CS 1590: Social Implications of Computing Technology (Spring 2012) |
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| Time: | Tu Th 11:00-12:15 | Place | 5313 Sennott Square |
| Professor: | Diane Litman | Office Hours: | Tu 12:15-1:15, Th 1:30-2:30 (5105 Sennott Square) |
| Email: | dlitman at pitt.edu | Phone: | 412-624-8838 (Sennott Square); 412-624-1261 (LRDC) |
| TA: | Timothy Luciani | Office Hours: | M W 1-3, 6510 Sennott Square |
| Email: | tbl8 at pitt.edu | Phone: | 412-624-9189 |
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| Chapter 1: Unwrapping the Gift | ||||
| Th 1/05 | Course Overview and Administration
Pace of Change; New Developments |
Ch 1.1-1.2 | Due 1/10: Sign up for SWoRD (Student
User Guide)
Due 1/10: Choose your class discussion topic (blog comment) Due 1/09 11:59PM: Commentary (discussion board forum thread)
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Themes and Issues; Ethics | Ch 1.3-1.4 | Due 1/13+1, 15+1, 17+1: SWoRD practice exercise
Due 1/16 11:59 PM: Current Events (discussion board forum thread)
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| Chapter 2: Privacy | ||||
| Tu 1/17 | Privacy and Computer Technology Big Brother |
Ch 2.1-2.2
CNBC "Big Brother, Big Business" Video [2006]: note this is 2 hours! |
Due 1/23 11:59PM: Commentary (discussion board) |
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| Th 1/19, Tu 1/24 | Diverse Privacy Topics | Ch 2.3
Technology and the Fourth Amendment [Wall Street Journal, 2011] OnStar Tracks Your Car Even When You Cancel Service [Sep 20, 2011] Update: OnStar Reverses Decision to Change Terms and Conditions [Sep 27, 2011] |
Class discussion: Pitt Police Video Cameras (video, policy)
Hillman webcam
Due 1/31 10:59AM (note deadline change): Current Events (discussion board) |
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| Th 1/26 | Facebook/Google | F.T.C. Settles Privacy Issue at Facebook [Nov 29, 2011]
F.T.C. Said to Be Near Facebook Privacy Deal [Nov 20, 2011] Google updates privacy policy [Google, Jan 24, 2012] Google Revises Its Privacy Policy [NPR's All Things Considered, Jan 25, 2012] |
Check out who Google thinks you are (I am said to be male and 55-64, neither of which is right) The World's Worst Privacy Policy [Forbes, Jan 25, 2012] Assigned: Formal Writing Assignment 1 January 28 was International Privacy Day! Summarize, compare and contrast some personal data privacy regulations, Web site privacy policies, and law enforcement access to personal data in the US versus one or more countries. Use the ideas from Chapter 2 as a framework. Here are more details regarding the paper and rubrics.
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| Tu 1/31, Th 2/2 | Protecting Privacy, Communications
SOPA/PIPA |
Ch 2.4-2.5
Readings for 2/2 (Corcoran):
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Due 2/7 10:59AM: Commentary (discussion board) |
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| Chapter 3: Freedom of Speech | ||||
| Th 2/2, Tu 2/7 | Changing Communications Paradigms,
Controlling Offensive Speech |
Ch 3.1-3.2
CIPA and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; Google family safety center |
Class discussion: Policy for violent videos on the Web; YouTube guidelines Due 2/14 10:59AM: Current Events (discussion board) |
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| Th 2/9 | Offensive Speech, Global Censorship | Ch 3.2-3.3 (Campbell, Monaco) See email for optional video to watch |
Reviewing Instructions for Formal Writing Assignments | |
| Tu 2/14 | Spam, Twitter (offensive/global continued) Political Campaigns |
Ch 3.4 (McGarrigle) | Due 2/21 10:59AM: Commentary (discussion board) | |
| Th 2/16 | Anonymity, Protections | Local
WikiLeaks [Jan 10, 2012]
And on a previous topic: Encryption flaw! [Feb 14, 2012] Ch 3.5-3.6 (McCullough) |
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| Chapter 4: Intellectual Property | ||||
| Th 2/16 | Changing Technology | Ch 4.1
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| Tu 2/21 | Copyright Law |
Articles on ebooks (2012), electures (2010). Ch 4.2 (Sisco) |
Due 2/28 10:59AM: Current events (discussion board) | |
| Th 2/23 | Copying and Sharing Search Engines and Online Libraries; Free Speech Issues; Free Software |
Ch 4.3 (Kauffman) Ch 4.4 - 4.6 (Calabrese) |
Assigned: Formal Writing Assignment 2
What kind of intellectual property rights should be granted to the creators of software? Use the ideas from Chapter 4 as a framework. Here are more details regarding the paper.
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| Tu 2/28 | Free Software Issues for Developers |
Ch 4.4 - 4.6 (Calabrese)
Ch 4.7 (Zielinski) |
Class discussion: Copyright and Obama campaign poster
Due 3/13 10:59AM: Commentary (discussion board) |
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| Th 3/01 | Guest Speaker | George H. Pike, Pitt Law School | ||
| Chapter 5: Crime | ||||
| Tu 3/13 | Hacking |
Ch 5.1 Ch 5.2 (Garcia) |
Try at home:
Track Who's Tracking You With Mozilla Collusion
(thanks to Evan for the Mashable article!)
Class discussion: Hacking scenario Due 3/20 10:59AM: Current events (discussion board) |
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| Th 3/15 | Identity Theft and Credit-Card Fraud, Scams and Forgery |
Cars, the next victims [IEEE Spectrum, January 2012]
High tech arrests [New York Times, January 2012] Ch 5.3 (Haddad, Yonash)
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Phishing Quiz | |
| Tu 3/20 | Guest Speaker | Louis Kroeck, Attorney at ACLU | Presentation
Due 3/27 10:59AM: Commentary (discussion board) |
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| Chapter 6: Work | ||||
| Th 3/22 | Crime Fighting vs. Privacy/Liberties, Whose Laws Rule the Web?
Fears and Questions, The Impact on Employment, The Work Environment |
Ch 5.4 (Kang)
Ch 5.5, 5.6 Ch 6.1 |
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| Tu 3/27 | Employee Crime and Monitoring | Ch 6.4 Ch 6.5 (Washington) Hacker pleads guilty to felony cyber crimes [LA Times via Post-Gazette, 3/27/12]
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Due 4/3 10:59AM: Commentary (discussion board)
Assigned: Term Paper Here are the details regarding the final term paper.
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| Th 3/29 | Guest Speaker |
J. Keith Mularski, FBI
(Cyber Squad)
FBI agent looks back on time posing as a cybercriminal (CNET, 2009)
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| Tu 4/3 | Class cancelled | |||
| Chapter 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology | ||||
| Th 4/5 | Information, Knowledge and Judgment; Computers and Community; The Digital Divide; Evaluations | Ch 7.1-7.2 (Spurrier)
Ch 7.3-7.4 (Hoegerl) |
Due 4/10 10:59AM: Commentary (discussion board) | |
| Tu 4/10 | Making Decisions about Technology | Ch 7.5 |
Signs
of the Singularity [IEEE Spectrum, 2008] She-Bot [Time, 3/30/12] Google Augmented Reality Glasses [NY Times, 4/4/12] Turning Thoughts into Action [National Science Foundation, 4/9/12] |
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| Chapter 8: Errors, Failures, and Risk | ||||
| Th 4/12 | Errors, Failures and Risk | Ch 8.1 (Johnson)
Ch 8.2 Ch 8.3-8.4 (Marnik, Lu) |
Due 4/17 10:59AM: Commentary (discussion board) | |
| Chapter 9: Professional Ethics and Responsibilities | ||||
| Tu 4/17 | What is ethics? Guidelines. Scenarios. | Ch 9.1-9.3 (Thomas) |
Privacy/Free Speech vs. Crime Fighting hits home; update [Post Gazette, 4/16-17/2012]
Collision in the Making, Self-Driving Cars [NY Times, 1/23/12] |
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| Th 4/19 | Epilogue, Presentations, Survey | Epilogue, Appendix | Moral Machines
SWoRD Survey |
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| "Final Exam" | ||||
| Mo 4/23 (12-1:50) | Presentations (5 minutes per paper) of Final Papers *ORAL PRESENTATIONS CANCELLED* | All students | Due 4/23 11:59AM: Final paper - submit via SWoRD (P4D1) | |
Students will be assessed based on weekly informal writing assignments, several formal writing assignments (as authors, revisers, and peer consultants), and classroom discussions (as regular participants and discussion leaders). The shorter formal writing assignments will build foundational skills needed for the final term paper. The course is designed to meet the W-Course requirement for undergraduates. Grade basis:
Absences and Late Assignments: If an absence is unavoidable, you are responsible for obtaining any information announced during the missed class. In case of extraordinary circumstances (hospitalization, family emergency) you should contact me as soon as possible so that we may arrange an extension for assignments prior to the due date; documentation of the emergency is required. Commentaries cannot be accepted late. The formal writing assignments can be accepted up to 1 day late, with a penalty of 10%. There are NO makeup possibilities.
Academic Integrity: In addition to the University Policies, the following are specific to CS1590. Unless explicitely noted, you must do your assignments without undue help from other people. Do not present material from resources such as the Web, books, papers, and other people as your own. If even part of a sentence is not in your own words, explicitly quote it and provide a formal citation. In addition, protect yourselves from being copied by only storing your files in private directories, and by retrieving all printouts promptly. Copying or paraphrasing someone's work, or permitting your own work to be copied or paraphrased, even in part, is not allowed and will result in an automatic grade of 0 for the assignment and a report to the appropriate University authority.
Chapter 2
Chapter 3