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Wed, Jan 14, 2026

First day of classes (Monday classes begin - no MPHY 6120)

(No lecture)
Mon, Jan 19, 2026

MLK Day - No Class

(No lecture)
Tue, Jan 20, 2026Start of Module 0 - Course Introduction & The Field Guide Mindset
Tue, Jan 20, 2026Module 0: Course Introduction & Field Guide Mindset
Wed, Jan 21, 2026Start of Module 1 - Python & Development Environment
Wed, Jan 21, 2026Module 1: Python Environment & Development Setup
Tue, Jan 27, 2026

Course Selection Period Ends

Tue, Jan 27, 2026Module 1: Git, Notebooks & Medical Data Landscape
Wed, Jan 28, 2026Start of Module 2 - Structured Clinical Data & Exploratory Data Analysis
Wed, Jan 28, 2026Homework 1 - Python & Environment Setup is due
Wed, Jan 28, 2026Module 2: Clinical Tabular Data & EDA
Tue, Feb 3, 2026Module 2: Data Cleaning & Preprocessing
Wed, Feb 4, 2026Module 2: Feature Engineering & Class Imbalance
Tue, Feb 10, 2026Start of Module 3 - Medical Imaging Data
Tue, Feb 10, 2026Module 3: DICOM Fundamentals (Guest Lecture)
Wed, Feb 11, 2026Homework 2 - Exploratory Data Analysis & Clinical Data is due
Wed, Feb 11, 2026Module 3: Imaging Coordinate Systems (Guest Lecture)
Tue, Feb 17, 2026Module 3: NIfTI & Research Formats
Wed, Feb 18, 2026Module 3: MONAI Framework
Mon, Feb 23, 2026

Drop Period Ends

Tue, Feb 24, 2026Start of Module 4 - Machine Learning Foundations
Tue, Feb 24, 2026Module 4: ML Foundations — Data Audit & Algorithms
Wed, Feb 25, 2026Homework 3 - DICOM & Medical Imaging Fundamentals is due
Wed, Feb 25, 2026Module 4: ML Foundations — Evaluation, Fairness & Peer Review
Tue, Mar 3, 2026Start of Module 5 - Midterm Project
Tue, Mar 3, 2026Module 5: Midterm Project Kickoff & Data Exploration
Wed, Mar 4, 2026Module 5: Midterm Work Session — Baseline Models (HW4 due Mar 17 with midterm)
Sat, Mar 7, 2026

Spring Break Begins

Tue, Mar 10, 2026

Spring Break - No Class

(No lecture)
Wed, Mar 11, 2026

Spring Break - No Class

(No lecture)
Sun, Mar 15, 2026

Spring Break Ends

Mon, Mar 16, 2026

Classes Resume

Tue, Mar 17, 2026Homework 4 - Clinical ML Consultant is due
Tue, Mar 17, 2026Module 5: Midterm Work Session — Final Prep
Wed, Mar 18, 2026 Midterm Project Due is due
Wed, Mar 18, 2026Midterm Project is due
Wed, Mar 18, 2026Module 5: Midterm Prep + Presentations (2:30 PM)
Mon, Mar 23, 2026

Grade Mode Change Deadline

Tue, Mar 24, 2026Start of Module 6 - Deep Learning: From Neurons to U-Net
Tue, Mar 24, 2026Module 5: Midterm Presentations (Team 3) + Module 6: Neural Networks Intro
Wed, Mar 25, 2026Module 5: Midterm Presentations (Team 4) + Module 6: CNNs & Convolutions
Mon, Mar 30, 2026

Last day to withdraw from a course

Tue, Mar 31, 2026Module 6: Deep Learning Recap + Beat the Baseline Challenge (DermaMNIST)
Wed, Apr 1, 2026Start of Module 7 - Clinical Text & NLP Foundations
Wed, Apr 1, 2026Module 6: Beat the Baseline continued (~1hr) + Module 7: Clinical NLP Introduction
Tue, Apr 7, 2026Module 7: Text Processing & Word Embeddings
Wed, Apr 8, 2026Homework 5 - Deep Learning for Medical Image Classification is due
Wed, Apr 8, 2026Module 7: Clinical NLP Tools & Resources (scispaCy, NER, UMLS)
Tue, Apr 14, 2026Start of Module 8 - Large Language Models in Medicine
Tue, Apr 14, 2026Module 8: Transformers & Large Language Models (Intro)
Wed, Apr 15, 2026Module 8: Prompting, In-Context Learning & RAG (hands-on)
Tue, Apr 21, 2026Homework 6 - Clinical NLP & Large Language Models is due
Tue, Apr 21, 2026Module 8: LLMs in Clinical Practice — Opportunities, Risks & Regulation (HW6 due)
Wed, Apr 22, 2026Start of Module 9 - Model Evaluation & Explainability
Wed, Apr 22, 2026Start of Module 10 - Governance, Regulatory & Deployment
Wed, Apr 22, 2026Modules 9 + 10 (condensed): Evaluation, Calibration, Governance & Field Guides
Tue, Apr 28, 2026Start of Module 11 - Final Projects & Presentations
Tue, Apr 28, 2026Homework 7 - Model Evaluation & Explainability is due
Tue, Apr 28, 2026Module 11: Final Project Prep Day (in-class group work + instructor check-ins)
Wed, Apr 29, 2026

Last day of classes

Wed, Apr 29, 2026Module 11: Final Project Prep Day (last in-class working session)
Mon, May 4, 2026

Final Examinations Begin

Tue, May 5, 2026 Lecture
Wed, May 6, 2026 Final Presentations (RadOnc.AI Lab) is due
Wed, May 6, 2026 Final Project Due - Technical Artifact + Field Guide is due
Wed, May 6, 2026Final Project - Technical Artifact + Field Guide is due
Wed, May 6, 2026Module 11: Final Presentations — afternoon @ RadOnc.AI Lab