Hello there. Welcome to your one stop shop for technical orientation materials. Regardless of which program you are enrolled in at the School of Data Science for graduate studies this is the place to be. The faculty member responsible for this orientation is Professor Alonzi (lpa2a@virginia.edu). This GitHub page is the starting place and we will direct you to the best resources for enriching your learning. We endeavour, so far as in our power lies, to only use free and open resources but from time to time you may need a resource that is not free and open. When that happens we work with the UVA Library to try and avoid any direct cost to you. Our liason from the UVA Library is Jenn Huck (jah2ax@virginia.edu).
- Watch this video: 5 THINGS I WISH I KNEW Before Starting Data Science by Nicholas Renotte
- Read this article: The Virginia Model of Data Science (and optionally Data Science from 1963 to 2012)
- Optional - Watch this video about laptops (it is intended for those who have yet to purchase a laptop): Computer Buying Guide