<!-- ***************************************** --> #### &nbsp; ## **Textbook** - optional ### Our book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Science-Design-Manual-Texts-Computer/dp/3319554433">'The Data Science Design MANUAL'</a>, by Steven S. Skiena. ###<img width="400px" src="pics/Skiena.jpg"> ###<a href="https://bytes.usc.edu/~saty/courses/docs/data/DataScienceDesignManual.pdf">Here</a> is a copy. <div style="height:1px;border:1px solid #BBBBBB;"/> ## Supplementary material ###As we progress through the course, there might be additional content (PDFs, links to sites, etc) that will be put up below. ####NIST's <a href="https://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/eda_d.htm">manual</a> on EDA is quite informative and detailed. ####Here is another excellent reference: https://xlinux.nist.gov/dads/ <div style="height:1px;border:1px solid #BBBBBB;"/> <div style="height:1px;border:1px solid #BBBBBB;"/> &nbsp; <!-- ********************************** -->