COMP4920 Notices

Essay 1 marks released today

Posted by Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson 3 days ago.

Good morning everyone!

The marks for your first essays will be released at 9am this morning. Firstly and most importantly, thank you so much for all of your hard work and research!

The marking scheme works as follows. You will receive one of three marks, 1, 2, or 3:

1 = Non Competent (CN)
2 = Competent (CO)
3 = Competent with Merit (CM)

For all any any questions that you might have with regard to your marks or essay comments (including contesting marks etc.), please contact your tutor in the first instance . Your tutor marked your essay so they are best placed to respond to you. Should you be unsatisfied with the response from your tutor, the next step is to contact the course admins, Philip Quadrio (p.quadrio@unsw.edu.au) and Edward Norman (edward.norman@unsw.edu.au). Should you then be unsatisfied with the response from Philip and/or Edward, the next step is to contact me directly via email.

There are over 800 of us involved in 4920 this term, so we have to triage these things in order for them to be manageable!

I am looking very forward to seeing you at tomorrow's lecture.

All best,

Seb

ESSAY 1 is due in less than two hours!

Posted by Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson 13 days ago.

Hi everyone!

Please do not forget that your essay is due today by 5pm : )

Well done in advance! Marking essays is actually rather fun, and your tutors are looking very forward. There is a dedicated marking channel where your tutors and the admins and I will be discussing trends and edge-cases with care.

Thank you for all of your hard work this term!

All best,

Seb

Tomorrow's lecture (Thu 6 March) will start with Q&A on essay 1 with Seb.

Posted by Flora Salim 15 days ago.

Hi all,

Tomorrow we will go through part 2 of "Algorithms in real world: Bias and Fairness" -- but we will start at 11.30. The first 30 mins at 11-11.30 will be Seb taking an 'ask me anything' session regarding the first essay. We'll see you there at the Science Theatre.

Best regards,

Flora & Seb

Competency Assessment Survey

Posted by Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson 15 days ago.

Hi everyone!

Please see the following from the UNSW Competency Assessment team. The survey is open until March 7 - rather ironically the same date on which your first essay is due. I did not design this I promise! If you had a moment or two, then the Team would love it dearly were you to fill it out.

I shall delete this notice after the survey deadline.

All best,

Seb

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Dear Students,

We’d love to hear your thoughts!

We are running a short survey to gather feedback on your perception of competency-based assessment in this course [COMP4920-Professional Issues and Ethics in Information Technology]. This means that you will not receive a final numerical mark for the course and it does not count towards your WAM (weighted average mark).

The survey is quick, easy, and accessible on both your laptop and mobile phone.

As a thank you for your time, you will have the chance to win one of five $100 prepaid Visa gift cards!

How to Enter the Prize Draw:

• Complete both surveys:

• The first survey is available now via the link and QR code provided below.

• The second survey will be sent out at the end of the term/semester.

• Winners will be randomly drawn from those who complete both surveys and enter the prize draw.

• The draw will take place within one month of the official release of Term/Semester 1 2025 results , and winners will be notified by email on the same day.

Important: Due to regulations, only students residing in Australia are eligible for the prize draw. However, all students are encouraged to complete the survey—we value everyone’s input!

<u> COMP4920 Survey 1_Published </u>

The first survey is open from Week 2 , so don’t miss your chance to have your say and win!

Thanks for your time, and good luck!

Group Project Spec is live!

Posted by Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson 27 days ago.

Dear 4920s,

The Group Project Spec (for both the group presentation and the group report) is now available on webcms under Course Work.

All best,

Seb

First Essay Questions are live

Posted by Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson about a month ago.

Good morning everyone : ) Welcome to COMP4920!

The First Essay Questions are available on webcms. You can find them in the Course Work folder in the left hand menu.

Onwards to victory!

Seb