CS 114: Selected Reading of Computer Science Research

Course Description

Detailed reading of 5-10 research publications in computer science. For undergraduates, the course is an introduction to advanced foundational concepts within a field as well as an in-depth look at detailed research. For graduate students, the course focuses on historical reading as well as an opportunity to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the work. Both groups of students discuss historical context, how ideas succeeded or did not and why, and how they manifest in modern technology. The discussion of each piece of work includes a guest lecture by one of its authors.