CS886 - Spring 2026 - Section 1

Trust Modeling, Explainability and Online Social Networks

Page under construction

Site under construction; descriptions are tentative and will be finalized May 10, 2026

An overview of the course and its schedule is here.

It describes the purpose of the course, lists the required tasks
for the Workload and presents the Schedule of classes for the term.

A description of the Group Project will show up HERE.

A description of the Individual Project will show up HERE.

A list of the Papers available for presentation is here.

Students enrolled in the course will be able to select preferred papers starting just AFTER the May 15 class; details will be provided that day
Assignment of papers to students 1st Half will be announced by May 23
Second-half papers can be selected starting just after the Jun 5 class; assignment of papers revealed Jun 13

The timetable showing who is presenting what paper will not be revealed until we have sorted first-half talks, after May 23,
but this will be shown HERE

Students are not allowed to use ChatGPT when completing individual projects and one-page paper summaries.
I will ask that each item a student hands in for grading have the line: I confirm that ChatGPT was not used in the completion of this task for CS886.
See uWaterloo's Policy 71 for more general information about plagiarism and cheating and the possible consequences of committing these offenses.

** an FAQ page including some answers that will be covered first class will be shown HERE.