This is a tentative class schedule-- This schedule may change as necessary.

  • W1: Course overview ppt

  • W2: Tutorial on classic DB vs. new trends (prof) ppt1 ppt2 announcement

  • W3: Trends (stu)

  • W4: Trends (stu)

  • W5: Trends (stu)

  • W6: Trends (stu)

  • W7: Tutorial on ontologies and social systems (Christoph Lofi) ppt

  • Ref: Dept talk by Prof. Wolf-Tilo Balke ppt

  • W8: Midterm week (Project think-week; one-on-one meetings)

  • W9: Tutorial on psychological spaces (Joachim Selke) pdf

  • W10: Proposal+survey (stu)

  • W11: Featured topics (prof) smart planet? (ppt)

  • W12: Featured topics (prof) is cloud...a HYPE? (ppt) uncertainty why and when? (ppt)

  • W13: Final talk (stu)

  • W14: Final talk (stu)

  • W15: Tutorial (Dr Ji-rong Wen, Microsoft Research Asia) Go Beyond Page-level Web Search (pdf)

  • W16: Final (closure one-on-one) Web behavior analysis-- Why important? Why scary? (ppt)