Systems for data management and data science

March 31st, from 14:15 to 16:00.

Closed book exam. The questions will be related to the content of the topics covered until Week 6 (24.03.2025), inclusive. 

The Mid term will be on-site, on Moodle.

Personal Belongings: Please place all personal belongings (e.g., backpacks, jackets, and any internet-capable devices), at the designated area at the front of the room.

Bring your laptop, fully charged (and the charger, power cord, extension cord etc.). If you do not have a laptop or cannot use it, please let us know until Friday, 28.03.2025. 

Bring your Camipro card and an official ID card: We will check the identities of the students taking the midterm exam. Anyone not present in one of the designated rooms will be considered absent, even if they happen to submit the responses. In other words, you cannot take the exam from home or anywhere else than your designated room at EPFL.

Any sort of communication or using any device (e.g., smartphones, headphones/earphones, smart watches) other than your computer or a calculator is strictly prohibited. Please do not minimize the window. Opening any software other than a web browser (including the Spotlight search on MacOS) or a web page other than the Midterm exam on EPFL Moodle (e.g., course slides, search engines, ChatGPT and other LLMs) is strictly prohibited. A physical calculator is permitted for the purpose of the exam. The usage of the calculator app on the laptop is not allowed. We obviously trust your integrity. Nevertheless, any form of cheating will be reported and can entail severe consequences.

One A4 page cheat sheet is allowed (no constraints: single- or double-sided, printed or handwritten). Two one-sided pages are NOT "One A4 page", therefore not allowed.

You will be given one A4 blank sheet to use as scrap paper (possibly more on demand). You are not allowed to use your own scrap paper.

Desk Arrangement: On your desk, you are allowed only the essentials: a pen/pencil, your laptop (along with a charger/extension cord, if necessary), your Camipro card and official ID, your cheatsheet, the provided scrap paper, and a bottle of water or another beverage.

The Moodle Quiz has ungraded explanation text boxes. Please use these boxes only to state assumptions that are not part of the question or any further explanation. These will only be referred to in case of discrepancies. These are NOT mandatory.

There will be NO CLARIFICATIONS during the exam. The questions and their contexts should be sufficient to attempt them. If you think there is something missing or wrong, make "reasonable" assumptions and justify them in the explanation box.

You can attempt the quiz multiple times but only the last attempt of each student will be graded.

DO NOT copy/paste in text boxes. Moodle has issues with encoding, which may crash the quiz attempt. You should input/write in the designated box directly, only.

At the end of the quiz, you will have a grace period to submit your attempt.

It is mandatory to "Submit all and Finish" at the end. Submissions that are not submitted will NOT be graded.

Once you are done, before you leave, you need to wait for Teaching Assistants to record your departure in the presence sheet. Attempts after departure are prohibited.

You are not allowed to leave in the last 30 minutes of the exam.

Consequences for Non-Compliance: Adhering to these rules is crucial. These measures are in place to protect the integrity of our examination process and ensure fairness for all students.

Room assignment:

INJ 218 - SCIPER < 329800.

INM 200 - SCIPER between 329800 and 368000.

BS 270 - SCIPER between 368000 and 395000.

BS 150 - SCIPER > 395000.

BC 133 - In case you are assigned to this room, you will receive an e-mail. Please, confirm it once you do.