Winter Week 1

Materials

πŸ“• Class slides

πŸ“— TA Office Hours Logistics - Allie Caughman, EDS 411 TA & Bren Ph.D. Candidate

πŸ“˜ Client Relations Presentation - Miya Scheble, MEDS Career Development Program Manager

πŸ“– Syllabus

πŸ“– Capstone Guidelines

Schedule

12:30 - 1:30 : Overview of EDS 411A, Capstone Project, and DIP

1:30 - 2:00: Client relations presentation, Miya Scheble - Bren Career Team

2:00 - 2:10: BREAK

2:10 - 3:00: Communication roles activity

3:00 - 3:15: Capstone project summary

3:15 - 3:30: Group work

Upcoming deadlines

To do by next week

🀝 1. Hold first client meeting

Due when? By next class Monday 1/12.

Instructions

Goals for first client meeting (to be held before next class):

β˜‘οΈ Clarify what the objectives are (if you have any questions - know what they are before the meeting)

β˜‘οΈ Address any issue with accessing data (determine beforehand what these might be)

β˜‘οΈ Find out who the audience for your product will be and if there will be people who can test it

Before meeting the client meeting, develop an agenda, including:

  • who will be the meeting facilitator/chair and who will take notes
  • agenda (with times)
  • list of clarifying questions you want to ask the client
  • any questions about the data - make sure you know how to access it
  • PRO TIP: use the agenda template provided during the Fall quarter.

After meeting: reflect with your team on how it went and what could be improved.


πŸ’¬ 2. Prepare flash talk

Due when? Presentations will happen during next class. Add your slides by then.

How to submit: Add slides to Week 2 - Flash talks shared folder.

Instructions

Prepare four slides covering:

  • Slide 1: A cover slide
  • Slide 2: An ultra summarized slide covering what your project will do
  • Slide 3: A brief overview of the datasets you’ll use
  • Slide 4: One graph showing exploratory visualization of your data

Pick a person or two who are ready to do a 3 minute presentation next class

Focus on:

  • Avoiding big blocks of text.
  • Smooth transitions between sections, clear, and precise speech.
  • Practice it a bit and time it!

Flash talks are the first steps in practicing for the faculty reviews.


πŸ“„ 3. Read sample DIPs and Capstone resources and bring in questions

Due when? By next class.

Instructions

Read the following resources:

β˜‘οΈ MEDS Capstone Project Guidelines.

β˜‘οΈ Sample DIPs

β˜‘οΈ Ten simple rules to cultivate belonging in collaborative data science research teams

Come prepared with questions about the guidelines and the sample DIPs. The β€œTen simple rules…” paper will give you a good background for your team management plan (we’ll work on it next week).

*We have reworked the DIP this year to streamline it. So, the sample DIPs from previous years do not completely match the new DIP format. However they will still give you a good idea of the information that will go into it.


πŸ“₯ 4. Prepare summary paragraph for Bren website

Due when? Submit by 5pm on Friday 1/16.

How to submit: add to Capstone Summaries. Your advisor must review your summary before submitting it.

See class slides for details about how to prepare your summary.