how to talk to your peers, teaching and administrative staff during this course.

Slack

• Most of our “informal” communication and interactions will happen through Slack.
• Slack is a platform used by many companies and institutions where teams can collaborate and communicate about a specific project.
• There will be channels dedicated to discussing each week’s content, a channel for sharing useful links and events, plus a random channel to share random stuff about data science.

You will receive an invitation to join our Slack group via e-mail. Send an if you have not received an invite by the time of the first lecture.

Check out the following links to understand more about this tool:

• Slack tutorials
• Collaborate effectively in channels

🗨️ Office Hours

• It is probably a good idea to book office hours if:
  • you struggled with a technical or theoretical aspect of a problem set in the previous week,
  • you have queries about careers in data science,
  • you want guidance in how to apply data science to other things you are studying outside this course.
• Come prepared. You only have 15 minutes.
• Ask for help sooner rather than later.
• Book slots via StudentHub up to 12 hours in advance.

⚠️ Reserve 📧 e-mail for formal requests: extensions, deferrals, etc. No need to e-mail to inform you will skip a class, for example.