This project based course on Social Computing is geared towards developing a broad understanding of today’s online social systems. Team-based projects will focus on studying real-world challenges and opportunities in current social media platforms by analyzing the vast amounts of data people leave behind in these platforms, applying quantitative methodologies to investigate and model this data, and building social tools that can augment current social computing systems.

Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in CS 3724 and CS 3114.