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6.805/STS.085/STS.487 Foundations of Info Policy

Fall 2018

Instructors: Hal Abelson, R. David Edelman, Michael M. J. Fischer, Jessie M Stickgold-Sarah, Michael Trice, Daniel J Weitzner

TA: Alex L LaGrassa

Lecture: R1-4 (66-168)

OCW archive available

Announcements

Team Plan due Friday, 9/28 @ 11:59pm

Hi all,

Several of you asked what TIME the Team Plan is due on Friday. To accomodate the last workshop, the Team Plan will be due at 11:59pm.

Announced on 26 September 2018 12:17 p.m. by Jessie M Stickgold-Sarah

UPDATE: project teams, workshop times, and locations

Workshop: Tuesday, 2pm in 4-146 (Jessie Stickgold-Sarah)
Team 1: Fairness in Machine Learning and the WhatIf Tool
Maryam Shahid, David Pacheco, Dylan Marlborough
Team 2: Smart Cities Privacy
John Grosen, Isabelle Li, Willie Boag
**Tuesday 10/9 is a student holiday. We will reschedule that workshop.

Workshop: Wednesday, 4pm in 2-135 (Michael Trice)
Team 3: Smart Cities Privacy
Hadrian Merced, Rachel Wei, Matthew Burns
Team 4: Social Media Content Moderation: Freedom of Expression and Transparency
Sarah Powazek, Joanna Cohen, Chase Warren

Workshop: Thursday, 4pm in 56-164 (Jessie)
Team 5: IoT Security and Data Privacy
Leah Goggin, Alice Lee, Mine Kansu, Ben Tang
Team 6: Cybersecurity: Policy and the Private Sector
Alexander Grossman, Nicolas Zhang, Elissa Schmiel

Workshop: Friday, 3pm in 2-103 (Michael)
Team 7: Fairness in Machine Learning and the WhatIf Tool
Mary Zhong, Livingston Albritten, Dheekshita Kumar, Emily Tang
Team 8: IoT Security and Data Privacy
Sophia McGowan, Prithvi Undavalli, Toby Holtzman, Miranda McClellan

Announced on 21 September 2018 3:26 p.m. by Jessie M Stickgold-Sarah

Choosing paper topics and scheduling communication workshops

Please fill out the following topic choice form* by the end of the day (Thursday 11:59pm)

bit.ly/6805schedule2018

Detailed descrriptions of these topics are available on the "milestones" page: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRw3LYjWuMmTY7dKICyOGttb2_9jl20cBkK1cZpCyP7c2AViz_vZMDXv1rLfMZgVsumt6zI5QSLkkwV/pub

In addition, if you did not hand in your scheduling form, please download the "Workshop scheduling form" from the Materials section; block off all times when you CANNOT MEET (classes, scheduled work times); and email Jessie (jmss@mit.edu), by the end of the day on Thursday.

*If you prefer not to use Google forms, email Jessie (jmss@mit.edu) with your preferences.

Announced on 20 September 2018 2:05 p.m. by Jessie M Stickgold-Sarah

Extension for Religious Holiday Observance

If you need an extension of Assignment 3 to Thursday due to Yom Kippur, email 6.805-ta@mit.edu and you won't be penalized.

Announced on 17 September 2018 9:52 p.m. by Alex L LaGrassa

Regular TA Office Hours time

TA Office hours are Monday to Wednesday 3PM-5PM by appointment. Email 6.805-ta@mit.edu at least 1 day in advance to guarantee that we can schedule and meet in time.

If these hours change, I will update on the home page.

-Alex

Announced on 10 September 2018 10:46 a.m. by Alex L LaGrassa