When Machines Decide: The Promise and Peril of Living in a Data-Driven Society: Team Projects

Working in teams of two, students will identify a big data related question or issue they want to answer or address in the Team Project during spring semester. In 8-10 double-spaced pages, the students should introduce the question or issue, address the background to the subject, make a persuasive case why the proposed Team Project is important to a larger community outside the class, describe and outline the components steps of the Project, and set out a timeline for the completion of the Project during the Spring semester.