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Welcome to CS 61A!

Instructor Team for CS 61A and Data C88C

John DeNero (he/him) —!denero@berkeley.edu

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CS 61A instructor at least once per year since 2011

Research on language models and how people use them

Office hours 1pm-3pm Tuesdays in Warren 101B

Shm Almeda (they/them) —!shm.almeda@berkeley.edu

Office hours 1pm-3pm Thursday (location TBD)

Jedi’s Research: Computing Ethics Education

What is computing ethics?

• My personal definition: understanding how

the technology we create impacts society

(and crucially, how societal values

prioritizes the development of certain

technology).

My recent research:

• CS195 (Social Implications of Computer

Technology)

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Lecture, Videos, and the Textbook

Videos posted to cs61a.org are essential viewing before coming to lecture. All of the

The textbook, composingprograms.com, is written to be concise and useful. Its content is

very similar to the videos.

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