CS-E4002 - Special Course in Computer Science: Human-Centred Research and Design in Crisis, 02.06.2020-01.09.2020
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Assignment 2: Analyzing role of Technology, Design or Data Science in Crisis Response
Deadline: June 18
Pick a problem domain or project concept presented in the first two weeks of class:
a) Digital Volunteer Management for Finnish Red Cross or Crisis Management tools for Aalto
b) Contact Tracing using Ketju app (presented by Reaktor) or Physical Tokens (proposed by EIT)
c) Voices for Urban Mobility - symptom monitoring app or public info. kiosks
Alternatively, if you're already working on a crisis-related project for your thesis or workplace, you may use that as a case study if you prefer.
Consider how you might engage human-centred design, technology or data science in any of these contexts and what social/ethical/political challenges you might anticipate in conducting research, designing or deploying such approaches in crisis contexts.
Prepare a brief blog post (3-5 paragraphs) with images, concept diagrams or links to related work or readings. You don't need to offer a solution, but try to pose critical questions and how you might address them. We pushed the deadline to Thursday, June 18th so you have more time.
We will be using your responses to inform our workshop session on June 26th, where we may ask you to share some aspects for discussion as well.
Later you may partner with other students to develop this into a design-research proposal for your course project, or decide to choose a different topic if you prefer.
Let us know if you have any questions (over email or Slack).