Technologies for democratic society

Lecture: Mondays at 15:15 - 17:00 in CM1 3
Lecture Recordings: Available here
Exercise Session: Mondays at 17:15 - 18:00 in CM1 105
This course is highly interactive, and your active participation in lectures is essential.

Course Staff

Professor: Bryan Ford
TAs: Shailesh Mishra, Louis-Henri Merino, Yi Jiang
AEs: Jérémy Hugentobler, Youssef Belghmi, Srushti Singh
The CS-234 staff can be reached by email, on Ed, and during exercise sessions.

Assessments

Assignments make up 50% of the final grade, and the Final Exam accounts for the other 50%.

Assignments (Grade Weights & Deadlines)

HW #1 (5%): Usenet

• Due Sep 24 @ 11:59

HW #2 (15%): Peer Review

• Part 1 (6%): Write Up (due Oct 1 @ 23:59)
• Part 2 (6%): Peer Review (released Oct 2, due Oct 8 @ 23:59)
• Part 3 (3%): Metareview (released Oct 9, due Oct 15 @ 23:59)

HW #3 (10%): Ethereum Smart Contract

• Released on Oct 18
  
• Part 1: Register Sepolia address (due Nov 8 @ 23:59)
  
• Part 2: Smart contracts deployment (due Dec 13 @ 23:59)
• Part 3: Quadratic Voting (due Dec 13 @ 23:59)

HW #4 (20%): Collective Problem Solving

• Propose a Problem (due Oct 18 @ 23:59)
• Comment on Proposals (due Oct 30 @ 23:59)
• Vote on Proposals (due Nov 1 @ 23:59)
• Form Teams (due Nov 6 @ 23:59)
• Information Gathering & Initial Proposals (due Dec 2 @ 23:59)
• Discussion & Proposal Feedback (due Dec 6 @ 23:59)
• Presentation Preparation (due Dec 9 @ 12:00)
• Final Approval & Peer Evaluations (due Dec 20 @ 23:59)

• HW #1 (5%): Graded
  • Usenet (due Oct 13 @ 23:59)
• HW #2 (10%): Peer Review Assignment: Graded.
  • Part 1 (5%): Write Up (due Oct 18 @ 23:59)
  • Part 2 (3%): Peer Review (due Oct 26 @ 23:59)
  • Part 3 (2%): Metareview (due Nov 1 @ 23:59)
• HW #3 (20%): Collective Problem Solving
  • Problem Proposal due Nov 7 @ 23:59
  • Comment on Assigned Proposal due Nov 9 @ 23:59
  • Comment on other proposals due Nov 10 @ 23:59
  • Responding to Comments due Nov 13 @ 23:59
  • Proposal Voting due Nov 14 @ 23:59
  • Team Assignments due Nov 16 @ 12:00
  • Final Presentations Poll closes at Nov 21 @ 23:59 (not graded).
  • Information Gathering & Solution Proposals due Friday Dec 1 @ 23:59
  • Discussion & Feedback due Tuesday, Dec 5 @ 23:59
  • Presentations due Thursday, Dec 7 @ 7:00
  • Oral Presentations: Dec 7 (8:15 - 10:00) & 8th (13:15 - 14:00).
    
  • Final Approval Voting + Peer Evaluations due Thursday, Dec 21 @ 23:59
• HW #4 (5%): Ethereum Smart Contract
  • Part 1: Dec 11 @ 23:59.
  • Part 2 & 3: Dec 21 @ 23:59.

Quizzes:

• Quiz #1: Oct 13th
• Quiz #2: Nov 3rd
• Quiz #3: Nov 24th
• Quiz #4: Dec 22nd