Seminars
Algorithms and the Law on Thu 1/9
A dive into the ethical dilemma of autonomous driving algorithms and the legal issues surrounding the Boeing 737 MAX tragedies in the forms of discussions and debates. We will also try to approach the issue from an engineer’s perspective by creating simple code or pseudocode to solve simplified autonomous driving problems.
* Afraid the beginning of the seminar wasn’t recorded, apologies!
Regular Expressions with Python on Fri 1/10
An introduction to regular expressions and a look at how we can use them to solve searching problems.
Web Scraping: Legality and How-To on Thu 1/16
A brief introduction to the technical aspects of web scraping through Python, with discussion of some of the legal complexities.
Web Programming with Flask on Fri 1/17
We’ve seen how to leverage HTML and CSS to create simple web pages, but those are just two ingredients of web programming. This seminar will introduce a popular micro-framework known as Flask, which is used to create small web applications that support behavior such as user registration/login, API integration, and dynamic HTML generation.
Git and GitHub on Tue 1/21
Every project needs to exist somewhere. This seminar introduces a popular web-based hosting service, GitHub, which uses a version-control software (known as Git) to create, update, and share projects with the world.