{"id":861,"date":"2023-06-11T08:20:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T13:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/douglasfisher\/?page_id=861"},"modified":"2024-04-17T06:24:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T11:24:00","slug":"projects-in-computational-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/douglasfisher\/projects-in-computational-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects in Computing for Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">CS 3892 &#8211; Project Special Topics<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Spring 2024<\/h1>\n<h1>Basics<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Time and Place: <\/strong><span class=\"rHI1u allowTextSelection\">Stevenson 5, Rm 312<\/span><strong>; <\/strong>MWF 1:25 pm &#8211; 2:15 pm <span style=\"color: #999999\">from Monday January 8, 2024 to Monday, April 22, 2024, except MLK Day on Monday, January 15 and Spring Break from March 9 to March 17.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Instructor<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/douglasfisher\/\">Douglas H. Fisher<\/a> (Doug, Professor\/Dr Fisher, Professor\/Dr Doug) <a href=\"mailto:douglas.h.fisher@vanderbilt.edu\">douglas.h.fisher@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Instructor Office hours:<\/strong> See my main page at <a href=\"http:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/douglasfisher\/\">Douglas H. Fisher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>TA:<\/strong> Yifan Zhang yifan.zhang.2@vanderbilt.edu<\/li>\n<li><strong>TA Office hours: <\/strong>Mondays and Tuesdays 3:00 &#8211; 4:30 pm,\u00a0at Sony 4118<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prerequisite:<\/strong> CS 3251<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prerequisites or co-requisites: <\/strong>at least two CS depth courses as specified in the VU CS catalog requirements, item 6.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Immersion Showcase Event<\/strong>, Thursday, April 18, 5:00 pm \u2013 7:00 pm, FGH Atrium &#8212; required;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Final Poster Session<\/strong>, Wednesday May 1 from 10:00 am &#8211; 11:00 am (during our final exam slot) on the 4th floor of the Sony Building (1400 18th Ave S) &#8212;\u00a0 required, but can\u00a0 attend by Zoom by coordinating with teammates.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Students specify, design, implement, document, evaluate, and present computing applications in support of environmental and human sustainability. The course satisfies the Project Course requirement for CS students. The course is intended to (a) exercise students&#8217; computer science knowledge and skills, (b) exercise creativity, (c) exercise self-guided learning, (d) exercise communication and collaboration skills, (e) exercise conservationist\/environmental\/community spirit, and (f) exercise the connections between them all.<\/p>\n<p>While some might be skeptical about the relevance of computing to sustainability, the potential applications are considerable. Don&#8217;t forget, pro and con, computing is ubiquitous, and many of us wish that sustainability consciousness were too.<\/p>\n<p>Possible projects will address computing&#8217;s role in one or more broad <em>sustainability areas<\/em> such as wildlife protection and awareness, climate and ocean change, urban and residential design and operations, energy grids, product design and production, transportation, safe drinking water, infrastructure resilience,\u00a0 agriculture, sustainability education, sustainability investment, and human flourishing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Computational areas<\/em> that are utilized in projects are wide ranging, to include machine learning, knowledge engineering, optimization, sensor networks, robotics, AI storytelling and journalism, agent-based modeling, mathematical modeling, image processing, databases, virtual and augmented reality, and other areas of analytical and generative AI. Student knowledge of these computing areas will have resulted from prior courses, but there will be additional material in this course.<\/p>\n<p><em>Methodologies<\/em> will vary, and many projects will be characterized by a combination of methodologies. All projects will include <em>empirical evaluation<\/em> through computational experiments. Some projects will benefit from <em>user studies<\/em>, which are not required during a one-semester course, but plans for such studies may be appropriate as part of the project deliverables.<\/p>\n<p>Various kinds of <em>computational and mathematical analyses<\/em> will be important in many cases, and can themselves be the basis of a project. For example, <em>discounting<\/em> the future is a common assumption in AI and economic analyses of decision policies. Discounting has the advantage of matching human behavior and has nice mathematical implications, but its a terrible philosophy for your grandchildren. Indeed, AI might be profitably used to complement human myopia by amplifying the future rather than discounting it.<\/p>\n<p>For some team projects it will be appropriate to include an analysis of the projected <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/our-work\/ecological-footprint\/\">ecological footprint<\/a><\/em>, an <em>environmental impact report<\/em> if you will, of the fielded project. For example, some machine learning and virtual reality projects require considerable energy, which may run counter to and eclipse sustainability goals. More generally, you will think through <em>broader impacts<\/em> of your projects, both the obvious and immediate implications, but also using methodologies like<em> design fiction<\/em> to elicit potential consequences that would otherwise be <em>unintended consequences<\/em> if the system was fielded by myopic developers.<\/p>\n<p>You will also be <em>communicating your project<\/em> to various publics, most notably each other and to those outside the class through the immersion showcase, but we will explore additional modalities to the standard report and poster, such as podcasts, journalism, and art. We&#8217;ll probably talk about the ability of AIs to <a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-science-technology\/\">communicate science and technology<\/a>, autonomously and with humans, in these modalities as well.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Course Organization <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>As already noted, <em><strong>team projects<\/strong><\/em> are at the core of this course. The first third of the course investigates areas, forms groups, and develops project specifications. A criterion for the team projects is that they be <em>systems-level designs<\/em> that address various, complementary functions, even if the implementation of components within this design are more limited. An important injunction in sustainable development is avoidance of myopically-conceived and deployed applications &#8212; if a project is something that you can imagine doing for a hackathon in 2-3 all-nighters, then its not suitable by itself for this course, though it could be a component in a larger system that is suitable.<\/p>\n<p>There will be guest speakers and discussants throughout the semester, and along the way we will cover computing topics such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, prompt engineering, but as with any project course in CS, we will depend most on the CS that you have already learned in previous courses. Evidence of self-directed learning is important in CS project courses as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Attendance<\/em><\/strong> in class is required.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Quizzes<\/strong><\/em> will be on Wednesdays or Fridays of each week, usually at the start of class, unless otherwise noted in the Schedule (below). A quiz will be on the previous week&#8217;s reading, discussion (including on Piazza), guest panels, and lecture. These quizzes are not intended to be difficult, but just a check that you&#8217;ve read and understood the material, listened in class, and stayed up with discussions. In the latter half of class teams will be giving project updates in class, and you are responsible for those on the quizzes as well. You must take the quiz in class, but you can take a quiz a second time up until 11:59 pm on the same day &#8212; your quiz score is the average of your attempts.<\/p>\n<p>A<a href=\"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/douglasfisher\/computational-sustainability-synthesis-paper\/\"><strong> synthesis short paper\/essay<\/strong><\/a> requires that you write\u00a0 on a theme that brings together at least three papers\/videos\/audios. One paper is Gomes et al in Week 1. The second (distinct) paper\/video\/audio is taken from among those that were required for class (your choice). The third (distinct) paper is your choice too, but may be a paper that was required for class or not. Your short paper may, of course, reference and discuss other papers as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools: <\/strong>Attendance will be taken on <strong>Top Hat (Join code: 789439)<\/strong>. My lecture slides will be on Top Hat as well. Quizzes will be online on Brightspace. Discussions will take place on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/piazza.com\/vanderbilt\/spring2024\/cs389203\">Piazza<\/a><\/strong>. I allow you to share ideas regarding all aspects of system development on Piazza. I believe in knowledge sharing in a course like this. A rule of thumb is that if you share project-relevant ideas and materials with any other team, then you must share with all other teams (i.e., on Piazza or in class). Finally, you can use AI to help with any aspect of project development, as if the AI were an additional team member, but any help from AI must be declared and explained as part of the relevant deliverables.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Grading<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Attendance is 5% of your grade if you are on time and regular, but is <em>up to<\/em> 40% of your grade if you are not on time and\/or not regular. Between perfect attendance (5%) and complete absence (40%) there is a continuum (a linear function), where excess percentage for absence is taken proportionally from other grading categories. I am happy to excuse absence as a result of illness, job interviews, and the like, if you let me know in advance, even if only by a little bit (e.g., in the case of illness or family emergency).<\/li>\n<li>Weekly quizzes on lectures, guest panels, readings, audiovisual, discussion 8%<\/li>\n<li>Synthesis essay 7%<\/li>\n<li>Team project (including updates, intermediate and final deliverables, presentations, and exhibitions) 80%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When grading a project I do not start at 100% and look for reasons to grade downwards. Rather, I start with a default that I think is consistent with normative performance (e.g., a B+ of 88%) and look for reason to move the grade up or down. That said, I&#8217;m not shy about giving A+ grades (of 98%-100%) if I think the work is excellent.<\/p>\n<p>The final letter grade breakdown is<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>[93, 100] A (a very few A+s may be given)<\/li>\n<li>[90, 93) A-<\/li>\n<li>[88, 90) B+<\/li>\n<li>[83, 88) B<\/li>\n<li>[80, 83) B-<\/li>\n<li>[78, 80) C+<\/li>\n<li>[73, 78) C<\/li>\n<li>[70, 73) C-<\/li>\n<li>[68, 70) D+<\/li>\n<li>[63, 68) D<\/li>\n<li>[60, 63) D-<\/li>\n<li>[0, 60) F<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no &#8220;curve&#8221;, and thus no disincentive to share your knowledge and insights.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Honor Code <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Fundamentally, the honor code is about giving credit to others where credit is due, which allows for a more accurate assessment of your knowledge and it better ensures community trust and the societal benefits that stem from that trust.<\/p>\n<p>For this class<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you are encouraged to use AI tools to design, implement, document, and evaluate your programming project;<\/li>\n<li>you can work freely with your project team members about the project (this should go without saying, but I am saying it anyways);<\/li>\n<li>you may ONLY discuss the programming project with other students (outside your team) over public posts to the discussion forum or through in-class team presentations and Q&amp;A;<\/li>\n<li>you may NOT consult with other people, AIs, readings, notes, discussion, slides, etc while you are actually taking a quiz, but you can consult all other sources, except other people, between attempts;<\/li>\n<li>when recording your attendance on Top Hat you must be in the classroom (or on Zoom if its a Zoom class day).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>Schedule<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Weeks 1-4 are focused on ideation<\/li>\n<li>Weeks 5-6 are focused on specification<\/li>\n<li>Weeks 7-11 are focused on design<\/li>\n<li>Weeks 12-13 are focused on evaluation, documentation, communication, and broader impacts<\/li>\n<li>Weeks 14-15 are focused on reflection, retro and future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All guests are Vanderbilt faculty and staff, except where noted.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 1 Overview and Project Ideation<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation\n<ul>\n<li>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/douglasfisher\/projects-in-computational-sustainability\/\">course syllabus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2688\/2019\/04\/14195149\/SustainLeader.final_.pdf\">Sustainability<\/a>&#8221; (2011), Fisher, in Leadership in Science and Technology: A Reference Handbook. William Sims Bainbridge, Ed: SAGE Publications<\/li>\n<li>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cacm.acm.org\/magazines\/2019\/9\/238970-computational-sustainability\/fulltext\">Computational Sustainability: Computing for a Better World and a Sustainable Future<\/a>\u201d (2019), Gomes, et al, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 62 No. 9, pages 56-65<\/li>\n<li>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1906.05433\">Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning<\/a>\u201d by<br \/>\nRolnick, et al, pages 1-35) &#8212; Mitigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday January 8: Lecture: Overview of the course and of <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/484\/2024\/01\/CompSust_Week_1_AI_Overview.pdf\">computational sustainability<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday January 10: Comment&#8217;s on Week&#8217;s material and project ideas<\/li>\n<li>Friday January 12:\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Guest panel on Vanderbilt wildlife and landscape <\/span><\/strong>(Elizabeth Meadows, James H. Moore, Chris Vanags)<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Submit &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/douglasfisher\/computational-sustainability-week-1-assignment\/\">Week 1 Assignment<\/a>&#8221; (Friday, 11:59 PM)<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #339966\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #339966\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> to be counted as part of quiz grade.<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 2 Project Ideation<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation\n<ul>\n<li>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nwf.org\/2019\/01\/all-life-is-interrelated-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-s-environmental-justice-legacy\/\">MLK and wildlife<\/a> (for MLK day)<\/li>\n<li>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1906.05433\">Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning<\/a>\u201d by<br \/>\nRolnick, et al, pages 36-49) &#8212; Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Read Edwards, P. N. (2011). &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/wcc.95\/pdf\">History of climate modeling<\/a>&#8220;, WIREs Climate Change, Vol. 2, pp. 128\u2013139.\u00a0 (or access <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2095\/2016\/09\/14134545\/ClimateChangeModelingHistory.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Download <a href=\"http:\/\/ccl.northwestern.edu\/netlogo\/\">Netlogo<\/a> and examine sustainability relevant programs in the library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li><del>Monday January 15<\/del> MLK Day (no class)<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday January 17:\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Guest panel on computing for social good <\/span><\/strong>(Abhishek Dubey, Meiyi Ma, and Ayan Mukhopadhyay); <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Quiz on Week 1<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Friday January 19: <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Guest Panel on Data Science for social good <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">(Jesse Spencer-Smith, Charreau Bell, Amber Miller, Jesse Blocher); <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Quiz on Week 1<\/span><\/strong> continued<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 3 Project Ideation<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation\n<ul>\n<li>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1906.05433\">Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning<\/a>\u201d by<br \/>\nRolnick, et al, pages 50-62) &#8212; Tools<\/li>\n<li>Read &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/can-artificial-intelligence-help-build-better-smarter-climate-models\">Using AI to create better climate models<\/a>&#8221; .<\/li>\n<li>Watch the\u00a0 Civic Design Center&#8217;s <a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.civicdesigncenter.org\/our-purpose\/history. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.civicdesigncenter.org%2Four-purpose%2Fhistory&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cdouglas.h.fisher%40vanderbilt.edu%7C2cbd48b722aa44f3e4d308dc10932296%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C638403471339814434%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=S8OvdyH%2B7s9jPEQe07ZZun3SZXuMCud7zFcvovejoCw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;origin\u00a0story&#8221; video<\/a> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">BEFORE Wednesday&#8217;s class\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Read the Civic Design Center&#8217;s <a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.civicdesigncenter.org\/our-purpose\/guiding-principles. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.civicdesigncenter.org%2Four-purpose%2Fguiding-principles&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cdouglas.h.fisher%40vanderbilt.edu%7C2cbd48b722aa44f3e4d308dc10932296%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C638403471339814434%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oKCbvAnP6wunaQjc7GGEVnm5VmN5DdVBHcL8plM0k7g%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guiding Principles for Civic Design<\/a>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">BEFORE Wednesday&#8217;s class\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Optionally Read &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashville.gov\/departments\/planning\/nashvillenext\/nashvillenext-plan\">The NashvilleNext Plan<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 Metropolitan Government of Nashville &amp; Davidson County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday January 22: <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Guest panel on climate change <\/span><\/strong>(Janey Camp, Leah Dundon)<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday January 24: <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Guest p<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">anel on urban design <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">(Lori Troxel, Eric Hoke and Remi Livingston of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civicdesigncenter.org\/\">Civic Design Center<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Friday January 26: Comments of Week&#8217;s material; <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Quiz on Week 2<\/span>;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 4 Project Ideation<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation\n<ul>\n<li>Scan AI and Computing for social good conferences<\/li>\n<li>Read McDonald, et al, (2022) &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/awwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/aws2.1266\"><em>A systematic review of geospatial representation of United States community water systems<\/em><\/a>&#8221; (Section 1: Introduction only)<\/li>\n<li>Read &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/frsc.2022.954089\/full\"><em>Urban wildlife corridors: Building bridges for wildlife and people<\/em><\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Read &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-022-27980-y\">Perspectives in machine learning for wildlife conservation<\/a><\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Read &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csun.edu\/~vcpsy00h\/students\/barbara.htm\">Wildlife education and attitudes towards animals<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Listen to RadioLab: <a href=\"https:\/\/radiolab.org\/podcast\/91701-animal-minds\">Animal minds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/radiolab.org\/podcast\/98611-wild-talk\">Wild Talk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday January 29: <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Guest Panel on spatial computing<\/span><\/strong> (Yolanda McDonald, Stacy Johnson, Kayla Anderson)<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Announce project groups (Monday, January 29)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday January 31:\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Guest Panel on global wildlife<\/span><\/strong> (Malu Jorge, Terry Cook of Nature Conservancy)<\/li>\n<li>Friday February 2*: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Quiz on Week 3<\/span><\/strong>; <span style=\"color: #339966\">Work in groups<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 5 Project Specification<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Optional (and longer term): <a href=\"https:\/\/history.aip.org\/climate\/index.htm\">The Discovery of Global Warming<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday February 5: <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">AI (e.g., transformers)<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Submit <a href=\"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/douglasfisher\/initial-group-project-ideas\/\">Initial Group Project ideas<\/a> (Monday, February 5 11:59 pm)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday February 7: Comments on<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> AI and ML:<\/span><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Quiz on Week 4<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Friday February 9*:\u00a0 Work in groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Submit Individual <a href=\"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/douglasfisher\/computational-sustainability-synthesis-paper\/\">Synthesis paper<\/a> (Saturday, February 10 11:59 pm)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 6 Project Specification and initial design<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation\n<ul>\n<li>Read <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/our-work\/ecological-footprint\/\">ecological footprint; <\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday February 12: Analysis of ecological footprints; AIs for environmental impact analysis<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday February 14<strong>:\u00a0<\/strong> Work in groups\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Quiz on Week 5 <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">(outside of class; <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">materials from week 4 that were not quizzed in week 5)<\/span><\/span>;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Friday February 16: Project Idea Bullet Presentations<strong><span style=\"color: #339966\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 7 Project loop (design, implementation, evaluation)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday February 19: Doug&#8217;s synthesis and feedback on projects<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday February 21*: No class: <span style=\"color: #339966\">Work in groups<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Friday February 23: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Quiz on Week 6<\/span>;<\/strong> Wikipedia and Wikibooks exercise part 1<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 8 Project loop (Communication of Science and Technology)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday February 26: <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Guest p<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">anel on communicating science <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">(Kendra Oliver, Stephen Ornes, David Wright)<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday February 28:\u00a0Wikipedia and Wikibooks exercise part 2<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Friday March 1: Work in groups<strong><span style=\"color: #339966\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Submit project updates (Friday, 11:59 pm)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 9 Project loop (design, implementation, evaluation), presentations<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday March 4 <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Team Design presentations<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday March 6 <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Team Design presentations<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Friday March 8 <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Team Design presentations<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Spring Break (Saturday March 9 &#8211; Sunday March 17)<\/span> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 10 Project loop (design, implementation, evaluation)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday March 18: work in project groups; no attendance taken<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday March 20*: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">no class (in lieu of immersion showcase &#8212; 3 total classes)<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Friday March 22: Look at semester; Poster; Wikipedia exercise continued<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 11 Project loop (design, implementation, evaluation)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday March 25*: no class (in lieu of immersion showcase )<span style=\"color: #339966\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday March 27*: <del>Quiz on Week 10;<\/del> <span style=\"color: #339966\">Work in groups; no attendance taken<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Friday March 29: Posters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Submit initial project evaluation<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 12 Evaluation, documentation, and broader impacts<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday April 1: work in groups in class<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday April 3<strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>work in groups in class<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Friday April 5: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Team Project Practice Poster Session <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">(in classroom and in hall outside classroom)<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 13 Formal presentations and communication<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday April 8 posters<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday April 10: posters<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Friday April 12: no class (in lieu of immersion showcase)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Thursday April 11 1:00 PM. Team poster files due for printing before the Project Immersion exhibition (next week).\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 14 Retrospection<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday April 15 AI ethics and societal impacts<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday April 17 Professor Michael Bess (History)<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Friday April 19 Professor Julie Johnson, CS DUS (tentative)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Thursday April 18 5:00 pm &#8211; 7:00 pm FGH. Atrium CS Project Immersion exhibition. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #999999\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Counts towards an individual&#8217;s project grade. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Week 15 Retrospection<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Class Meetings\n<ul>\n<li>Monday April 22 Complete Wikipedia exercise; final letter grade explanations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">No Final Exam, but <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">final poster session is Wednesday May 1 from 10:00 am &#8211; 11:00 am (during our final exam slot) at the Sony building (1400 18th. Ave S). <\/span><\/strong>This is required, but I understand desires to travel, so participation can be remote by Zoom <em>if you are out of town<\/em>, arranged with your other team members. Counts towards an individual&#8217;s project grade.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest organizations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vanderbilt\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ehs\/\">Vanderbilt Environmental Health, &amp; Safety<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/campusplanning\/\">Vanderbilt Campus Planning and Construction<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Vanderbilt Bestiary Project;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/cst\/\">Vanderbilt Communication of Science &amp; Technology<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Vanderbilt Alternative Spring Break;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/malujorge\/\">Vanderbilt Environmental and Earth Science<\/a> (Malu);<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/cee\/\">Vanderbilt Environmental Engineering<\/a> (Janey and Lori);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nashville and Tennessee\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashville.gov\/departments\/parks\">Nashville Parks<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/en-us\/about-us\/where-we-work\/united-states\/tennessee\/\">Nature Conservancy of Tennessee<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cumberlandrivercompact.org\/\">Cumberland River Compact<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yellowbirdartscape.org\/nature\/\">Yellowbird Artscape<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smokiessafepassage.org\/\">Project Safe Passage<\/a> (Smokies);<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/waldenspuddle.org\/\">Wildlife Center of Greater Nashville<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civicdesigncenter.org\/\">Civic Design Center<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgofdc.org\/\">Master Gardeners of Davidson County<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>A local architectural firm?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nashbee.org\/\">Nashville Area Beekeepers Association<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillezoo.org\/our-blog\/posts\/local-crayfish-conservation\">Nashville Zoo<\/a> (local conservation);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>National and International\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildme.org\/\">Wild Me<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/science\/this-global-challenge-invites-people-to-document-the-wild-side-of-their-cities\">City Nature Challenge<\/a>;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Readings and other sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/frsc.2022.954089\/full\"><em>Urban wildlife corridors: Building bridges for wildlife and people<\/em><\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-022-27980-y\">Perspectives in machine learning for wildlife conservation<\/a><\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/our-work\/ecological-footprint\/\">Global Footprint Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li>agent based modeling<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2012\/09\/11\/souvlaki-coyote-and-other-tales-of-urban-wildlife\/\">The Nature of Cities<\/a>&#8221; 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