WPI Social Implications Of Computing
Course Documents
Assignments
Past
                                          
Printer Friendly Version
2017 D Term Archive

Assignments ] [ Course Documents ] [ Up: Past ]

Syllabus
Date Topics Due Presenters
Tuesday
2017-03-14
Snow Day - NO CLASS
Friday
2017-03-17
Introduction 1. Laura Robinson - WPI Librarian
Tuesday
2017-03-21
Critical Thinking
Guest Speaker
1. Chapter 1 - Catalysts for Change
Interview at end of chapter
2. Appendix A - Plagiarism
3. Discussion Board: Movies
4. Sign up for individual presentation
1. Laura Robinson - WPI Librarian
Friday
2017-03-24
Ethics 1. Chapter 2 - Introduction to Ethics
Interview at end of chapter
2. Paper 1: Technology
3. Wiki: Technology Timeline
Tuesday
2017-03-28
Freedom of Speech 1. Chapter 3 - Networked Communications
Interview at end of chapter
1. Yihong Zhou - Improving Brain Function
2.
3.
Friday
2017-03-31
Intellectual Property
Guest Speaker
1. Chapter 4 - Intellectual Property
SKIP Interview at end of chapter
2. Prepare questions for guest speaker
0. Frank Gerratana - IP Lawyer
1. Steven Huynh - Video Game Mods
2. Matt McCarthy - Brain Machine Interfaces
3.
Tuesday
2017-04-04
Privacy 1. Chapter 5 - Information Privacy
Interview at end of chapter
2. Paper 2: Self Search
1. Ziyan Ding - Social Media Privacy
2. Jordan Feeley - Amazon ECHO and Google Home
3. Dasheng Gu - ISP Privacy Bill
Friday
2017-04-07
Privacy 1. Chapter 6 - Privacy and the Government
Interview at end of chapter
2. Paper 3: National ID
1. Evan Bosia - Drone Restrictions and Policy
2. Walter Gallati - Cyberwarfare and Freedom
3. Heric Flores-Huerta - Protecting Citizens from Quantum Computing
4. Christian Roberts - OPM Hack
Tuesday
2017-04-11
Crime
Guest Speaker
1. Chapter 7 - Computer and Network Security
Interview at end of chapter
2. Group Project web site progress through topics covered in class to date.
0. Frank Gerratana - IP Lawyer
1. Seth Norton - Home IoT Security
2. Andrew Rottier - Cyber Vigilantism
3. Yao (James) Chow - Medical Devices
Friday
2017-04-14
Errors Failures Risks
Guest Speaker
1. Chapter 8 - Computer Reliability
Interview at end of chapter
2. Paper 4: Code Testing
0. Brannen Hough - Patriot Missile Engineer
1. Mengwen Li - Self Driving Cars
2. Yudi Wang - Speech Recognition
3. Arianna Kan - Robotic Caretakers
Tuesday
2017-04-18
NO CLASS Follows Thursday Schedule
Friday
2017-04-21
Professional Ethics 1. Chapter 9 - Professional Ethics
Interview at end of chapter
2. Paper 5: Game
1. Will Van Rensselaer - Chess Engine Case Studies
2. Alonso Martinez - Building Self Driving Cars
3. Ryan Wiesenberg - Virtual Reality
Tuesday
2017-04-25
Work 1. Chapter 10 - Work and Wealth
Interview at end of chapter
2. Group Presentation Draft
1. Mike Giancola - Automation Economy
2. Lauren Pontbriant - Halting AI
3. Arthur Dooner - Human Irrelevancy
4. Vakhtang Margvelashvili - 3D Printing
Friday
2017-04-28
Group Presentations
1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - Ziyan Ding, Arthur Dooner, Christian Roberts, Ryan Wiesenberg (kap)
2. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - Ezra Davis, Walter Gallati, Vakhtang Margvelashvili, Yihong Zhou (kap)
3. Citizenfour (2014) - Michael Giancola, Steven Huynh, Andrew Rottier, William Van Rensselaer (kap)
Tuesday
2017-05-02
Group Presentations 1. The Martian (2015) - Jordan Feeley, Heric Flores-Huerta, Mengwen Li, Matt McCarthy, Yudi Wang (kap)
2. Interstellar (2014) - Yao Chow, Dasheng Gu, Alonso Martinez, Seth Norton (kap)
3. Pacific Rim (2013) - Evan Bosia, Ariana Kan, Lauren Pontbriant, Long Vu Thanh (kap)
Tuesay
2017-05-02
- Student Topic Choice
- Rain Date: IP Guest Speaker
- Rain Date: Errors, Failures, Risks Guest Speaker
Group Evaluations
Optional Paper: Submit ideas via email

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.

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.


Keith A. Pray
Last Modified: August 19, 2017 3:13 PM
© 2017 - 1975 Keith A. Pray.
All rights reserved.

Current Theme: 

Kapowee Hosted | Kapow Generated in 0.007 second | XHTML | CSS