If you have not received the Zoom link to our class, please contact the staff at cs106s-win2021-staff@lists.stanford.edu!
Welcome to CS106S! Our next class will be Thursday January 28, 2021 at 4:30 P.M. PST (UTC-8). You can use this website to see what time that is in your timezone. Can't wait to see you there!
Note for Course Shopping: If you plan to shop CS 106S for Winter 2020-2021, please enroll in CS 106S on Axess, since the course Zoom link will be provided to enrolled students. If you do not have units to enroll, please email cs106s-win2021-staff@lists.stanford.edu as soon as possible so that we can accommodate.
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. Some of the topics we will cover include mental health chatbots, tumor classification with basic machine learning, sentiment analysis of tweets on refugees, and matching algorithms in the context of COVID-19. Prerequisite/corequisite: CS 106B or CS 106X.
CS 106S meets every Thursday from 4:30-5:50 P.M. PST (UTC-8). The course will be offered in the online virtual format per university guidelines for Winter 2020-2021 instruction. Students will receive 1 unit of S/NC credit.
Cooper de Nicola (cdenicol@stanford.edu)
Matthew Early (mmearly@stanford.edu)
Liza Goldberg (lizagold@stanford.edu)
Miles McCain (mccain@stanford.edu)
Priti Rangnekar (pritir@stanford.edu)
Andy Jin (andyjin@stanford.edu)
Shridhar Athinarayanan (shriathi@stanford.edu)
Ismael Castro (ismael01@stanford.edu)
Staff Contact Email Address: cs106s-win2021-staff@lists.stanford.edu
By the end of the course, students are expected to have:
Students are expected to attend class each week and participate respectfully in class lectures, discussions, and exercises. Every week will have a check-off form with some questions from class and feedback prompts for the teaching team. This will be the way we check your attendance.
Students will be graded on the basis of attendance and participation. Respectful participation and attending a minimum of 8 out of 9 classes are requirements to receive credit. In the case that a student will miss more than one class due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the teaching staff to receive an excused absence.
All students are expected to abide by Stanford's Honor Code.
Per university guidelines for Winter 2020-2021, we will be offering this course virtually through an online learning environment. Once it becomes available, students will be provided with a Zoom link to join class every week.
Students who may need an academic accommodation based on the impact of a disability must initiate the request with the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). Professional staff will evaluate the request with required documentation, recommend reasonable accommodations, and prepare an Accommodation Letter for faculty dated in the current quarter in which the request is being made. Students should contact the OAE as soon as possible since timely notice is needed to coordinate accommodations. The OAE is located at 563 Salvatierra Walk (phone: 723-1066, URL: http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae)
Week 1 (1/14): Introduction to Javascript I and Web Development (Cooper) Slides Starter Code Solutions
Week 2 (1/21): Introduction to Javascript II and Cryptography/Web Security (Miles) Slides Starter Code
Week 3 (1/28): Sentiment Analysis via Refugee Tweets (Matthew)
Week 4 (2/4): K-Nearest Neighbors Via Cancer Diagnosis (Shridhar)
Week 5 (2/11): COVID-19, The Draw, and Matching Algorithms (Priti)
Week 6 (2/18): Algorithmic Bias via COMPAS (Ismael)
Week 7 (2/25): CS for Climate Change (Liza)
Week 8 (3/4): Mental Health via ELIZA Chatbot (Andy)
Week 9 (3/11): CS + Social Good Speaker Panel (Various former and current CS+Social Good members)
There will be no class Week 10.