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2020 D Term Archive

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Syllabus
Date Topics Due Presenters
1. Friday
2020-03-27
Introduction
2. Tuesday
2020-03-31
Critical Thinking
Guest Speaker
1. Chapter 1 - Catalysts for Change
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Appendix A - Plagiarism
4. Discussion Board: Movies
4. Sign up for individual presentation
Paige Neumann - WPI Librarian
3. Friday
2020-04-03
Ethics 1. Chapter 2 - Introduction to Ethics
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Paper 1: Technology
4. Wiki: Technology Timeline
4. Tuesday
2020-04-07
Freedom of Speech 1. Chapter 3 - Networked Communications
2. Interview at end of chapter
1. Xiaoyue Lyu - Automating Misinformation Dissemination
2. Benjamin M'Sadoques - Enabling Free Speech
3. Pooja Patel - The Rise of Streaming
5. Friday
2020-04-10
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. Matt Ferreira - Video Game Consumer Rights
2. Shuxing Li - AI Created IP Rights
3.
6. Tuesday
2020-04-14
Privacy 1. Chapter 5 - Information Privacy
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Paper 2: Self Search
1. Antoinette Mavrotheris - Virtual Collective Consciousness
2. Sebastian Pineda - Public Support of Surveillance
3. Sri Kalimani - Smart Homes - Eyes Everywhere
7. Friday
2020-04-17
Privacy 1. Chapter 6 - Privacy and the Government
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Law Requiring Online Identification Debate Prep (paper optional)
1. Keming Wang - Public Safety
2. Pradnya Mahurkar - California Consumer Privacy Act
3. Paul Mara - Drone Airspace
4. Justin Amevor - The Patriot Act and Me
8. Tuesday
2020-04-21
Crime 1. Chapter 7 - Computer and Network Security
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Group Project web site progress through topics covered in class to date.
1. Elie Hess - EARN IT Act
2. Daniel Stusalitus - Warrant Canaries
3. Xuhao Zhang - AI Crime Fighters
9. Friday
2020-04-24
Errors Failures Risks
Guest Speaker
1. Chapter 8 - Computer Reliability
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Paper 3: Code Testing - NOTE: Due Saturday, April 24 at noon Eastern Time
0. Brannen Hough - Patriot Missile Engineer
1. Michael Rossetti - Self Driving Car Accident Legislation
2. Kalani Picho - Automated Patient Diagnosis and Treatement Selection
3. Ann Jicha - Submarine Communication Cables
10. Tuesday
2020-04-28
Professional Ethics 1. Chapter 9 - Professional Ethics
Read the newly released Code of Ethics at: https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics instead of the one in the text book.
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Game Debate Notes (Optional paper due 2020-05-01)
1. Conrad Tulig - Building a Personal AI
2. Katherine Cariglia - WikiLeaks
3. Andrew Morrison - Emergent Computing
11. Friday
2020-05-01
Work
1. Chapter 10 - Work and Wealth
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Group Presentation Draft
4. Paper 4: Automation - NOTE: Discussion prep due today, paper due 2020-05-05
1. Justin Moy - Telemedicine Satisfaction
2. Sean Morrissey - Net Neutrality
3. Imogen Cleaver-Stigum - Homeless
4. Eren Eroglu - Dress Code and Workplace Dynamics
12. Tuesday
2020-05-05
Group Presentations 1. Non-presenter Questions
1. Solaris (1972) - Katherine Cariglia, Benjamin M'Sadoques, Keming Wang - (KAP)

2. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) - Oghenekome Asidi, Benjamin Babalola, Sriranjani Kalimani, Benjamin Robinson - (KAP)

3. Spectre (2015) - Matthew Ferreira, Paul (PJ) Mara, Pooja Patel - (KAP)

4. The Incredibles 2 (2018) - Justin Amevor, Imogen Cleaver-Stigum, Ann Jicha, Vrandol Perez - (KAP)
13. Friday
2020-05-08
Group Presentations 1. Non-presenter Questions
1. Upgrade (2018) - Eren Eroglu, Benjamin Klaiman, Kalani Picho, Daniel Stusalitus - (KAP)

2. The Wandering Earth (2019) - Shuxing Li, Xiaoyue Lyu, Antoinette Mavrotheris, Sebastian Pineda - (KAP)

3. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) - Elie Hess, Pradnya Mahurkar, Sean Morrissey, Xuhao Zhang - (KAP)

4. I Am Mother (2019) - Andrew Morrison, Justin Moy, Michael Rossetti, Conrad Tulig - (KAP)
14. Tuesday
2020-05-12
- Student Topic Choice
- Rain Date: IP Guest Speaker
- Rain Date: Errors, Failures, Risks Guest Speaker
1. Group Evaluations 1. Ben Robinson - Crime Location Data
2. Ben Babalola - Classroom Computing
3. Vrandol Perez - Cyberespionage
4. Benny Klaiman - Computing Racial Bias
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 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 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.

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Students with disabilities who need to utilize accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS) as soon as possible to ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. This office can be contacted via email: DisabilityServices@wpi.edu, via phone: (508) 831-4908, or in person: 124 Daniels Hall. If you have approved accommodations, please request your accommodation letters online through the Office of Disability Services Student Portal.


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