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+### ODU CS 795/795 Web Archiving Forensics, Spring 2019.
+Instructor: [Michael L. Nelson](http://www.cs.odu.edu/~mln/) <mln@cs.odu.edu> 
+
+Office Hours: Wednesdays 3-4 and by appointment
+
+Time: Wednesdays 4:20pm - 7:00pm
+
+Place: ECS Building, r. 3102
+
+[Syllabus](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phonedude/cs895-s19/master/syllabus.txt)
+
+### Class Email list
+* [https://groups.google.com/group/cs895-s19](https://groups.google.com/group/cs895-s19)
+
+### Class Schedule (subject to change)
+* Week 1 - January 16 - Web Archiving Mechanics
+* Week 2 - January 23 - [Weaponized Web Archives: Provenance Laundering of Short Order Evidence](https://www.slideshare.net/phonedude/weaponized-web-archives-provenance-laundering-of-short-order-evidence-121503918), [Blockchain Can Not Be Used To Verify Replayed Archived Web Pages](https://www.slideshare.net/phonedude/blockchain-can-not-be-used-to-verify-replayed-archived-web-pages-125618706)
+* Week 3 - January 30 - No Class
+* Week 4 - February 6 - Student Presentation 1
+* Week 5 - February 13 - Student Presentation 2
+* Week 6 - February 20 - Student Presentation 3
+* Week 7 - February 27 - Student Presentation 4
+* Week 8 - March 6 - Student Presentation 5
+* Week 9 - March 13 - No Class -- Spring Break
+* Week 10 - March 20 - Student Presentation 6
+* Week 11 - March 27 - Student Presentation 7
+* Week 12 - April 3 - Student Presentation 8
+* Week 13 - April 10 - No Class
+* Week 14 - April 17 - reserved
+* Week 15 - April 24 - reserved
+* Week 16 - May 1 - Exam week (No Class)
+
+### Assignments (subject to change)
+
+### Readings (subject to change)

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+CS 795/895 - Web Archiving Forensics
+
+Spring 2019
+
+CRNs: 31866 and 31867
+
+Instructor: Michael L. Nelson <mln@cs.odu.edu>
+                http://www.cs.odu.edu/~mln/
+
+Office Hours: W, 3:00-4:00 and by appointment
+
+Time: W 4:20 - 7:00 pm
+
+Place: ECS, r. 3102
+
+The veracity of information on the web and social media is of
+increasing concern, especially in light of recent developments in
+foreign disinformation campaigns to influence elections and questions
+about whether public figures actually said what may be attributed
+to them*.  Digital information is easy to manipulate, copy, and
+delete, but web archives offer a trusted method for timestamping
+the appearance of web pages and their contents.  We will investigate
+how web archives can be used to establish the priority of information,
+as well as how they can be hacked or used to obfuscate the provenance
+of falsified content.  The class will consist of exploring web
+archiving mechanics and protocols, reviewing prior research, and
+class projects that implement and and replicate current issues
+involving web archives.
+
+The class will consist of a mix of presentation and review of the
+research results of others, as well as original, project-based work.
+
+Prerequisites: Graduate standing or instructor permission, familiarity with Unix
+
+Attendance Policy: Attendance is required for class participation,
+presentation, and discussion.  Absences must cleared with the instructor
+prior to class.  You are responsible for everything that is said, 
+discussed, and presented during class.
+
+
+Grading: 
+
+   The class grade will consist of 8 Assignments of 10 points each,
+   and the remaining 20 points will be based on class and online
+   participation.  Each assignment will be presented/demoed in
+   class.  Late assignments lose 3 points for every 24 hours they
+   are late unless prior arrangements are made with the intstuctor.
+   Readings and assignment descriptions will be released on a rolling
+   basis during the semester.
+
+   Grading Scale:
+	A  = 100-94
+	A- = 93-90
+	B+ = 89-88
+	B  = 87-84
+	B- = 83-80
+	C+ = 79-78
+	C  = 77-74
+	C- = 73-70
+	F  = 69-00
+
+Class Web Page:
+
+   https://phonedude.github.io/cs895-s19/
+
+Class Email List:
+
+   http://groups.google.com/group/cs895-s19/
+   You need to register yourself to this list.
+
+Class Textbook:
+
+   None.  Class readings will be posted on the class web page.
+
+ODU Honor Code:
+
+  Please familiarize yourself with the ODU Honor Code:
+
+  https://www.odu.edu/about/monarchcitizenship
+
+  especially resources pertaining to plagiarism and academic integrity:
+
+  https://graduate.cs.odu.edu/resources/academic-integrity/
+
+The following statements apply to this class and come from:
+
+  https://odu.edu/facultystaff/teaching/conduct-integrity
+
+  Old Dominion University is committed to students' personal and
+  academic success. In order to achieve this vision, students,
+  faculty, and staff work together to create an environment that
+  provides the best opportunity for academic inquiry and learning.
+  All students must be honest and forthright in their academic
+  studies. Your work in this course and classroom behavior must
+  align with the expectations outlined in the Code of Student
+  Conduct, which can be found at www.odu.edu/oscai. The following
+  behaviors along with classroom disruptions violate this policy,
+  corrupt the educational process, and will not be tolerated.
+
+  Cheating: Using unauthorized assistance, materials, study aids,
+  or other information in any academic exercise.
+
+  Plagiarism: Using someone else’s language, ideas, or other original
+  material without acknowledging its source in any academic exercise.
+
+  Fabrication: Inventing, altering or falsifying any data, citation
+  or information in any academic exercise.
+
+  Facilitation: Helping another student commit, or attempt to commit,
+  any Academic Integrity violation, or failure to report suspected
+  Academic Integrity violations to a faculty member.
+
+  Academic dishonesty will be reported to the Office of Student
+  Conduct & Academic Integrity and may result in sanctions up to
+  and including expulsion from the University.