Course Syllabus
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The following class schedule is subject to change. Please check back frequently. The scheduled lecturer is included in parentheses at the end of the title of each lecture.
Course Summary:
| Date | Details | Due |
|---|---|---|
| Tue Aug 28, 2012 | Calendar Event Data and data problems in the information age (Horsburgh) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Aug 30, 2012 | Calendar Event Data management and the data life cycle (Horsburgh) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Tue Sep 4, 2012 | Calendar Event Metadata (Horsburgh) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Sep 6, 2012 | Calendar Event CI-WATER Symposium (No Class) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment Semester Project Topic | due by 3pm | |
| Tue Sep 11, 2012 | Calendar Event Data models (Horsburgh) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Sep 13, 2012 | Calendar Event Data model design (Horsburgh) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment ILO-1. Metadata and the data lifecycle | due by 3pm | |
| Tue Sep 18, 2012 | Calendar Event Storing and manipulating data using Google Fusion Tables (Ames) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Sep 20, 2012 | Calendar Event Data Visualization and Mapping in Microsoft Excel (Ames) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment ILO-2. Data model design | due by 3pm | |
| Tue Sep 25, 2012 | Calendar Event Database implementation and moving data across platforms – flat files to database (Horsburgh) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Sep 27, 2012 | Calendar Event Using SQL to query a relational database (Horsburgh) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment ILO-3. Google Fusion Tables and visualization and mapping in Excel | due by 3pm | |
| Tue Oct 2, 2012 | Calendar Event Aggregating and pivoting data – SQL and Excel (Rosenberg) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Oct 4, 2012 | Calendar Event Moving data across platforms – database to R and visualizing data (Horsburgh) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment ILO-4. Database implementation and loading data | due by 3pm | |
| Tue Oct 9, 2012 | Calendar Event Programming for automation of common data management tasks, part 1 (Ames) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Oct 11, 2012 | Calendar Event Programming for automation of common data management tasks, part 2 (Ames) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment ILO-5. Querying, visualizing, transformation, and analysis | due by 3pm | |
| Tue Oct 16, 2012 | Calendar Event Student project interim oral presentations | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment Semester Project Interim Oral Presentation | due by 3pm | |
| Thu Oct 18, 2012 | Calendar Event Friday Class Schedule (USU Fall Break – No Class) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Tue Oct 23, 2012 | Calendar Event Service Oriented Architecture for Sharing Hydrologic Data: The CUAHSI HIS (Ames) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Oct 25, 2012 | Calendar Event Using HydroDesktop to search, discover, view, and analyze data in the HIS network (Ames) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment ILO-6. Automation of data management tasks | due by 3pm | |
| Tue Oct 30, 2012 | Calendar Event HydroServer Lite: A quick way to get data online and join the CUAHSI HIS (Ames) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Nov 1, 2012 | Calendar Event Customizing HydroServer Lite to meet the needs of your organization (Ames) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment ILO-7. Accessing data using web services via HydroDesktop | due by 3pm | |
| Tue Nov 6, 2012 | Calendar Event Water Resources modeling example (Rosenberg) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Nov 8, 2012 | Calendar Event Data model and data preparation for water resources modeling example (Rosenberg) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment ILO-8. Deploying an HIS HydroServer to Share Your Data | due by 3pm | |
| Tue Nov 13, 2012 | Calendar Event Introduction to the OpenMI Modeling Environmnent in HydroDesktop (Ames) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Nov 15, 2012 | Calendar Event Using OpenMI and HIS data to perform hydrologic modeling (Ames) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Tue Nov 20, 2012 | Calendar Event Visualizing high-dimensional data (Rosenberg) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment ILO-9. Preparing data for input to a model | due by 3pm | |
| Thu Nov 22, 2012 | Calendar Event Thanksgiving Holiday (No Class) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Tue Nov 27, 2012 | Calendar Event Course wrap-up and review (Horsburgh) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Nov 29, 2012 | Calendar Event Final Project Oral Presentations (USU) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment Final Project Oral Presentation | due by 3pm | |
| Assignment Final Project Report Initial Submission | due by 3pm | |
| Tue Dec 4, 2012 | Calendar Event Final Project Oral Presentations (UofU) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Assignment Peer Review | due by 3pm | |
| Thu Dec 6, 2012 | Calendar Event Final Project Oral Presentations (BYU) | 3pm to 4:15pm |
| Thu Dec 13, 2012 | Assignment Class Participation | due by 1:30pm |
| Assignment Final Project Report Final Submission | due by 1:30pm |