6.438  Algorithms for Inference

Grades

Dear Class -

Trust all of you are enjoying some quiet time (at least from 6.438). We understand that Quiz 2 was tougher than Quiz 1 and has made some of you anxious. Rest assured, we understand this, we are sympathetic to this aspect and we have taken this into account in deciding your final grades.

In particular, we have submitted your final letter grades with this consideration to registrar's office. We believe they should become available to you soon, if not already.

We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
Best regards and Stay safe.
Devavrat on behalf of 6.438 teaching staff

Announced on 10 December 2020  8:20  p.m. by Devavrat Shah

Quiz 2 grades

Hi all,

Quiz 2 has been graded, and grades are now available in Gradescope. Solutions to the quiz have also been posted on Stellar.

You will have until Wednesday (tomorrow) at 11:59pm EST to submit regrade requests. Please carefully go through the solutions before submitting a regrade request! If you submit a request do note that we reserve the right to regrade any of the questions.

Here are the exam statistics:
Mean: 35/60
Median: 34/60
Standard Deviation: 11

Lastly, another reminder to fill out the subject evaluations (https://registrar.mit.edu/subjectevaluation)!

Best,
6.438 staff

Announced on 08 December 2020  4:32  p.m. by Eshaan Nichani

Final Lecture: Starting in 30mins

Class -

We have come a long way in this virtual form of teaching. It's time for the last lecture now. The lecture topic is "sampling". I hope to see you all there for this one last time before we break for IAP.

In case we do not see you today, on behalf of entire teaching staff, I would like to wish you all the best for all your future endeavors and we sincerely hope that 6.438 would have made some difference in your life. I do hope our paths cross again in the future.

Best wishes.
Devavrat on behalf of teaching staff of 6.438

Announced on 08 December 2020  9:04  a.m. by Devavrat Shah

Announcements regarding Quiz 2

Hi all,

As announced on piazza, the quiz will consist of 4 problems (each problem consists of some sub-problems), and they are worth 20, 10, 15, 25 points respectively. The points sum up to 70, but the maximum score that you can get is 60 points. If you get x points, then the score that contributes to your final grades is min{x,60}. For example, if you get 45 points your score is 45. If you receive 65 points then your score will be 60.

Also, we will let you download and print the answer booklet 10 minutes before the quiz starts (to make it fair to everybody). We will release the quiz problems dot on time. Please make sure you join at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.

Lastly, we have posted quiz 2 problems and solutions from 2015-2019 in case you need more problem solving practice.

All the best!
6.438 staff

Announced on 02 December 2020  4:45  p.m. by Abhin Swapnil Shah

Quiz 2 Timeslots + Reminders

Hi all,

See the following spreadsheet to see your timeslot for Quiz 2: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F1HxjZtuM1oB2S-yz1KjX1DDJaKdygWrE9n6lznCJ-g/edit?usp=sharing. Please make sure you are on the list and that your email address is correct.

Some last minute reminders about Quiz 2. The following are the zoom links for the two timeslots, please make sure you join the correct one:
9am - 11am: https://mit.zoom.us/j/98567938316
7pm - 9pm: https://mit.zoom.us/j/99158443838

Please join 15 minutes before the start time; we will be making breakout rooms 10 minutes before the start and will lock rooms afterwards. Your solutions are due on Gradescope 15 minutes after the designated end time. Please double check that you can access Gradescope via this link (https://www.gradescope.com/courses/201059).

Finally, we encourage you to fill out the Fall 2020 subject evaluations, which can be found here (https://registrar.mit.edu/subjectevaluation).

Best of luck with your studying and see you all on Thursday!

-- 6.438 staff

Announced on 01 December 2020  9:53  p.m. by Eshaan Nichani