Class Schedule

Tentative schedule – subject to change.

Week 1

The focus of Week 1 is to give participants background on the challenges facing Ukraine today, with enough information to make an informed decision about what challenges they wish to form a team to tackle at the end of the week.

Monday 5 January (5-314)

  • 10AM: Class Introduction + Logistics (Hosea Siu)
  • 11AM: How We Got Here (Elizabeth Wood – tentative)

Tuesday 6 January (5-314)

  • 10AM: Virtual Medical Training Challenge (Nelya Melnitchouk)
  • 11AM: Societal Resilience Challenges (Svetlana Boriskina)

Wednesday 7 January (5-314)

  • 10AM Co-Design (Natalie Dean)
  • 11AM Communication and Health Monitoring Challenges (Skyfall TBD)

Thursday 8 January (E38-470)

  • 10AM: Removal of Explosive Remnants of War (Paul Martin, Dmitro Martynowych)
  • 11AM: Disinformation Introduction (Phil Tinn), Wiki-based Content Moderation Baseline Challenge (Mykola, UPF), Bot Detection Challenge (Yuliia Dukach, OpenMinds)

Friday 9 January (E38-470)

  • 10AM: Early Signal Detection Challenge (Jon Roozenbeek), Cross-context Narrative Mapping / Sentiment Analysis Challenge (TBD, IN2)
  • 11AM: Team Formation

Weeks 2-4 have project presentations on Thursdays and some supplementary lectures. Additional lectures may be scheduled for items of interest to multiple teams/projects, or of general interest in relation to the Ukraine conflict.

Week 2

Monday 12 January (Location TBD)

  • 10AM Introduction to Design Reviews and Presentation (Hosea Siu)

Thursday 15 January (Location TBD)

  • 10AM Preliminary Design Review (class participants)

Week 3

Thursday 22 January (Location TBD)

  • 10AM Critical Design Review (class participants)

Week 4

Thursday 29 January (Location TBD)

  • 10AM Final Class Presentations (class participants)