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CS 6474: Social Computing

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1 8/17 Intro

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  8/19 Background

2 8/24 Background

  8/26 Background

3 8/31 None

  9/2 Part 1. Design

  • pitches: most vexing problem

4 9/7 Design Metaphors & IM

  • no class: labor day

  9/9 Email

5 9/14 SNSs 1

  • hack-a-while: email (bring laptops)

  9/16 SNSs 2 & Twitter

  • pitches: email

6 9/21 SNSs 3

  9/23 SNSs 4

  • hack-a-while: twitter api (bring laptops)

7 9/28 Trust

  9/30 Calendars

  • pitches: social network site

8 10/5 Video

  10/7 Mobile

9 10/12 None

  • no class: fall break

  10/14 Project Prep

  • design project discussion

10 10/19 Design Projects

  • presentations: design project

  10/21 Design Projects

  • presentations: design project

11 10/26 Part 2. Analyzing Social Data

  10/28 Background

12 11/2 Background

  • practicum: basics of data analysis (bring laptops)

  11/4 Networks 1

13 11/9 Networks 2

  • practicum: networks and other social data (bring laptops)

  11/11 Networks 3

14 11/16 Data Projects

  • data mini-project presentations

  11/18 Text 1

15 11/23 Text 2

  • practicum: processing social text (bring laptops)

  11/25 No class

  • no class: thanksgiving

16 11/30 Location and Mobility

  12/2 Data Projects

  • data project presentations

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