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Computer Science 868 Detailed Information

Note that the information presented here does not necessarily reflect the most up to date syllabus or course information. Rather this information is intended to provide a general overview of course content from previous offerings.

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 - 40%
  • Presentation & discussion - 30%

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