Schedule is updated dynamically throughout the semester
| DATE | TOPIC / PRESENTER | READING | LOCATION | OUT/DUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21 | Intro & overview | P. J. Denning, Is computer science science? In Communications of ACM, 2005. | Zoom | Hw1 out |
| Jan 28 | Scientific method &grand challengesPresenters:Vedanshi & Risha | G. Mani et al., Artificial Intelligence’s Grand Challenges: Past, Present, and Future, AI Magazine 42, p. 61, 2021.Grand Challenges for Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, 2008 | Zoom | Hw2 out Hw1 due |
| Feb 4 | How to read & writescientific papers Presenters:Arnav & Aaryan | How to read papers 1, 2 How to write papers 1, 2 M. Ali et al, Discrimination through optimization: how Facebook’s ad delivery can lead to biased outcomes, HCI 2019 |
Zoom | Hw3 out Hw2 dueProj group due |
| Feb 11 | Guest lectureDr. Pardis Emami-Naeini Presenters:Jacob & Suman | P. Emami-Naeini et al. Ask the experts: What should be on an IoT privacy and security label? IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, p.447 2020 | Zoom & 366 WVH | Hw4 out Hw3 due |
| Feb 18 | Guest lecture Dr. Maitraye Das Presenters:Brandon and Jonathan | M. Das et al., Co11ab: Augmenting accessibility in synchronous collaborative writing for people with vision impairments, CHI 2022 Also see related short video | Zoom & 366 WVH | Hw5 out Hw4 due |
| Feb 25 | Guest lecture Dr. Tesca Fitzgerald Presenters:Douglas & George | Y. Cui et al., Understanding the relationship between interactions and outcomes in human-in-the-loop machine learning, IJCA 2021 | Zoom & 366 WVH | Hw6 out Hw5 due |
| Mar 4 | Guest lecture Dr. Max KreminskiPresenters:Alan & Noah | M. Kreminski et al., Why are we like this?: Exploring writing mechanics for an AI-augmented storytelling game, ELO 2020 | Zoom & 366 WVH | Hw7 out Hw6 due |
| Mar 11 | Guest lecture Dr. Seshadhri (Sesh) ComandurPresenters:Aditya & Anubhab | C. Seshadhri et al., Triadic measures on graphs: The power of wedge sampling SIAM SDM, 2013Optional reading: this tutorial | Zoom only | Hw7 dueProj proposal due |
| Mar 18 | No class, Spring break | Hw8 out | ||
| Mar 25 | Guest lecture Dr. Fernando Diaz Presenters: Adithya & Nanditha | F. Diaz et al., Evaluating stochastic rankings with expected exposure CIKM 2020Optional reading: Section 1 of this monograph | Zoom & 366 WVH | Hw8 dueHw9 out |
| Apr 1 | Guest lecture Dr. Christoforos Mavrogiannis Presenters: Kevin & Beck | C. Mavrogiannis et al., Social momentum: Design and evaluation of a framework for socially competent robot navigation ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 11:2, 2022 | Zoom & 366 WVH | Hw9 dueHw10 out |
| Apr 8 | Guest lecture Dr. Yixin ZouPresenters: Derek | P. Mayer et al., “Now I’m a bit angry:” Individuals’ awareness, perception, and responses to data breaches that affected them USENIX Security Symposium, 393, 2021 | Zoom & 366 WVH | Hw10 dueHw11 out |
| Apr 15 | Research in practice: Panel discussion with Khoury Ph.D. students | Guests: Julia Belyakova, Ondrej Biza, Jeffrey Gleason, Sarthak Jain, Laura South | Zoom | Hw11 due |
| Apr 22 | No classProject presentations following week | |||
| Apr 29 | Project presentations | Zoom | Proj report due | |
| May 6 | Finals week |