Academic Graduate School Portfolio
This is Harsh Mehta's Graduate degree transcript for MS in Information Science journey specializing in Data Science track from University of Wisconsin Madison visualized with precise grades and GPA's and the projects, assignments and reflections and labs done in grad school as they were from a summarized macro perspective with course grades adding upto the overall GPA of 3.93
OTM752: Project Management - AEE FA24
This course delves into project management methodologies, emphasizing Agile frameworks and Scrum practices. It explores concepts like task estimation, scheduling, project monitoring, earned value analysis, and team collaboration through real-world case studies and simulations.
OTM752: Project Management - AEE FA24
This course delves into project management methodologies, emphasizing Agile frameworks and Scrum practices. It explores concepts like task estimation, scheduling, project monitoring, earned value analysis, and team collaboration through real-world case studies and simulations.
Week 1: Class Introduction & Project Planning
Content
- Class 1 - Introduction & Project Planning.pptx
- Class 1 - Introduction & Project Planning.pdf
- Rank Order Discussion Content
- An example short project charter
- An example long project charter
Week 2: Estimating & Scheduling
Content
- Class 2 - Estimating & Scheduling.pptx
- Class 2 - Estimating & Scheduling.pdf
- Critical Path In Class Exercise.jpg
Week 3: Project Monitoring & Control
Content
- Class 3 - Monitoring & Control.pptx
- Class 3 - Monitoring & Control.pdf
- Is it on schedule? (in class exercise)
- Is it on schedule? Solution.xlsx
- Is it Under Budget? (in-class exercise)
- Earned Value Analysis (in class exercise)
- Earned Value Analysis Solution.xlsx
Week 4: Agile Project Management
Content
- Class 4 - Agile Project Management.pptx
- Class 4 - Agile Project Management.pdf
- Have You Used Agile? (Poll we will do in class)
- Sprint Burndown (in-class exercise)
Week 5: Project Management Simulation (Scrum) & Class Closing
Content
- Class 5 - Scrum Simulation & Closing.pptx
- Class 5 - Scrum Simulation & Closing.pdf
- Description for Agile Project Team.docx
- Description for Observers.docx
- Description for Customers.docx
- Scrum Simulation Tracking Template.xlsx
GENBUS656: Machine Learning for Business Analytics (001) FA24
This course focuses on machine learning techniques applied to business analytics, covering regression, classification, model evaluation, neural networks, large language models (LLMs), and time series forecasting.
GENBUS656: Machine Learning for Business Analytics (001) FA24
This course focuses on machine learning techniques applied to business analytics, covering regression, classification, model evaluation, neural networks, large language models (LLMs), and time series forecasting.
Module 1: Introduction & Regression
Content
- Slides for GB 656 - Module 1
- Team Contract.docx
- Advertising Data
- Quiz for Module 1 (10 pts)
- Discussion Forum Module 1
- Module 1 - Further Readings
- Video for GB 656 - Module 1
Module 2: Classification, Logit, and Naive Bayes
Content
- Slides for GB 656 - Module 2
- Bank Marketing Notebook
- US Bankruptcy Prediction Dataset
- US Bankruptcy Prediction Notebook
- Quiz for Module 2 (10 pts)
- Team Assignment 1 (20 pts)
- Assignment 1 - Solution Notebook
- Discussion Forum Module 2
- Module 2 - Further Readings
- Video for GB 656 - Module 2
Module 3: Model Evaluation & Regularization
Content
- Slides for GB 656 - Module 3.pdf
- Discussion Forum Module 3
- Quiz for Module 3 (10 pts)
- Simulated Bias Variance Tradeoff
- Startup Notebook
- Startup Dataset
- Homecredit Notebook
- Module 3 - Further Readings
- Video for GB 656 - Module 3
Module 4: Neural Nets & Gradient Descent
Content
- GB 656 - Module 4.pdf
- NNVisualizer.xlsx
- Neural Net Simulation
- Quiz for Module 4 (10 pts)
- Team Assignment 2 (20 pts)
- Discussion Forum Module 4
- Module 4 - Further Readings
- Video for GB 656 - Module 4
Module 5: Demystifying LLMs
Content
- Quiz for Module 5 (10 pts)
- Discussion Forum Module 5
- Running GPT-2 Small
- Plotting PCA with Embeddings
- Basic SVD Embeddings
- Module 5 - Further Readings
- Slides for Module 5
- Tokenization in Google Sheet
- Video for GB 656 - Module 5
Module 6: Demystifying LLMs #2
Content
- Quiz for Module 6 (10 pts)
- Discussion Forum Module 6
- Feedback Survey for Ishan
- Module 6 - Further Readings
- Slides for Module 6.pdf
- Video for GB 656 - Module 6
Module 7: Advanced Classification Models
Content
- Team Assignment 3 (20 pts)
- Quiz for Module 7 (10 pts)
- Discussion Forum Module 7
- GB 656 - Module 7 - Slides.pdf
- Mid-term peer evaluation (10 pts)
- Mid-Term Course Evaluation
- Module 7 - Further Readings
- Customer Churn Notebook
- Customer Churn Dataset
- Video for GB 656 - Module 7
Module 8: Bagging and Boosting
Content
- Slides for GB 656 - Module 8.pdf
- Discussion Quiz 8 (10 pts)
- Discussion Forum Module 8
- Module 8 - Further Readings
- Video for GB 656 - Module 8
Module 9: Unsupervised Learning
Content
- Team Assignment 4 (20 pts)
- HW4_data.csv
- Discussion Forum Module 9
- Atomic Quiz 9
- GB 656 - Module 9 - Slides
- Ames Housing Dataset
- Real Estate - Students Notebook
- Whole Customers Dataset
- Wholesale Cluster Students - Notebook
- Module 9 - Further Readings
- Video for GB 656 - Module 9
Module 10: Embeddings
Content
- Discussion Forum Module 10
- Atomic Quiz 10 (10 pts)
- Slides - GB 656 - Module 10.pdf
- Food Preference Recommender
- food_preference.xlsx
- Restaurant Recommender
- restaurant_preferences.xlsx
- Module 10 - Further Readings
- Video for GB 656 - Module 10
Module 11: Deep Learning
Content
- Discussion Forum Module 11
- Atomic Quiz 11
- Slides - GB 656 - Module 11
- Twitter Airline Sentiment Data
- Bag of Words - Airline Tweets
- BERT - Airline Tweets
- MNIST - Neural Network
- MNIST - CNN
- Module 11 - Further Readings
- Video for GB 656 - Module 11
Module 12: The Missing Lecture
Content
- GB 656 - Module 12
Module 13: Time Series
Content
- GB 656 - Module 13.pdf
- M5store.csv
- M5store 2.csv
- M5 Store Forecast Notebook
- M5 Store Department Forecast
- M5 Store Bottom-Up Forecast
- M5 LightGBM Forecast
- M5 Neural Prophet Forecast
- Discussion Forum Module 13
- Atomic Quiz 12
- Module 13 - Further Readings
GENBUS780: Cloud Technology for Business Analytics (001) AEE FA24
This course covered building and leveraging cloud-based tools for business analytics.
GENBUS780: Cloud Technology for Business Analytics (001) AEE FA24
This course covered building and leveraging cloud-based tools for business analytics.
Course Materials
- CLASS PROBLEM - Analyzing Big Data in the Cloud
- CLASS PROBLEM - Building Models in the Cloud
- CLASS PROBLEM - Developing Cloud Data Pipelines
- CLASS PROBLEM - Exploring the Cloud Landscape
- CLASS PROBLEM - Utilizing Cloud Data Warehouses
- FINAL PROJECT - Submission
LIS615: Systems Analysis and Project Management for Information Professionals (001) SP24
This course taught systems analysis techniques and project management principles tailored for information professionals.
LIS615: Systems Analysis and Project Management for Information Professionals (001) SP24
This course taught systems analysis techniques and project management principles tailored for information professionals.
Course Materials
- A1: Project Ideas
- A2: Project Proposal
- A3: Team Charter + System Selection
- A4: Contextual Inquiry
- A5: Modeling Data
- A6: Ideation
- A7: Project Charter
- A8: Risk Register
- A9: Work Breakdown Structure
- A10: Project Schedule
- Final Pitch Slide
- Final Presentation Slides + Recording
- Final Report
- Final Report Draft
- Individual Retrospective
- Mid-Semester Survey
- Team Retrospective
LIS620: Field Project in Library and Information Agencies (005) DHH SU24
This course involved a hands-on project in a library or information agency setting.
LIS620: Field Project in Library and Information Agencies (005) DHH SU24
This course involved a hands-on project in a library or information agency setting.
Course Materials
- Final Presentation
- Final Report
- Mini-Presentation 1: Asking Good Questions
- Mini-Presentation 2: Your Partner & Context
- Mini-Presentation 3: Hands On
- Peer Feedback to Another Group
- Team Agreement
- Team Agreement Check-In
- Weekly Reflection 3
- Weekly Reflection 4
- Weekly Reflection 5
- Weekly Reflection 6
- Weekly Reflection 7
LIS705: Introductory Analytics for Decision Making (001) SP24
An introductory course on data analytics techniques for enhancing decision-making processes.
LIS705: Introductory Analytics for Decision Making (001) SP24
An introductory course on data analytics techniques for enhancing decision-making processes.
Course Materials
- Lab: Stats Unit
- Lab: Unit 1
- Lab: Unit 2
- Lab: Unit 3
- Lab: Unit 4
- Lab: Unit 5
- Lab: Unit 6
- Lab: Unit 7
- Lab: Unit 8
- Lab: Unit 9
- Lab: Unit 10
- Project Assignment 4
- Time Series Project
LIS706: Data Mining Planning and Management (001) SP24
This course focused on planning and managing data mining projects, including technical and teamwork aspects.
LIS706: Data Mining Planning and Management (001) SP24
This course focused on planning and managing data mining projects, including technical and teamwork aspects.
Course Materials
- Unit 1: Introduction to Data Mining Planning and Management
- Unit 2: Introductory Concepts 2
- Unit 3: Sampling Data for Model Testing
- Unit 4: Evaluation 2 - Expected Value and Confusion Matrix
- Unit 5: Baseline Approaches
- Unit 6: Regression
- Tips for Final Project
LIS707: Data Visualization and Communication for Decision Making (001) FA23
This course focused on visualizing and communicating data insights effectively to support decision-making.
LIS707: Data Visualization and Communication for Decision Making (001) FA23
This course focused on visualizing and communicating data insights effectively to support decision-making.
Course Materials
- Final project: Policy Brief with Visualizations
- Week 2 Assignment - Human perception
- Week 3 Assignment - Data Cleaning using Tableau Prep Builder or Python
- Week 4 Assignment - Matchmaker: Data Viz Edition
- Week 5 Assignment - Universal Visualizations
- Week 6 Assignment - Visualizing Numbers
- Week 7 Assignment - Geospatial maps with Tableau
- Week 8 Assignment - Text Visualization
- Week 9 Assignment - Network Visualization
- Week 10 Assignment - Building Interactive Charts
- Week 11 Assignment - Your First Dashboard
LIS751: Database Design for Information Professionals (001) FA23
This course focused on designing and implementing relational and NoSQL databases for information professionals.
LIS751: Database Design for Information Professionals (001) FA23
This course focused on designing and implementing relational and NoSQL databases for information professionals.
Course Materials
- ERD consulting (optional)
- ERD draft due
- NoSQL Project
- Project Definition and Members - Draft Feedback
- Project Definition and Members - Re-submission
- SQL Relational Database Project
LIS875: Topics in Information Processing and Retrieval (001) FA23
This course explored advanced topics in information processing and retrieval techniques.
LIS875: Topics in Information Processing and Retrieval (001) FA23
This course explored advanced topics in information processing and retrieval techniques.
Course Materials
- Final Project
- Lab 0
- Lab 1
- Lab 2
- Lab 3
- Lab 4
- Lab 5
- Lab 6
- Lab 7
- Lab 8
- Lab 9
- Lab 10
- Lab 11
- Lab 12
- Studio 0
- Studio 1
- Studio 2
- Studio 3
- Studio 4
- Studio 5
- Studio 6
- Studio 7
- Studio 8
- Studio 9
- Studio 10
- Studio 11
- Studio 12