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Syllabus
Date Topics Due Presenters
Friday
2015-08-28
Introduction
Tuesday
2015-09-01
Critical Thinking
Guest Speaker
1. Chapter 1 - Catalysts for Change
2. Appendix A - Plagiarism
3. Discussion Board: Movies
4. Sign up for individual presentation
1. Laura Hanlan - WPI Librarian
Friday
2015-09-04
Ethics 1. Chapter 2 - Introduction to Ethics
2. Paper 1: Technology
3. Wiki: Technology Timeline
Tuesday
2015-09-08
Freedom of Speech 1. Chapter 3 - Networked Communications 1. Tyler Nickerson - China Internet Cafes
2. Andrew Mokotoff - American Deaf Culture and Social Media
3. Weijia Tao - No Google or Facebook for China
Friday
2015-09-11
Intellectual Property
Guest Speaker
1. Chapter 4 - Intellectual Property
2. Paper 2: Open Source Software Engineering Tools
0. Frank Gerratana - IP Lawyer
1. Ben Sharron - Smart TV, Linux, Voice, DMCA
2. Rayan Alsoby - Apple vs. Samsung
3. Jessie Johnson - Patent Trolls and Modern History
Tuesday
2015-09-15
Privacy 1. Chapter 5 - Information Privacy
2. Paper 3: Self Search
1. Robyn Domanico - Targeted Web Advertising
2. Nicholas Muesch - Mobile Phone Tracking and Ads
3. Dennis Silva - Terms and Conditions of Use
Friday
2015-09-18
Privacy 1. Chapter 6 - Privacy and the Government
2. Paper 4: National ID
1. Sai Vadlamudi - Benefits of CCTV and Face Recognition
2. Tiffany Leung - Prime Numbers, Encyption, and You
3. Anthony Dresser - Big Brother
Tuesday
2015-09-22
Crime 1. Chapter 7 - Computer and Network Security
2. Group Project web site progress through topics covered in class to date.
1. Ruofan Ding - Hacking Team Leak
2. Thomas Sellie-Lund - Cyber Forensics
3. Joshua Keller - Security vs. Features
Friday
2015-09-25
Errors Failures Risks
Guest Speaker
1. Chapter 8 - Computer Reliability
2. Paper 5: Code Testing
0. Brannen Hough - Patriot Missile Engineer
1. Alex Shoop - Automated Translation
2. Laura Antul - Robotic Medical Check Ups
3. Jillian Hennessy - Professional Sports Compuerized Concussion Testing
Tuesday
2015-09-29
Professional Ethics 1. Chapter 9 - Professional Ethics
2. Paper 6: Game
1. Xavier Jackson - Implementing Ethics in Engineering Curricula
2. Peter Craft - Games, MicroTransactions, Games & SW Dev. Ethics
3. Hui Zheng - Code Automation & SW Dev. Ethics
Friday
2015-10-02
Work 1. Chapter 10 - Work and Wealth
2. Group Presentation Draft
1. Stephen Lafortune - Workplace 3D Printers
2. Fuchen Chen - Uber Taxi Nightmare
Tuesday
2015-10-06
Group Presentations
Guest Speaker
0. Brannen Hough - Patriot Missile Engineer
1. TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013) (KAP watched)
2. Iron Man 2 (2010) (KAP, Joey watched)
Friday
2015-10-09
Group Presentations 1. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) (KAP, Joey watched)
2. The Hunger Games (2012) (KAP watched)
3. Ex Machina (2015) (KAP, Joey watched)
4. Summer Wars (2009) (KAP watched)
Tuesday
2015-10-13
Student Topic Choice
- Rain Date: IP Guest Speaker
- Rain Date: Errors, Failures, Risks Guest Speaker
Group Evaluations
Optional Paper:
1. Jacob Watson - Net Neutrality (beyond the book)

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.

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Located on the first floor of Daniels Hall (room 116), the Writing Center is a valuable resource for helping you improve as a writer. Writing Center tutors are your peers (other undergraduate and graduate students at WPI) who are experienced writers themselves and who enjoy helping others work through thinking and writing problems. Although a single tutoring session should never be seen as a quick fix for any writing difficulty, these sessions can help you identify your strengths and weaknesses, and teach you strategies for organizing, revising, and editing your course papers, projects, and presentations. Writing Center services are free and open to all WPI students in all classes, and tutors will happily work with you at any stage of the writing process (early brainstorming, revising a draft, polishing sentences in a final draft). Visit the Writing Center website wpi.edu/+writing to make an appointment.


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