Class
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Date
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Topic
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Reading
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Homework
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Comments/Handouts
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1 |
Tue 1/29 |
Course overview
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| Writing guidelines
Academic honesty policy
Participation mini-assignment
Student survey
Slides
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2 |
Thu 1/31 |
Topic selection
| Baase Chap. 1.1-1.2
"It's
Time to Raise My Hand"
Due: Signed academic honesty policy
| Student essays Class topics exercise and reading assignment
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3 |
Tue 2/5 |
Ethical frameworks
| Baase Chap. 1.3-1.4Tavani Ch. 2 (Posted on Blackboard)
Due: Participation mini-assignment (hardcopy)
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4 |
Thu 2/7 |
Legal and professional frameworks
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| Due: Reading assignment (Blackboard)
| Reading journal guidelines
PP1
PP2
PP3
Slides
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5 |
Tue 2/12 |
Analysis framework
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| Analysis guidelines
In-class case
Slides
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6 |
Thu 2/14 |
History of computing
|
Machine
of the Year (Time 1982)
Past
and Future History of the Internet (CACM 1997)
RJ1
| Ethical analysis assignment
Slides
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7 |
Tue 2/19 |
Software development and reuse/open-source software
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Open Source Definition
BSD
License
Apple's
Insane Developer Agreement
Ethical
Commentary on Software
Expert:Open Source
Licenses (comparison)
Expert:Reusing
Open-Source Software and Practices (posted on blackboard)
RJ2
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8 |
Thu 2/21 |
Software piracy/copyright
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Apple v. Franklin summary
Copyright Act of 1976 summary (skim)
Digital Millennium Copyright Act summary
The
Real Loser in Software Piracy
...Who
Really Owns DOTA?
Expert:
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Expert:Apple
v. Franklin... Judicial Competence
RJ3
| Analysis Framework Version 2
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9 |
Tue 2/26 |
SOPA / Aaron Swartz
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Internet
Activist Suicide
Congress
demands DOJ briefing
Misplaced
Zeal
Aaron
Swartz: A Lesson
Fall
of SOPA (video)
Expert: Carmen
Ortiz
Expert: H.R. 3261 (SOPA)
RJ4
| Discussion
space
Midterm review guide
| |
10 |
Thu 2/28 |
WikiLeaks
|
Wikileaks
for Dummies
WikiLeaks
Founder on the Run
RJ5 Due: Ethical analysis 1 (three hardcopies)
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11 |
Tue 3/5 |
Writing workshop
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| Writing workshop guidelines
|
12 |
Thu 3/7 |
Large-scale security/cyberterrorism
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Obama
Cyber Order
Rick
Forno on cybertheft
Mandiant APT1 report (p2 and pp 20-30)
Expert: Mandiant
APT1 report (pp 31-38)
Optional:APT1 appendix
RJ6
| Dr. desJardins out of town -- guest instructor
Dr. Richard Forno
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13 |
Tue 3/12 |
Targeted advertising - data mining and information privacy
|
Baase Ch. 2.3.1
Top
Ten Research Questions
Privacy Violations
ACM Code of Ethics
ACM Software
Engineering
Code of Ethics
Optional: Moral Operating System (TED Talk
video; back to ethical frameworks!)
Expert: Ethical Issues in Web Data Mining (Ethics and
IT 6(2): 129-140, 2004; posted on Blackboard)
Expert:Using the New ACM Code of Ethics in Decision Making
RJ7 Due: Participation portfolio #1 (hardcopy)
|
Final paper guidelines
Thesis statements handout
Targeted advertising
discussion questions
Ethical Analysis #2
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14 |
Thu 3/14 |
Midterm
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Spring Break |
15
| Tue 3/26 |
Personal privacy - search, social networking, HIPAA
|
Six Ways to Protect
Yourself
Baase Ch. 2.3.2-2.3.4
Privacy
by Proxy
Expert: Anonymize
Your BitTorrent
RJ8
Due: Optional regrade of Ethical Analysis
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16 |
Thu 3/28 |
Writing workshop
|
| RJ9: FREEBIE; no post! BRING: Ethical analysis 2 (two hardcopies)
| Writing Handout Assignment
|
17 |
Tue 4/2 |
PATRIOT Act/wiretapping
|
Judge Strikes Down Patriot Act Provisions
Wiretapping of the Cloud
Are we Targeting our Fellow Countrymen?
RJ10
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18 |
Thu 4/4 |
Effect of automation
|
Nine Jobs That Humans May Lose to Robots
Three Laws of Robotics (introduction/summary only; rest is optional)
Optional:
Runaround (Asimov), pp. 20-33
Expert:
Why Ethics is a High Hurdle for AI
RJ11
Due: Ethical analysis 2 (hardcopy)
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19 |
Tue 4/9 |
Self-driving cars
|
Auto Revolution
Legal Infrastructure for Driverless Cars
Why You Shouldn't Be Too Quick to Cheer
RJ12 Due: Research paper topic statement (email to
instructor)
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20 |
Thu 4/11 |
Gender/minority underrepresentation in CS
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Stuck in the Shallow End: Interview and review
Lack of Women in Tech
Susan Davidson
Sheryl Sandberg TED Talk
RJ13
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21 |
Tue 4/16 |
Cyberstalking
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Cyberstalking
Amazing Mind
Reader
How to Cyberstalk Yourself
Busting a Cyberstalker
RJ14 Due: Participation portfolio #2 (hardcopy)
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Slides on giving presentations
Presentation scoring form
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22 |
Thu 4/18 |
Violence in video games
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Positive and Negative Effecs...
Do Violent Video Games...
The Effects of Violent Video Games
Angst Over Video Games
School Shooting Video Game
Expert:
Video Game FAQs
RJ15 Due: Draft of writing handout (email or google share to
Dr. dJ)
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23 |
Tue 4/23 |
Blade Runner I
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| RJ16: FREEBIE; no post!
| Peer review form
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24 |
Thu 4/25 |
Blade Runner II
| Optional:
Do Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep? (novel by Philip K. Dick)
RJ17: Post about Blade Runner by Sat 4/27
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25 |
Tue 4/30 |
Green computing
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Electronic Waste Dump of the World: Guiyu, China
Green Computing: A Dual Technology
The Realities of Green Computing
Expert:
Google's Green Computing
Optional:
computational-sustainability.org (browse)
RJ18
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26 |
Thu 5/2 |
Student presentations
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| Due: Research paper draft (three hardcopies)
| Presentation schedule
|
27 |
Tue 5/7 |
Student presentations
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| Due: Participation portfolio #3 (hardcopy)
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28 |
Thu 5/9 |
Student presentations
|
| Due: Research paper peer reviews (email to instructor, TAs, and
authors)
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29 |
Tue 5/14 |
Student presentations
|
| Due: Final draft of writing handout (email or google share to Dr. dJ)
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Tue 5/21, 10:30-12:30 (Final exam slot)
| After-action review
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| Due: Final draft of research paper (hardcopy)
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