Schedule

The schedule details will be filled in as the semester progresses (and future weeks are subject to change, but as much as is known is documented here).

Week Lead Team Blog Team Topic
1: 2/4 Feb Dave Introduction; Views of Technology
2: 9/11 Feb 14 Race Against Technology, Intro, Ch 1
3: 16/18 Feb 25 Race Against Technology, Ch 2–3
4: 23/25 Feb 31 Race Against Technology, Ch 4–5
5: 2/4 Mar 42 Deepfakes
6: 11 Mar Dave Project Ideas Discussion (Break day 9 Mar)
7: 16/18 Mar 53 Social Scoring
19 March Project Idea Proposals Due (4:59pm)
8: 23/25 Mar 14 UI Design Ethics
9: 30 Mar/1 Apr 25 Recommendations and Manipulation
10: 6/8 Apr 31 Privacy and Surveillance
11: 13 Apr Guest: Saiph Savage Crowd Workers (Break day 15 Apr)
12: 20/22 Apr 42 Centralization and Anti-trust
13: 27/29 Apr 53 End-to-end Encryption
14: 4/6 May Everyone Project Presentations

Typical Biweekly Schedule

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Sunday
Week N (led by team E) Team A: have initial idea ready for Week N+1
Teams B and D: Responses due (5:59pm)
Team E: meet with Dave (10am) to go over plans for Week N
Everyone (led by Team E): Class meeting (9:30-10:45am)
Team A: meet with Dave after class to discuss plan for Week N+1
Team E: post class assignment for Thursday
Team A/Dave: Finalize assignment for Week N+1 Everyone (led by Team E): Class meeting (9:30-10:45am)
Team C: Finish Blog for Week N (5:59pm)
Teams B and D : Responses due (10:59pm)
Week N+1 (led by Team A) Team C and E: Week N+1 Responses due (5:59pm)
Team E: meet with Dave (10am) to go over plans for Week N
Everyone (led by Team A): Class meeting (9:30-10:45am)
Team B/Dave: Finalize assignment for Week N+2 Everyone (led by Team A): Class meeting (9:30-10:45am)
Team D: Finish Blog for Week N (5:59pm)
Teams C and E: Responses due (10:59pm)