Stanford Center for Internet and Society introduction Wed. 10/17

When: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 12:50pm - 2:00pm Stanford Law School - Room 280B 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA 94305 Free and open to the public. RSVP for this Free Event Today | More Info

Come meet CIS and hear about our exciting work and ways to get involved.

You will meet:

Barbara van Schewick - Associate Professor of Law and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law School, Director of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Julie Ahrens - Director - Copyright & Fair Use

Jennifer Granick - Director - Civil Liberties

Aleecia McDonald - Resident Fellow - Privacy

Daniel Nazer - Resident Fellow - Copyright & Fair Use

Bryant Walker Smith - Resident Fellow - Autonomous Driving

Favorite Classes at Stanford

Some of the students asked me in class what some of my favorite classes at Stanford were.  I went through all of the classes that I have taken over the past four years and compiled a list along with some justifications.  Check it out, and feel free to spread the word to anyone else who might be interested.

The list is on my blog at http://samking.org/fall-2012/class/my-favorite-classes-at-stanford

What is the Internet?

It was great meeting you all today!  In class, Terry talked about how the internet works.  A few years ago, I took CS144, a class that provides a more in-depth answer to that question, and I wrote up an explanation of what I learned.  If you're interested in learning a slightly more detailed and technical description of how the internet works, check out http://www.stanford.edu/~samking/personal/verbose-2011-02/#_Toc285743698.

Also, if that site looks poorly designed, it's because it is!  The code is even uglier.

I hope that you have a great first week of class!
-Sam

Welcome to CS47n 2012

Welcome!

We're starting a new year of the Stanford freshman seminar, The Internet and the Open Society, and this  note is to welcome the new students, as well as any other onlookers.

I'll be posting to this blog over the quarter with news of interest and discussion, updates, etc. about the course. Students in the course will also be creating blogs on a particular topic of their own choice. These have been a great way for students to explore new topics and share their learning. The blogs you see to the right here are from the 2011 class. Once students choose topics in a couple of weeks, we will replace them with this year's blogs. 

Class starts on Monday September 24 at 3:15 in Thornton 210.  The course website is being updated for this year and you can get a preview at http://hci.stanford.edu/courses/cs047n/
All of the readings will be available on line.


I'm really looking forward to the course.  See you next week!

--t