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| Friday 2014-08-29 |
Introduction | ||
| Tuesday 2014-09-02 |
Critical Thinking Guest Speaker |
1. Chapter 1 - Catalysts for Change
2. Appendix A - Plagiarism 3. Discussion Board: Movies |
1. Laura Hanlan - WPI Librarian |
| Friday 2014-09-05 |
Ethics |
1. Chapter 2 - Introduction to Ethics
2. Paper 1: Technology 3. Wiki: Technology Timeline |
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| Tuesday 2014-09-09 |
Freedom of Speech |
1. Chapter 3 - Networked Communications
2. Sign up for individual presentation |
1. Kevin Zhao - Impact of Social Media
2. 3. |
| Friday 2014-09-12 |
Intellectual Property Guest Speaker |
1. Chapter 4 - Intellectual Property
2. Paper 2: Open Source Software Engineering Tools |
1. Dan Murray - Copyright and YouTube
3. 4. Frank Gerratana - IP Lawyer |
| Tuesday 2014-09-16 |
Privacy |
1. Chapter 5 - Information Privacy
2. Paper 3: Self Search |
1. Adam Myers - Online Game Identity
2. Nick Brown - Privacy and Open Source Software 3. |
| Friday 2014-09-19 |
Privacy |
1. Chapter 6 - Privacy and the Government
2. Paper 4: National ID |
1. Alec Benson - TBD
2. Tom Clark - Cryptocurrency 3. |
| Tuesday 2014-09-23 |
Crime |
1. Chapter 7 - Computer and Network Security
2. Group Project web site progress through topics covered in class to date. |
1. Oscar Perez - Encryption, Hacking, and Quantum Computing
2. Long Nguyen - Denial of Service Attacks 3. Joseph Blackman - Password Hacking |
| Friday 2014-09-26 |
Errors Failures Risks |
1. Chapter 8 - Computer Reliability
2. Paper 6: Code Testing |
1. Brian Rubenstein - Da Vinci Surgical Robot
2. Zachary Richards - Software Failure Case Study 3. Jun Liang - Airplane System Errors 4. |
| Tuesday 2014-09-30 |
Professional Ethics |
1. Chapter 9 - Professional Ethics
2. Paper 7: Game |
1. Julie Valim - National Security and Whistle Blowing
2. Gordon Gao - League of Legends 3. Mike LoTurco - Y2K |
| Friday 2014-10-03 |
Work |
1. Chapter 10 - Work and Wealth
2. Group Presentation Draft |
1. Andrew Ray - Automation of Computer Science
2. LilyAnne Lewis - Female Gamers 3. Tom Paolillo - e-sports |
| Tuesday 2014-10-07 |
Group Presentations |
1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009) (kap, Andy watched)
2. Her (2013) (kap, Andy watched) 3. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) (kap, Andy watched) |
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| Friday 2014-10-10 |
Group Presentations
Guest Speaker |
1. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) (kap, Andy watched)
2. Ender's Game (2013) (Andy watched) 3. Transcendence (2014)(kap watched) |
Brannen Hough - Patriot Missile Engineer |
| Tuesday 2014-10-14 |
Student Topic Choice - Rain Date: Errors, Failures, Risks Guest Speaker |
Group Evaluations | 1. Fangwen Yuan - Crowdsourcing and Intellectual Property |
The Syllabus will change throughout the course as new interests are found and as material is covered ahead or behind schedule. Changes will be made in class and recorded in the class slides. You will be responsible for the material in the assigned reading.
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you have medical information to share with me, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible.
If you have not already done so, students with disabilities, who believe that they may need accommodations in this class, are encouraged to contact the Disability Services Office (DSO), as soon as possible to ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. The DSO is located in the Student Development and Counseling Center, (508) 831-4908.
Keith A. Pray
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