CSE 481p Spring 2023: Schedule and Readings

Week
Date
Class Topic
Group Milestone
Due by Class
1
Tue, Mar 28
Introduction
[Slides]
Thur, Mar 30
Landscape of Social Computing Systems
Guest: Ruotong Wang
[Slides]
2
Tue, Apr 4
Team formation and brainstorm
[Slides]
Teams formed
Thur, Apr 6
Why do people participate in online social communities?
[Slides]
Decide on an area of focus; Start user research
3
Tue, Apr 11
Engagement and Attention
[Slides]
Thur, Apr 13
Online Social Identity and Comparison
Guest: Andrés Monroy-Hernández
[Slides]
4
Tue, Apr 18
Project pitches
[Slides]
Ideate solutions
Thur, Apr 20
Prototyping Social Computing Systems
[Slides]
Narrow on 1 solution via testing
5
Tue, Apr 25
Quantification
Guest: Jim Chen
[Slides]
Low fidelity prototype
Thur, Apr 27
Community Norms
Guest: Galen Weld
[Slides]
Low fidelity report
6
Tue, May 2
Commercial Content Moderation
Guest: Lindsay Blackwell
[Slides]
Thur, May 4
Monetization and Social Capital
[Slides]
Finish code and design specification
7
Tue, May 9
Midterm presentations
Thur, May 11
"Democratization" and Crowdsourcing: The Good and Bad
[Slides]
8
Tue, May 16
Being On All the Time
[Slides]
Thur, May 18
User Studies
9
Tue, May 23
Ethics
[Slides]
Thur, May 25
Algorithmic Feed Curation
Lecture led by: Kevin Feng
[Slides]
Protoype done and launch
10
Tue, May 30
Showcase practice and feedback
[Slides]
Video demo draft
Thur, Jun 1
Showcase!
Presentations
11
Tue, Jun 6
Finish website