College of Inform & Comp Sci 296P - IS-Public Interest Tech Clinic

In this course, students will participate in a semester-long project where they will collaborate with a project sponsor who will engage the team with a Public Interest Technology (PIT) challenge. The course is a group-based guided independent study. The course will provide guidance in Human Centered Design to work towards building practical solutions for client defined problems. Students will be expected to practice real-world software engineering skills and should have some basic familiarity prior to the course. The goal will be to build a minimally viable product (MVP) by the end of the semester long project. An emphasis will be placed on Public Interest Technology concepts such as ethics, privacy, and sustainability. This course will be required for students participating in the AI for the Commonwealth program. Student teams will present results to the class and to project sponsors via in-class presentations, and final deliverables will include a final project report.

INSTRUCTOR CONSENT REQUIRED. STUDENTS MUST BE ENROLLED IN THE AI4CW PROGRAM.