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Course Description

Winter 2025

Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) for Math/Bioinf/Stats 547, Mathematics of Data

Background and Goals: This course covers topics in Mathematics of Data

Content: Content covered in the course includes linear algebra, multilinear algebra, dynamical systems, and information theory. The course will start with a basic introduction to data representation as vectors, matrices, and tensors. Then the course will move on to geometric methods for dimension reduction, also known as manifold learning, and topological data reduction. Using an application-based approach, the course will cover spectral graph theory, addressing the combinatorial meaning of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of their associated graph matrics and extensions to hypergraphs via tensors. The course will provide an introduction to the application of dynamical systems theory to data including dynamic mode decomposition. Real data examples will be given where possible, along with assistance writing code to implement these algoithms to solve these problems. The methods discussed in this class are shown primarily for biologocal data, but are useful in handling data across many fields. The course will also feature several guest lecturers from the industry and government. 

Responsibilities*

This is a 50% GSI position. The anticipated workload is 16.5 to 20 hours per week. The GSI will work closely with the instructor on all facets of the course in order to help meet student needs. Duties include but are not limited to the following: collaborate with instructor to revise worksheets and homework, contribute exam problems and help edit exams,  attend classes to help facilitate group work, prepare and deliver some lessons, hold three office hours per week, assist with grading of homework and exams, meet with instructor regularly, administrative tasks (copying, etc.)

Required Qualifications*

Desired Qualifications*

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Contact Information

Please contact [email protected] with questions. 

Decision Making Process

Candidate qualifications and interview.

Selection Process

Selection Criteria will include:
- Relevant academic preparation for teaching the course material
- Extent of prior instructional experience
- Relevance to graduate training

GEO Contract Information

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This position, as posted, is subject to a collective bargaining agreement between the Regents of the University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees' Organization, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO 3550.

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The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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