Sense & Scale

A site to explore cultures, cities, and computing at varying senses and scales. Updated by Ar Ducao, with content from classes at NYU, MIT, CUNY and more.

Contact: see syllabi

Author: arlduc

  • Almost all speakers have been confirmed for videoconference calls, but this schedule is subject to change, pending COVID-19 developments. Recordings of these guests will be posted on the Phase 2 Recordings page (password protected). March 26: Joshua Chodosh MD, NYU Aging Incubator March 31: Toisha Tucker, Artist April 2 Lauren…

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  • Job Training and Job Placement Many of these programs are completely free. Some take a percentage of your salary if it meets a certain threshold (e.g. $60k or more). The Knowledge House Innovation Fellowship is designed to promote technology-based career opportunities for NYC residents in the areas of web development,…

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  • Summer 2019Prof. Arlene Ducao, arlduc [at] nyu.eduWednesdays, 12:15-3:15 PMWallkill State Correctional Facility Overview This course will prepare students to write basic software and web pages, and it will introduce a full foundation of computer science and design coding concepts that can be applied to many kinds of technical projects. Students…

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  • WORKSHOP: Computer Code ConceptsThis workshop will introduce basic computer coding concepts that can be applied to a wide range of applications, from web development, to systems administration, to data science. Concepts include data types, data structures, syntax, tags, elements, attributes, functions, variables, expressions, inheritance, statements, and version control. No computers…

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  • Participating Organizations NYC City Council Center for Employment Opportunities NCTC Collaborative Docs Data Policies: Good Bits Data Policies: Not-So-Good Bits Further Resources Sample dataset Further Resources HIPAA De-Identification Standards Differential Privacy Harvard Differential Privacy Project Dworkin Video: Differential Privacy Video (Mathematical definitions) Dworkin Paper: A Firm Foundation for Private Data…

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  • Announcements Final Project Brief now posted. Recurse Center Lightning Talk Tomorrow. Further RC questions? Feel free to email Rachel Vincent, rachel @ recurse.com. Wednesday’s class will be at NYU MAIN CAMPUS: NYU LGBTQ Student Center Lounge, 60 Washington Square South Room 602. I will email you my mobile phone number…

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  • In order of presentation on December 13. Thanks for a great semester of projects! CSforAll, Group 1: Member Orgs by Richelle Newby and Emilie Shen     CSforAll, Group 2: Commitments by Nicole Song and Evelyn Xu     MIT CREATE: Market Vendors in Durban, South Africa by Steven Yoo and Zhenwen Zhang      Associated Press + Multimer: Immersive…

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  •  CSforAll, Group 1: Member Orgs CSforAll, Group 2: Commitments MIT CREATE Multimer / Associated Press BrainPOP  Extra Credit Group Project: NYU Activism 2017 Extra Credit Group Project: Boston Housing Authority 2007.08 (Arlene, demo map) 2008 (Evelyn) 2009 (Evelyn) 2010 (Steven) 2011.01 – 2011.06 (Zhenwen) 2011.07 – 2011.12 (Zhenwen) 2012 (Simin) 2013 (Simin) 2015 (Richelle) 2016_01 (Emilie,…

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  • Announcements The Extra Credit Post has been corrected with the right ESRI Map link. Spring 2019 Research Assistant Posting:  The Artist Archive Initiative at NYU seeks a graduate student Research Assistant for the Spring of 2019. The student will perform research on the artist Joan Jonas to develop information regarding curating and conserving her…

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  • Two Extra Credit Opportunities (will give you up to 5 extra points on your final grade) Successful completion of each opportunity will give you 2.5 extra credit points on your final grade–so completing both will give you almost half a letter grade! Please email me if you start working on…

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