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+    "quarto.render.previewType": "internal",
+    "quarto.render.renderOnSave": true
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+/.quarto/
+_site/
+_revealjs/
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/01_command_shells.qmd b/lectures/fa24/01_command_shells.qmd
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+---
+title: "Command Shells"
+---
+
+# Introduction
+
+Although there are a lot of great GUI-based machine learning applications, there
+are many cases when it is more productive to use command line interfaces, for
+example with `git` or `python`. We'll get you familiar with command shells for 
+Windows and MacOS here. In the next section we'll cover the Shared Computing Cluster
+at BU and its Linux operating system.
+
+Topics to cover:
+
+1. why important (the basic control language for machine learning)
+2. MacOS (zsh) versus Windows (terminal and linux subsystem) versus linux distributions (e.g. SCC)
+
+## Getting to a command shell
+
+The types and how you start command shells varies by operating system.
+
+::: {.panel-tabset}
+
+### MacOS
+
+In MacOS, start the `terminal` app. ![MacoS Terminal](assets/images/macos_terminal_icon.jpeg){width="30px"} 
+
+Starting with MacOS Catalina, the default shell is [`zsh`](https://zsh.org/). If
+you've upgraded from an earlier version of Catalina, you might still be using `bash`
+shell.  If you are still using `bash`, there should be reminder everytime you
+open Terminal instructing how you switch to `zsh`.
+
+The reason it is important to know which cell you are running is that the shell
+startup configuration files are particular to the shell. There are some other
+subtle differences in shell commands and syntax.
+
+You can see which shell you are running with the process status command `ps`. 
+One or more of the processes listed will include `bash` or `zsh`.
+
+### SCC
+
+The easiest way to get to a terminal session on the Shared Computing Cluster (SCC)
+is to navigate to [SCC On Demand](https://scc-ondemand.bu.edu).
+
+You can also `ssh` to <username>@scc1.bu.edu or <username>@scc2.bu.edu or
+ <username>@scc3.bu.edu, the login nodes.
+
+ The first time you `ssh`, you might get the message a like this with `scc1`:
+
+ ```
+ The authenticity of host 'scc2.bu.edu (192.12.187.131)' can't be established.
+ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:OmvL4FQ48QTpcXDpYE63rse1tM6pfKfSUgaVW1+mlIw.
+This key is not known by any other names.
+Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? 
+```
+
+Just type yes and hit `return`.
+
+
+### Windows
+
+sdfsd
+
+#### Windows terminal
+
+#### Windows GIT terminal
+
+#### Windows Subsystem for linux (WSL)
+
+:::
+
+Commands to cover:
+
+Directory commands:
+```sh
+pwd; cd; ls
+```
+
+File handling commands:
+```sh
+```
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/02_scc.qmd b/lectures/fa24/02_scc.qmd
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+---
+title: "Shared Computing Cluster"
+---
+
+# Topics to Cover
+
+Blah blah.
+
+## Next section
+
+More blah blah.
+
+```{python}
+x = 5
+x
+```
+
+```{markdown}
+Text $x = 5$.
+```
+
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/03_git_and_github.qmd b/lectures/fa24/03_git_and_github.qmd
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+---
+title: Git and Github
+---
+
+# Introduction
+
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/04_vscode.qmd b/lectures/fa24/04_vscode.qmd
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+---
+title: VS Code
+---
+
+# Introduction
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/05_tabular_data.qmd b/lectures/fa24/05_tabular_data.qmd
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+---
+title: Tabular Data
+---
+
+# Introduction
+
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/06_pytorch.qmd b/lectures/fa24/06_pytorch.qmd
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+---
+title: Pytorch
+---
+
+# Intro
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/07_tensorflow_keras.qmd b/lectures/fa24/07_tensorflow_keras.qmd
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+---
+title: Tensorflow Keras
+---
+
+# Intro
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/08_huggingface.qmd b/lectures/fa24/08_huggingface.qmd
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+---
+title: Hugging Face Transformers and Models
+---
+
+# Intro
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/09_huggingface_spaces.qmd b/lectures/fa24/09_huggingface_spaces.qmd
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+---
+title: Hugging Face Spaces
+---
+
+# Intro
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/10_llms.qmd b/lectures/fa24/10_llms.qmd
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+---
+title: LLMs and Tools
+---
+
+# Intro
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/README.md b/lectures/fa24/README.md
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+# Fall 2024 Lecture Topics
+
+This folder (`lectures/fa24`) contains draft lectures for various introductory
+practical machine tools.
+
+The topic list is in [index.qmd](./index.qmd).
+
+It is in [Quarto](https://quarto.org/) website format.
+
+To edit, preview and render you'll need to setup Quarto.
+
+1. Install Quarto as directed in Quarto
+ [Get Started](https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/).
+2. We suggest you edit with VS Code and the 
+[Quarto Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=quarto.quarto).
+3. From VS Code you can preview using
+    1. the preview icon on the top right of one of the qmd edit panels, or
+    2. run `quarto preview` from the integrated VS Code terminal from the 
+    `lectures/fa24` directory.
+
+There are placeholder files for each of the major topics. If you add a new
+file or change a file name, be sure to update it in [_quarto.yml](./_quarto.yml)
+file too.
+
+**Coming Soon:** Instructions on how to render slides from quarto.
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+project:
+  type: website
+
+website:
+  title: "CS/DS 549 Lectures"
+  back-to-top-navigation: true
+  sidebar:
+    style: "docked"
+    search: true
+    contents:
+      - href: index.qmd
+        text: Home
+      - 01_command_shells.qmd
+      - 02_scc.qmd
+      - 03_git_and_github.qmd
+      - 04_vscode.qmd
+      - 05_tabular_data.qmd
+      - 06_pytorch.qmd
+      - 07_tensorflow_keras.qmd
+      - 08_huggingface.qmd
+      - 09_huggingface_spaces.qmd
+      - 10_llms.qmd
+
+format:
+  html:
+    theme: cosmo
+    css: styles.css
+    toc: true
+
+
+
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Render all .qmd files to HTML and Reveal.js
+for file in *.qmd; do
+  if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+    quarto render "$file" --to revealjs --output-dir _revealjs
+  fi
+done
+
+# Render all .ipynb files to HTML and Reveal.js
+for file in *.ipynb; do
+  if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+    quarto render "$file" --to revealjs --output-dir _revealjs
+  fi
+done
+
+# revealjs slideshow
+#quarto render --to revealjs --output-dir _revealjs
diff --git a/lectures/fa24/index.qmd b/lectures/fa24/index.qmd
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+---
+title: "CS/DS549 ML Practicum -- Fall 2024"
+---
+
+# Introduction
+
+Each lecture is ~30 minutes followed by either in class exercise in the early
+part of the course or lab time.
+
+## Topics
+
+### Command Shells
+
+1. MacOS command shell
+2. Windows command shell options
+    1. Windows Command
+    2. Git shell
+    3. WSL
+
+Basic shell commands
+
+### Shared Computing Cluster
+
+1. SCC Overview
+2. SCC group, changing default group
+3. shell commands, user/group/world permissions
+2. Login nodes vs compute nodes
+3. Differences in compute nodes and options, CDS buy-in
+3. Interactive sessions
+    1. desktop
+    2. vs code
+4. Batch sessions
+
+### Git and Github
+
+1. git basics
+2. github and git servers
+3. exercise: forking, cloning, topic branch, push, create PR
+3. github actions workflows
+4. CI/CD
+
+### VS Code
+
+1. Python extensions and support
+2. Jupyter extensions and support (debugging)
+2. Git/Github extensions and support
+
+
+### Tabular data
+
+1. pandas
+2. scikit-learn
+
+### Pytorch
+
+### Tensorflow/Keras
+
+### Huggingface Transformers and Models
+
+### Huggingface Spaces
+
+### LLMs
+
+1. Chainlit/literal.ai
+2. langchain
+3. llamaindex
+4. HF Transformers
+
+
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+/* css styles */
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+---
+title: "Lecture 03"
+---
+
+# Lecture Title
+
+Blah blah.
+
+## Next section
+
+More blah blah.
+