CS 4300

CS 4300

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

How to make sense of the vast amounts of information available online, and how to relate it and to the social context in which it appears? This course introduces basic tools for retrieving and analyzing unstructured textual information from the web and social media. Applications include information retrieval (with human feedback), sentiment analysis, and social analysis of text. The coursework will include programming projects that play on the interaction between knowledge and social factors.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: 1) Linear algebra: strong performance in MATH 2940 or equivalent; 2) Discrete math: strong performance in CS 2800 or equivalent. Note: The linear algebra and discrete math requirements can also be fulfilled with a strong performance in INFO 2950; and 3) Programming proficiency: CS 2110 or equivalent with strong Python skills and familiarity with IPython Notebooks, or permission of instructor.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: INFO 4300

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Language and Information

  • 11115 CS 4300   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 21370 CS 4300   DIS 201

    • F Ives Hall 215
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 21371 CS 4300   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

  • 21372 CS 4300   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

  • 21373 CS 4300   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: INFO 4300

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19311 CS 4300   LEC 030

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Open to Cornell Tech students only.

  • 21371 CS 4300   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

  • 21372 CS 4300   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

  • 21373 CS 4300   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous