Welcome to BME 590: Data Science and Health. On this page, you will find all of the required information to get started with this course. This involves installing the necessary software to complete the course assignments and projects, signing up for Piazza (where you can ask questions about the course), signing up for Github (where you will submit assignments), and other general information.
For software installation instructions, please refer to the following instructions:
Please make sure that you install the software noted in the link above as soon as possible so that we can identify any potential issues that you are having and resolve them as quickly as possible.
If you do not have a github account, please sign up for one on https://www.github.com. We will be using github as our main way to distribute and complete assignments.
You should receive an invite to the slack workspace for this course shortly after the course begins. Please make sure that you create an account. Slack will be the main way that you can ask questions about the course material to instructors and fellow students. Take some time to familiarize yourself with how slack works if you have not used it before. so we can avoid any further confusion down the line. In general, messages in default channels will be visible to everyone in the course. If you have a general question (for example about homework/due dates/lecture), please post your questions in the designated channel. Do not ask questions about your specific implementation. Please direct message one of the instructors in this case.
Because this course deals with health record data, you will need to go through the process of obtaining access to the MIMIC-III database. Instructions on how to do this are located below. This will be your first assignment for the course.
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