IE6600 Spring 2021 Northeastern University • Seattle Past

Computation and Visualization for Analytics

r shiny tableau

This course covers basic of the R, and R Shiny for data preprocessing, and visualization. It introduces students to static and interactive visualization, dashboard, and platform that reveal information, patterns, interactions, and comparisons by paying attention to details such as color encoding, a shape selection, spatial layout, and annotation. Based on these fundamentals of analytical and creative thinking, the course then focuses on data visualization techniques and the use of the most current popular software tools that support data exploration, analytics-based storytelling and knowledge discovery, and decision-making in engineering, healthcare operations, manufacturing, and related applications.

Tue 11:00am – 14:00am ET

01/19/2021 – 04/27/2021

Room 409, 225 Terry Ave, or Zoom, Seattle

4 Credits

Upcoming Deadlines

No upcoming deadlines at this time

Course Platform

Canvas

Course materials and grades

Piazza

Course discussions

Course Materials

R For Data Science (R4DS)

Required

Author: Wickham, Hadley, and Garrett Grolemund Url

Shiny Tutorial

Additional

RStudio Shiny Tutorial Url

Tableau Public Knowledge Base

Additional

Tableau Public Knowledge Base Url

R For Everyone (RFE)

Additional

Author: Lander, Jared P. Url

R Markdown (RMD)

Recommended

Author: Xie, Yihui, et al. Url

R Graphics Cookbook (RGC)

Additional

Author: Chang, Winston Url

Advanced R (ADR)

Recommended

Author: Wickham, Hadley Url

R Packages (RPK)

Additional

Author: Wickham, Hadley Url

Text Mining with R (TM)

Recommended

Authors: Silge, Julia, and David Robinson Url

Teaching Staff

Zhenyuan Lu, PhD

Instructor

Deep Learning Scientist and AI/ML Adjunct Faculty

Zoom

Office Hours: Tue 01:00pm to 02:00pm PT

Course Schedule

Date	Topic	Materials	Assignments
Module 1: Introduction
Jan 19	Course introduction and expectations	Instructor’s Brain Text
Jan 26	Basic of R	R4E: Basics of R Text R4E: Advanced Data Structure Text
Feb 2	R functions and the grammar of visualization	R4DS: Workflow Link Wickham: A layered grammar of graphics Paper (optional) R4E: Writing R functions Text
Reminder: 02/08 - Last Day to Drop a Class Without W Grade
Module 2: Basic Visualization and Data Engineering
Feb 9	Data Visualization Concepts		HW1 Released Group arrangement Due Feb 8 @23:59 PT
Feb 16	Basic data visualization in R	R4DS: Data Visualization with ggplot2 Link (optional) RGC: Quickly Exploring Data Text	HW2 Released HW1 Due Feb 15 @23:59 PT
Feb 23	Data transformation with dplyr	R4DS: Data Transformation with dplyr Link	HW3 Released HW2 Due Feb 22 @23:59 PT
Mar 2	Data wrangling with tibbles, readr and tidyr	R4DS: Tibbles with tibble Link R4DS: Data Import with readr Link R4DS: Tidy Data with tidyr Link (optional) R4DS: Strings with stringr, Factors with forcats Text	HW4 Released HW3 Due Mar 1 @23:59 PT
Mar 9	Visualizing relational data	R4DS: Relational Data with dplyr Link James, Gareth, et al.: An Introduction to Statistical Learning Paper	Project proposal Due Mar 8 @23:59 PT HW4 Due Mar 8 @23:59 PT
Module 3: Advanced Visualization
Mar 16	Introduction to Shiny interactive visualization web app I	R Shiny: Shiny tutorial Link	HW5 Released
Mar 23	Introduction to Shiny interactive visualization web app II	R Shiny: Shiny tutorial Link
Mar 30	Data analytics web apps with Shiny	R Shiny: Shiny tutorial Link
Apr 6	Exploratory data analysis and more data visualization	R4DS: Exploratory Data Analysis Link	HW6 Released HW5 Due Apr 5 @23:59 PT
Apr 13	Additional R Workshop		HW6 Due Apr 12 @23:59 PT
Project and Slides due 04/19 @ 11:59pm PT
Apr 20	Project presentation
Apr 27	Project presentation

Polices

Plagiarism, cheating, and any form of unauthorized collaboration will not be tolerated and will be handled in accordance with University policies described in the Student Handbook. For additional information on Northeastern University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Course Goals

R For Data Science, Wickham, Hadley, and Garrett Grolemund

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

If you have a disability, I encourage you to contact the Disability Resource Center to register and request accommodations. Also, please discuss your needs with me as early in the semester as possible.

Taking Care of Yourself

Eating healthy food, having regular exercise, avoiding alcohol and drugs, getting adequate sleep, and taking time to relax will help you achieve your goals and manage stress.

If you have difficulty keeping up with any materials or homework for personal reasons, please let me know early. If you or your friends/classmates appear to be struggling or having trouble coping with stress, we strongly encourage you to seek support at the We Care program at NEU. At Northeastern, a student is never alone when struggling with a demanding situation.

Homework

There are 6 individual homework assignments. Due day will be posted with the homework. Late submission would not be accepted. Please let me know 72 hours in advance before the due day if you need extensions with a reasonable justification. Requests for regrades in writing will only be accepted no less than 10 days after receiving grade. Please send the instructor your NUID, and name with title “Request for regrade: HW+number” via email. The new grade may be lower than the original one.

Please feel free to refer to any materials from my slides. You may discuss homework with your classmates, but all the assignments are supposed to completed by your own. Sharing of completed solutions will not be tolerated. Plagiarism will be considered, if solutions and project documentations with a very high degree of similarity with other student’s or materials online. Such academic dishonesty will be handled in accordance with university policies.