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INFO 4940

Special Topics in Information Science

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Study of topics not currently covered in INFO offerings, as determined by faculty and student interest.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4281, ENGL 4705, INFO 6940
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Human Centered Design and Engaged Media
Class Number & Section Details

7426 INFO 4940 DES 501
Meeting Pattern
- WF 12:20pm - 2:15pm
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
- Instructors
  
  McKenzie, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: INFO 6940
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Human-AI Interaction Design Research
Class Number & Section Details

11529 INFO 4940 LEC 002
Meeting Pattern
- MW 10:10am - 11:25am
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
- Instructors
  
  Yang, Q
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Application required. See https://forms.gle/F8F6hNnMsgpBKvKi6 to apply. Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: INFO 6940
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: How LLMs work, their potential and limitations
Class Number & Section Details

11531 INFO 4940 LEC 004
Meeting Pattern
- WF 1:25pm - 2:40pm
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
- Instructors
  
  Mimno, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

The course will require working with python notebooks, thinking about probabilities and log odds, and manipulating data files. It shouldn't be your first experience with debugging or data-oriented programming, but a lot of the work we will build up from basics. To assess your preparation, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/p8nTFGbg1tMQEPj89.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Law, Policy, and Politics of Cybersecurity
Class Number & Section Details

11532 INFO 4940 LEC 005
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
- Instructors
  
  Mitrano, T

Status	Title	Author	ISBN/Publisher	Retail Price Range
Required	Attack from Within Author McQuade	McQuade	9781644213636 Penguin Random House Llc	$35.00
Required	Breached! : Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve It Author Solove	Solove	9780190940553 Oxford University Press, Incorporated	$29.99
Required	Code: Version 2.0 (Edition: 2) Author Lessig	Lessig	9780465039142 Basic Books	$18.75 - $24.99
Required	Fancy Bear Goes Phishing Author Shapiro	Shapiro	9781250335678	$20.00
Required	Inventing The Internet Author Abbate	Abbate	9780262511155 Triliteral / Mit Press	$32.00
Required	The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats Author Clarke	Clarke	9780525561989 Penguin Publishing Group	$19.00
Optional	New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West Author Sanger	Sanger	9780593443590	$33.00

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: INFO 5940
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: U.S. Copyright Law
Class Number & Section Details

11861 INFO 4940 LEC 006
Meeting Pattern
- MW 11:40am - 12:55pm
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
- Instructors
  
  Priehs, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: INFO 5940
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Applied Machine Learning: Methods and Applications
Class Number & Section Details

19604 INFO 4940 LEC 008
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
- Instructors
  
  Soltoff, B
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.

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