The first week of classes is in the books! About homework grades… I do my best to update homework discussion grades in Canvas within 24 hours of the discussion itself. This timeline does not apply at the beginning of the … Continue reading →

Welcome to CS/IT285L: Social Issues and Ethics in Computing. The Fall 2024 semester begins on September 3, 2024. This class is conducted on campus. Please check Wiser for your course time and location. Please familiarize yourself with this website, as … Continue reading →

This evaluation is designed to provide information about the quality of this course to the instructor and department. All submissions will be anonymous and these questionnaires will be treated as confidential information. The instructor will not review your responses until … Continue reading →

Due to scheduling and project updates, Day 25 (Tuesday, April 30) is no longer an obligatory participation grade day. Instead, it will become the first of 3 optional final paper workshop days. The last participation grade entered into Blackboard will … Continue reading →

Hi everyone, Let me address some emailed questions I get at the end of every semester. Will I round up your grade? No. No grades will be rounded. The university grade scale applies, which states that 79.99 will be recorded … Continue reading →

Hi all, Nice work today (Day 21). As discussed, I have updated the slides for today with the clearer Therac-25 definition and extra visual aid that were shown in class. 11:00am section only: I was mistaken about the fate of … Continue reading →

Attorney General Andrea Campbell will be on campus to talk about AI and Civil and Consumer rights; Tuesday April 16 at 1pm! https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240408/ca/e6/74/c4/cc19f87ed1b9f83b8ef63fd8/24.229_fireside_chat_AG_Andrea_Campbell_v7_44_.pdf

Brainhack Boston will be hosted at UMB this year (previously at MIT)! April 22 and 23. 4/23 is a class day, so if you don’t attend my class be sure to catch up. https://brainhack-boston.github.io/

From the midterm page! . As mentioned on the syllabus, you can bring up to 30 pages of numbered unique handwritten notes to this exam. One physical page with two sides counts as one – that is, you can write … Continue reading →