TMA4300 Computer Intensive Statistical Methods

Reference group

Name e-post Study programme
Martin Walderhaug martiew [at] stud [dot] ntnu [dot] no MTKJ (Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology)
Abdul Ghaffar agmalik [at] stud [dot] ntnu [dot] no BMAT (Mathematical sciences)
Luca Fenzi lucafe [at] stud [dot] ntnu [dot] no ERASMUS

Summary of reference group discussions

The final reference group report is here

1. Meeting (03.02.2015):

  Curriculum: 
* Interesting so far and seems also relevant for future work.
  General comments: 
* Very good course
* Block structure is a very good concept for this course. 
* It is nice to hear first the theory and then apply it yourself. 
* Further, it is good to focus on the exercises for two weeks.
  Lectures:
* Slides are very informative and well prepared. 
* It is good that slides are available at the beginning of the lecture.
* Maybe use the document camera instead of the blackboard.
  
  Exercises:
* The match between the exercises and the lecture is very good.
* The exercises in the computer lab work fine.
* The teaching assistant gives very good support and assistants well with questions.
* Good that deadline is not so close.
* Idea of oral presentations is good.

2. Meeting (20.03.2015):

  Lectures:
* Slides are good and students appreciate it to get them printed out at the beginning of the lecture.
* Lectures are good. Pace is appropriate.
  Exercises:
* 2nd exercise is much harder than first one.
* In particular the INLA part is hard and more help might be needed there.
* It would be good to get the third exercise before Easter. 
* Sometimes there are communication problems, such as misunderstandings, when asking questions.
* More help during the exercises would be appreciated.

3. Meeting (17.04.2015):

  General:
* No comments for improvement.
  Lectures:
* No changes compared to last feedback.
* No comments from other students
* EM algorithm not so well covered in book
  Exercises:
* Good exercises that relate well with lectures
* Corrections of exercises ok
* Good help during lab exercises
* Oral presentations are regarded as very helpful
2015-06-18, Andrea Riebler