INFO 6600

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INFO 6600
Technology for Underserved Communities

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course examines the design, deployment, and adoption of computing technologies that aim to improve the lives of underserved populations in low-resource environments. Through discussions of case studies from the US and across the world, we will study how computing technologies are used in different global development domains, such as agriculture, finance, health, education, civic engagement. We will also explore many of the big debates in the field of ICTD through reading and discussing seminal papers, including how to approach and measure success, how to consider failure, what constitutes 'good' research, how to broach the 'digital divide'. The course will enrich students' foundational knowledge and information about current research in ICTD, and will better equip them to create and evaluate computing technologies for people in low-resource environments.


Last 4 Terms Offered 2023SP, 2022SP, 2021SP, 2020SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16965 INFO 6600   LEC 001

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    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Vashistha, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For Bowers Computer and Information Science (CIS) Course Enrollment Help, please see: https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClient/193/Portal/Home/

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18338 INFO 6600   LEC 030

  •  
    • M

    • Vashistha, A

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous

    Enrollment Limited to Cornell Tech PhD Students only.