CS373 - Class Schedule
CSCI 373: Spring 2025 Class Schedule
Michael A. Heroux
| Date | Assignment and Exercises | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 24 | Class Introduction | Slides |
| Course Handbook Intro | Downloadable PDF of Handbook | |
| Intro to Generative AI Tools | Generative AI Tools | |
| Important webpages | Main class webpage (bookmark it) Class Meeting Schedule (updated as needed) Assignment and Event Due Dates (updated as needed) Assignments and Grading |
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| AI Resource Page | AI-Assisted Computer Science Research | |
| First AI-Assisted Task | Scenarios: Personas, Contexts, Tasks | |
| Second AI-Assisted Task | Generate Research Report | |
| Jan 27 | Reference librarian (J. Carlson) | ACM Digital Library User Guide Computer Science Research Guide Who is on the ACM Pubs Board, me :) |
| Presentation Exercises | ||
| Titles and Abstracts Exercises | ||
| Review topic area with instructor | Useful Links | |
| In-class Reveal discussions | ||
| Jan 31 | A Tale of 3 CS373 Students | Script |
| Hobby Talks | ||
| Handbook quiz preparation | Prepare a 10-question quiz for other teams on Sep 1 using a Google Form | |
| Quiz challenge | Each team takes the quizzes created by other teams | |
| Handbook quiz (instructor edition) | Individually graded quiz on Course Handbook | |
| Quick Survey | Complete before leaving class | |
| Feb 3 | Progress status 1-on-1 meeting | Via Zoom |
| Feb 7 | A Better Professional You | |
| Collaborative resource management using GitHub Issues | Virtual Teams Issues-only repo | |
| Set up GitHub Issues-only repos | ||
| Virtual Teams Issues-only Repo Intro | Download this IssueTemplates.zip file. Place *.md files into .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE folder in Issues-only Repo | |
| In-class Reveal discussions | ||
| Feb 10 | Effective Mental Models | |
| In-class Reveal discussions | ||
| Review Resources in GitHub Issues | Show instructor progress in summarizing project resources | |
| Feb 14 | No Class | TGIF |
| Feb 17 | Short-clip Foundations Phase A video in-class viewing ( HB, pg 22). | |
| In-class Reveal discussions | ||
| Feb 21 | Generative AI Experiences: Discussion | |
| LaTeX Exercises | Overleaf Setup | |
| Writing Exercises | ||
| In-class Reveal discussions | ||
| Quick Survey | Complete before leaving class | |
| Feb 24 | 1-on-1 review of GitHub Issues resources (virtual) | Expecting something like the Virtual Teams Issues-only repo |
| Feb 28 | Tech Writing and Speaking 2.0 | |
| Intro to Reviewing | Effective Reviews | |
| In-class Reveal discussions | ||
| Review GitHub Issues resources database with instructor | Expecting something like the Virtual Teams Issues-only repo | |
| Thesis statement for your project | Thesis Statement | |
| Mar 3 | Progress status | 1-on-1 meeting |
| Mar 7 | Generative AI Experiences: Discussion | |
| In-class Reveal discussions | ||
| Technical Discussions Exercises. | ||
| Mar 10 - 21 | No Class | In France, Spring Break |
| Mar 24 | Progress status | 1-on-1 meeting |
| Mar 28 | Live Foundations Phase C Presentations Group I | |
| Mar 31 | Live Foundations Phase C Presentations Group II | |
| Apr 4 | Review: Thesis statement for your project | Thesis Statement |
| Position Papers | ||
| In-class Reveal discussions | ||
| Apr 7 | Predictions That Work | |
| In-class Reveal discussions | ||
| In-class TED Talk viewing and discussion | Liv Boeree, The deadly trap that could create an AI catastrophe | |
| Generative AI Experiences: Discussion | ||
| Apr 11 | Progress status: Review of Foundations | 1-on-1 meeting (in-person/remote) |
| Apr 14 | Progress status: Progress on Explorations | 1-on-1 meeting (remote) |
| Apr 18 | No class | Easter Break |
| Apr 21 | No class | Easter Break |
| Apr 25 | Progress status: Progress on Future Trends | 1-on-1 meeting (in-person/remote) |
| Apr 28 | TBD | |
| May 2 | Preparations for final weeks, review checklists | Review of presentation & paper checklists: HB, pg 27, 28 |
| Talks that Work | ||
| Quick Survey | Complete before leaving class | |
| Complete Presentation Bio Form | ||
| May 5 | Project Explorations Videos | Viewed in class |
| Course Retrospective | ||
| Menti Quiz Challenge | Link | |
| Capstone Bingo | ||
| Official Course Evaluation | ||
| May 9 | Final SOTF Talk (HB, pg 26) | Formal presentations |
| Review presentation checklist | Presentation checklist: HB, pg 28 | |
| May 14-15 | SOTF Expertise Interviews | In person TBD, paper due the evening before |