HCDS (Fall 2017)/Schedule



Week 1: September 28
Day 1 plan


 * Assignments due
 * fill out the pre-course survey


 * Agenda


 * Readings assigned
 * Watch: Why Humans Should Care About Data Science (Cecilia Aragon, 2016 HCDE Seminar Series)
 * Read: Aragon, C. et al. (2016). Developing a Research Agenda for Human-Centered Data Science Human Centered Data Science workshop] (CSCW 2016)
 * Homework assigned
 * Chose 1 additional position paper from the 2016 CSCW HCDS workshop and write a reflection.


 * Resources

Week 2: October 5
Day 2 plan


 * Legal and ethical considerations in data collection: licensing and terms of use; informed consent and user expectations; limits of anonymization


 * Assignments due
 * reading reflection


 * Agenda


 * Homework


 * Resources

Week 3: October 12
Day 3 plan


 * Data provenance, preparation, and reproducibility: data curation, preservation, documentation, and archiving; best practices for open scientific research


 * Assignments due


 * Agenda


 * Homework


 * Resources
 * go here

Week 4: October 19
Day 4 plan


 * Study design: understanding your data; framing research questions; planning your study


 * Assignments due


 * Agenda


 * Homework


 * Resources

Week 5: October 26
Day 5 plan


 * Machine learning: ethical AI, algorithmic transparency, societal implications of machine learning


 * Assignments due


 * Agenda


 * Homework


 * Resources

Week 6: November 2
Day 6 plan


 * Mixed-methods research: Big data vs thick data; qualitative research in data science 


 * Assignments due


 * Agenda


 * Homework


 * Resources

Week 7: November 9
Day 7 plan


 * Human computation: ethics of crowdwork, crowdsourcing methodologies for analysis, design, and evaluation


 * Assignments due


 * Agenda


 * Resources
 * go here

Week 8: November 16
Day 8 plan


 * User experience and big data: prototyping and user testing; benchmarking and iterative evaluation; UI design for data science


 * Assignments due


 * Agenda


 * Resources

Week 9: November 23
NO CLASS


 * Human-centered data science in the wild: community data science; data science for social good


 * Agenda


 * Resources

Week 10: November 30
Day 10 plan


 * Communicating methods, results, and implications: translating for non-data scientists ''


 * Assignments due


 * Agenda


 * Resources
 * one

Week 11: December 7
Day 11 plan


 * Future of human centered data science: case studies from research, industry, and policy; final presentations


 * Assignments due


 * Agenda


 * Resources
 * one

Week 12: December 14
FINALS WEEK - NO CLASS - ALL ASSIGNMENTS DUE BY TBA