I’ve posted my answers to reading check #1. (Yours don’t necessarily have to match mine exactly.)

It was pointed out to me that homework #0 erroneously stated that you were required to use vim and other command-line tools for this class. It’s a lie! For this course, you can use whatever editor you choose: Spyder, Eclipse, vim, Visual Studio, Notepad++, or whatever. All that’s required is that you can edit text…

The first reading check of the semester will be at 3:30pm on Thursday the 15th (snow permitting) and will cover part 1 of Isaac Asimov’s original Foundation novel. This excerpt can be found in Canvas under the “files” tab.

To earn any points for anything this semester, you first have to be on the class scoreboard! Click on the “New Student” tab, and provide: Your real full name (do use any nickname you’re commonly known by — i.e., put “Lizzie Bennet” not “Elizabeth Bennet” if you go by Lizzie) A super secret screen name…

Greetings, Earthlings, and welcome to the 2026 version of DATA 420 — Modeling and Simulation with Stephen! This site is gonna be hip-hoppin’ with all kinds of great stuff real soon, so stay tuned!