Other Helpful Resources for Implementation

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Productivity Tools

Title Description Technical Level Scope
ChatGPT and other LLMs Overview of how to use LLMs for computing tasks ⭐⚫⚫⚫⚫ All Computing Tasks
GitHub Copilot Instructions for installing Copilot for your IDE. Copilot is an AI-powered code generation and editing tool. ⭐⚫⚫⚫⚫ Any code written in an IDE
Amphetamine Tool for preventing your device from entering sleep mode while you are away ⭐⚫⚫⚫⚫ Personal devices

CMU Courses

The CMU Department of Statistics and Data Science provides a number of courses that will walk through many of the basic steps of building research workflows using code

  • 36-750, 36-708, and 36-707 are required PhD courses that cover implementations of common statistical algorithms in code.
  • 10-715 in the Machine Learning Department introduces students to common ML algorithms and their implementation in code.
  • Other courses pertaining to algorithms and software development can be taken depending on your specific research requirements and interest.

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