UBC MDS

Over the years I’ve struggled with the disconnect between “algorithms” — as a student might see in a standard algorithms and data structures class — and optimization. Several of the algorithms taught in such courses are in fact instances of (discrete) optimization: for example, dynamic programming (DP), or Dijkstra’s algorithm... [Read More]

This is an exciting time for the UBC MDS program, with the second cohort starting their journey in just a few days. We are thrilled about the strength and diversity of our incoming class. Here are some facts about the incoming cohort: [Read More]

In this post I will describe the system we use for delivering courses via GitHub in the UBC MDS program. I will first describe our high level goals and how we tackled them, and then discuss some implementation details. This post assumes the reader is familiar with git and GitHub... [Read More]