University of Washington · Autumn 2026 · 5 Credits (RSN)
Provides advanced training on visualization methods to show data in complex and compelling ways. Applies complex visualization methods to examine topics including project management, the grammar of graphics, data types, data structure, modeling, complex and interactive data visualization, and data dashboards.
Prerequisites: B DATA 200 and B DATA 232
Prof. Dr. Pedro H. M. Albuquerque PhD in Quantitative Methods (Finance) · Staff Data Scientist & Adjunct Professor sites.uw.edu/pedroalb
| Section | Topic | Slides | Notebook |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curse of Dimensionality & Linear Algebra | PPTX |  |
| 2 | Matrix Operations & Data Geometry | PPTX | |
| 3 | K-Means & Hierarchical Clustering | PPTX | |
| 4 | DBSCAN, t-SNE & UMAP | PPTX | |
| 5 | Principal Component Analysis (PCA) | PPTX | |
| 6 | Correspondence Analysis & MCA | PPTX | |
| 7 | MDS & Autoencoders | PPTX | |
| 8 | Applied Project | — | |
| Component | Weight |
|---|---|
| Online Exercises (weekly Google Colab) | 20% |
| Exam 1 — Sections 1 & 2 (in-class, Thu Oct 15) | 20% |
| Exam 2 — Sections 3 & 4 (in-class, Thu Oct 29) | 20% |
| Exam 3 — Sections 5–7 (in-class, Thu Nov 12) | 20% |
| Applied Project + In-Person Presentation | 20% |
- Google Colab — primary coding environment (Jupyter Notebooks in the cloud)
- Python — NumPy, pandas, matplotlib, plotnine, plotly, scikit-learn, scipy, umap-learn
- Canvas — materials, assignments, grades, and exams
BDATA412/
├── README.md
├── BDATA412_Syllabus.html
├── Section_01_...pptx through Section_07_...pptx # Lecture slides
├── 01_...ipynb through 08_...ipynb # Google Colab notebooks
├── Data/ # Datasets (CSV)
└── images/ # Images for notebooks
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Sep 29 (Tue) | First day of class |
| Oct 15 (Thu) | Exam 1 (in-class) |
| Oct 29 (Thu) | Exam 2 (in-class) |
| Nov 12 (Thu) | Exam 3 (in-class) |
| Nov 24–27 | Thanksgiving Break |
| Nov 29 (Sun) | Applied Project notebook due |
| Dec 1 & 3 (Tue & Thu) | In-person presentations |
University of Washington · School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences