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Welcome to WPI's Social Implications Of Computing Course CS 3043

Welcome to the course. Here you will find the majority of class content.

Discussion Boards and other interactive features can be found on the WPI Canvas site.

Syllabus
Date Topics Due Presenters
1. Tueday
2025-03-18
Introduction None None
2. Friday
2025-03-21
Critical Thinking 1. Chapter 1 - Catalysts for Change
2. Appendix A - Plagiarism
3. Appendix B - Introduction to Argumentation
4. “Organization of The Book” (xiv - xvi) in Preface
5. Sign up for individual presentation via email
6. Discussion Board: Movies
None
3. Tuesday
2025-03-25
Ethics 1. Chapter 2 - Introduction to Ethics
- Optional: Sections 2.2 - 2.5
2. DRAFT: Paper 1: Computing Technology Timeline
None
4. Friday
2025-03-28
Communication 1. Chapter 3 - Networked Communications
2. Paper 1: Computing Technology Timeline
3. Wiki: Computing Technology Timeline
1. Harrison DiAmbrosio - Make Your Own Site
2. Oleg Zabolotnev - Modern Botting Swaying Your Opinion
3.
Tuesday
2025-04-01
NO CLASS Monday Schedule
5. Friday
2025-04-04
Intellectual Property
1. Chapter 4 - Intellectual Property 1. Owen Hart - The Artist or The AI
2. Nick Kutschke - Stealing From Artists to Feed The AI
3. Josh Cohen - Open Source Superiority
6. Tuesday
2025-04-08
Information Privacy 1. Chapter 5 - Information Privacy
2. DRAFT: Paper 2: Self Search
1. Willa Royce-Roll - Regulating Bioinformatics
2. Xander Kirkman - Apps Dopamine Driving You
3. Joshua Bearfield - Political Polarization Problems
7. Friday
2025-04-11
Privacy and Government 1. Chapter 6 - Privacy and the Government
2. Facial Recognition Debate
3. Paper 2: Self Search
1. John Perveiler - FBI, Apple, and Backdoors Oh My!
2. Reid Dugas - Customs and Border Protection Using Biometrics
3. Quincy Laflin - Evidential Digital Private Info
8. Tuesday
2025-04-15
Security 1. Chapter 7 - Computer and Network Security
2. Optional Paper: Facial Recognition Debate
1. Kristen Thebeau - You Ethical Hacker You
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3.
9. Friday
2025-04-18
Reliability
1. Chapter 8 - Computer Reliability
2. DRAFT: Paper 3: Code Testing
1. Justin Gauthier - Allowing AI In The Driver's Seat
2. Jonathan Dyson - Nuclear AI
3.
10. Tuesday
2025-04-22
Professional Ethics 1. Chapter 9 - Professional Ethics
- Optional: Code of Ethics in book
2. Code of Ethics at: https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics
3. Game Debate
4. Paper 3: Code Testing
1. Adrian Cervera - Creating Android Behavior
2. Joseph DiPietro - Tech Giants Self Regulating AI
3. Grant Wilson - Your Face in Ads
Friday
2025-04-25
NO CLASS Undergraduate Research Projects Showcase
11. Tuesday
2025-04-29
Livelihood and Transcendence
1. Chapter 10 - Automation and Globalization
2. Group Presentation Draft
3. DRAFT: Paper 4: Automation
1. Ryan Agge - AI On The Assembly Production Line
2. Alex Knox - Digital Licensing and You
3. Tiffany Semexant - E-waste in Nigeria
12. Friday
2025-05-02
Student Choice 1. Marcus Gafka - Your Personal Blockchain
13. Tuesday
2025-05-06
Group Presentations 1. Non-presenter Questions
2. Paper 4: Automation
1. The Stepford Wives (1975) - Cristina Seoylemezian, Tiffany Semexant, Jonathan Dyson, Ziye He

2. Children of Men (2006) - Alexander Kirkman, Joshua Bearfield, Dylan Serreyn, Forrest Welty

3. The Zero Theorem (2013) - Oleg Zabolotnev, Harrison DiAmbrosio, Marcus Gafka, John Perveiler

4. Alien: Covenant (2017) - John Burke, Joshua Cohen, Quincy Lafin, Grant Watson, Brian Huerta-Tenezaca
14. Wednesday
2025-05-07
Group Presentations 1. Non-presenter Questions
1. Group Evaluations
2. Group Web Sites
3. Optional Paper: Game Debate
1. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) - Cheuk Ngai Alden Lo, Kristen Thebeau, Reid Dugas, Yuankai Shen

2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) - Adrian Cervera, Ryan Agge, Alex Knox, Owen Hart, (KAP)

3. The Creator (2023) - Nicholas Kutschke, Joseph DiPietro, Everett Wilber, Justin Gauthier
Weekly Time Guideline

 4 hours class time
 4 hours reading (2 chapters ~90 pages @ 2 minutes per page)
 8 hours practicing mastery of material
   - papers, group project, class activity preparation
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16 hours / week

The Syllabus will change throughout the course as talks are scheduled, new interests are found and material is covered ahead or behind schedule. Changes will be made in class and recorded in the class slides. You are responsible for the material in the assigned reading and class slides.


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