Week | Day | Date | Topic | Paper Milestone |
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1 | Tue | Aug 27 | Introduction [slides] | Intro Survey |
Pair Presentations | ||||
2 | Tue | Sept 3 | Privacy Labels [Kelley et al. 2009] | |
3 | Tue | Sept 10 | Privacy Policies [Linden et al. 2020] | M0 - LaTeX Exercise |
4 | Tue | Sept 17 | Cookie Consent [Bielova et al. 2024] | |
5 | Tue | Sept 24 | Right to Access [Bowyer et al. 2022] | M1 - Topic Proposal |
6 | Tue | Oct 1 | IPS [Tseng et al. 2020] Content Notice | |
7 | Tue | Oct 8 | AI Code Assistants [Perry et al. 2023] | M2 - Bibliography |
8 | Tue | Oct 15 | Fall Break | |
Individual Presentations | ||||
9 | Tue | Oct 22 | TBD | M3 - Annotitated Bib |
10 | Tue | Oct 29 | TBD | |
11 | Tue | Nov 5 | TBD | M4 - Intro + Outline |
12 | Tue | Nov 12 | TBD | |
13 | Tue | Nov 19 | Peer Reviews | M5 - Full Paper Draft |
14 | Tue | Nov 26 | TBD | |
15 | Mon | Dec 3 | TBD | M6 - Final Paper |
16 | Wed | Dec 11 | Final Paper Presentations |
Throughout this semester, you will read 12 assigned research papers. To help you engage with these readings and prepare for class discussions, I will ask you to submit a reading reflection each week. The format of the reflection is up to you---it can be written essay, a powerpoint slide dec, a video, or an audio recording---but it must include the following:
How to read a research paper. When you read a research paper, your goal is to understand the scientific contributions the authors are making. This is not easy, despite the deceptively short appearance of most published computer science papers, and it may require going over the paper several times. Expect to spend multiple hours to read a paper.
Here are some general guidelines for how to read a research paper (adapted from Michael Mitzenmacher's advice on how to read a research paper):
During the first half of the semester, each of you will present a research paper with an assigned partner. This presentation should be approximately 30 minutes and will be followed by a discussion. Your paper, presentation date, and partner will be assigned during the first week of class after you complete the intro survey.
During the second half of the semester, each of you will give a solo presentation on a research paper of your choice selected from the bibliography for your final 190 paper. This presentation should be approximately 15-20 minutes and will be followed by a brief discussion.
For your each presentation you must:
Your presentation will be evaluated on the following concepts:
See the final paper page for details about the final paper milestones and requirements.
The paper by Tseng et al. that will be discussed in class on October 1 studies how technology is used for surveillance, stalking, and other privacy violations in the context of intimate partner abuse. This is a difficult topic to discuss, and not one that I added to the syllabus lightly. However, I decided that it is important to acknowledge that privacy can be threatened not only by corporations and governments but also by people around us, and that the technologies we design and build can be used to facilitate and perpetrate intimate partner abuse.
If you prefer not to discuss this topic, you may use one of your excused absences to skip this class. No explanation or advance notice is required. Anyone who does not attend that week's discussion will be automatically excused from that week's reading reflection and will not be expected to read or discuss the paper. There will also be an option on the intro survey to indicate that you do not want to present this paper.