Social Computing

CS 278 · Spring 2024

Today we interact with our friends and enemies, our team partners and romantic partners, and our organizations and societies, all through computational systems. How do we design these social computing systems to be effective and responsible? This course covers design patterns for social computing systems, and the foundational social scientific and technical concepts that underpin them. Students will engage in the creation of new computationally-mediated social environments.

Assignments Tuesday Thursday

Assignment 1: Going Viral

Submission due Tuesday April 9 at 11:59pm

Votes due Tuesday April 16 at 11:59pm

Section Signups

Preferences due Tuesday April 9 at 11:59pm

Going Viral

Bustling Streets and Ghost Towns

Project Proposal + Piggyback Prototype

Due Tuesday April 23 at 11:59pm

Norms

Cold Start

Growing Pains

Feed Ranking

Assignment 2: Well, It Was A Growth Experience

Due Tuesday April 30 at 11:59pm

Project Milestone

Due Tuesday May 14 at 11:59pm

Strong and Weak

Group Collaboration

Assignment 3: Let's Crowdsource An Exam

Questions due Friday May 3 at 11:59pm

Remixes due Tuesday May 7 at 11:59pm

Votes due Thursday May 9 at 11:59pm

Reflection due Tuesday May 28 at 11:59pm

Wisdom of the Crowd

Crowdsourcing and Peer Production

Anti-Social Computing

Super Awesome Special Guests

Exam Question Bank Published Using A3 Data

Released on Tuesday May 14

Project Final Report

Due Friday June 7 at 11:59pm

Content Moderation

Misinformation: Going Antiviral

Exam

Tuesday May 21 at 7 PM in Hewlett 200

No class — exam

AIs in Social Environments

Governance

Unintended Consequences

No class — finish your project

No class — finals
    Lecture
  • Tuesday+Thursday 4:30pm-5:20pm

    Hewlett 200

Teaching Assistants
  • Ed Forum If you have a question that any TA could answer, please make an Ed post.
  • Selaine Rodriguez (Head TA) Office hours: Mon 9am-10am, Gates 200 and Tues 10am-11am, Gates 421
  • Thomas Escudero Office hours: Wed 1pm-2pm, Zoom (link on Ed) and Thurs 11am-12pm, Zoom (link on Ed)
  • Star Doby Office hours: Mon 3:30pm-4:30pm, Gates 358 and Wed 3:30pm-4:30pm, Zoom (link on Ed)
  • Kyla Guru Office hours: Tues 5:30pm-6:30pm, Gates 304 and Thurs 6:30pm-7:30pm, 80-113
  • Griffin Miller Office hours: Tues 3pm-4pm, Zoom (link on Ed) and Thurs 3:30pm-4:30pm, 60-107
  • Uma Phatak Office hours: Thurs 7:30pm-8:30pm, Zoom (link on Ed) and Fri 11:30am-12:30pm, GESB 134
  • Shruti Sridhar Office hours: Tues 6:30pm-7:30pm, Zoom (link on Ed) and Fri 3:30pm-4:30pm, 80-113
  • Grace Zhou Office hours: Mon 2:30pm-3:30pm, Zoom (link on Ed) and Fri 2:30pm-3:30pm, 160-317
  • Wilmer Zuna Office hours: Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Gates 315 and Wed 12:30pm-1:30pm, Gates 315