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.
Week | Assignments | Tuesday | Thursday |
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1: April 1-5Unit 1: Something from Nothing |
Submission due Tuesday April 9 at 11:59pm Votes due Tuesday April 16 at 11:59pm Preferences due Tuesday April 9 at 11:59pm |
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2: April 8-12 |
Project Proposal + Piggyback Prototype Due Tuesday April 23 at 11:59pm | ||
3: April 15-19Unit 2: Oh #@&%, It Got Big |
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4: April 22-26Unit 3: We Work |
Responses due Wednesday April 24 at 11:59pm Assignment 2: Well, It Was A Growth Experience Due Tuesday April 30 at 11:59pm Project Milestone Due Tuesday May 14 at 11:59pm |
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5: April 29-May 3 |
Responses due Wednesday May 1 at 11:59pm 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 |
6: May 6-10Unit 4: Don't Feed The Trolls |
Responses due Wednesday May 8 at 11:59pm |
Anti-Social Computing |
Super Awesome Special Guests |
7: May 13-17 |
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 |
8: May 20-24Unit 5: Frontiers |
Exam Tuesday May 21 at 7 PM in Hewlett 200 |
No class — exam |
AIs in Social Environments |
9: May 27-31 |
Responses due Wednesday May 29 at 11:59pm |
Governance |
Unintended Consequences |
10: June 3-7 |
No class — finish your project |
No class — finals |
Hewlett 200