Computer Science 412 Detailed Information

Instructor

Dr. Julita Vassileva
Computer Science Department
Room 178.8 Thorvaldson Bldg.
Phone: 966-2073
Email: jiv@cs.usask.ca

Marks

• Assignments - 20%
• Participation - 10%
• Course project - 30%
• Final exam - 40%

Topics

COMMUNITIES

• Sharing Content, Trading and Playing,
• Discussions and Socialization: Forums, Bulletin Boards, Chat, IM,
• Publishing: Blogs and Wikis, Wikipedia Social Networking
• Coding: Open Source Movement

THEORIES

• Analytic Theories: Metcalfe's law, Network effects, Scale-Free networks
• Economic Theories: Wisdom of Crowds, Games, Reciprocation and Norms
• Behavioural Theories: Social Psychology, Sociology, Organizational Science

HARVESTING PARTICIPATION

• Search for Meaning and Recommendation: Personal Information Management, Tagging,
• Community Ontologies, Semantic web; Recommender Systems, Trust and Reputation Mechanisms
• Motivating Participation – incentive mechanisms, community awareness /visualization
• Building Communities and Putting them to Work