Survey course on applications of fundamental computer science concepts from CS 106B/X to problems in the social good space (such as health, government, education, and environment). Each week consists of in-class activities designed by student groups, local tech companies, and nonprofits. Introduces students to JavaScript and the basics of web development.
Topics have included mental health chatbots, tumor classification with basic machine learning, sentiment analysis of tweets on refugees, and storytelling through virtual reality.
Corequisite: 106B or 106X.
Here, you can find resources, workshop materials, and code snippets for the examples we'll be working through in lecture! Before each workshop, we'll try and post any starter code. After each week's section, we'll include some additional resources for extensions mentioned during class.
As always, if you have any questions feel free to reach out to your course staff (emails on syllabus).
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