Elements of Statistical Learning is one of the best texts in the field of ML. You'll likely use it in later courses (recommended, but not required for this course): PDF
David Donoho (2017) 50 Years of Data Science, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 26:4, 745-766. pdf
Ethics + Data Science, DJ, Patil
A Code of Ethics for Data Science, DJ, Patil
The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete
Carmichael, I. & Marron, J.S. Jpn J Stat Data Sci (2018) 1: 117. pdf
How a Math Genius Hacked OKCupid to Find True Love
How scientists fool themselves – and how they can stop
Optimized Prime: How AI And Anticipation Power Amazon's 1-Hour Deliveries
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Wes McKinney - creator of pandas
Cathy O'Neil is the author of Weapons of Math Destruction. She blogs at mathbabe.