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Welcome to class. Here you will find the majority of documents relating to this class.
Discussion Boards and your grades can be found on the WPI Blackboard site for this course. Enjoy.
| Date | Topics | Assigned Reading | Presenters |
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| Tuesday 2014-03-18 |
Introduction | ||
| Friday 2014-03-21 |
Critical Thinking Guest Speaker |
Chapter 1 - Catalysts for Change Appendix A - Plagiarism |
1. Laura Hanlan - WPI Librarian |
| Tuesday 2014-03-25 |
Ethics | Chapter 2 - Introduction to Ethics | |
| Friday 2014-03-28 |
Professional Ethics | Chapter 9 - Professional Ethics |
1. Julie Ochoa-Canizares - Computing Professional Ethics in Cuba
2. Miguel Mor - Venezuelan Software Engineering Ethics 3. |
| Tuesday 2014-04-01 |
Freedom of Speech | Chapter 3 - Networked Communications |
1. Prateek Sahay - Virtual Reality Personal Interaction Impact
2. Mitchell Caisse - DNS Cache Poisoning Attacks 3. 4. |
| Friday 2014-04-04 |
Intellectual Property Guest Speaker |
Chapter 4 - Intellectual Property |
1. Frank Gerratana - IP Lawyer
2. Adam Degenhardt - Video Game Piracy Prevention 3. Sean McCrone - Movie Piracy Prevention 4. Jordan Wetzel - Music Online |
| Tuesday 2014-04-08 |
Privacy | Chapter 5 - Information Privacy |
1. Greg Giola - SOPA and PIPA
2. Fiona Heaney - Cloud Client Privacy 3. Johnny Hernandez - Tor Network 4. Doran Smestad - Trusted Computing and Privacy |
| Friday 2014-04-11 |
Privacy | Chapter 6 - Privacy and the Government |
1. Mi Tian - Edward Snowden NSA Scandal
2. Tushar Narayan - Privacy and Security Tradeoffs 3. Keaton Smith - Russian Privacy Laws and Policies 4. Yihao Zhou - Domestic Surveillance Drones |
| Tuesday 2014-04-15 |
Crime | Chapter 7 - Computer and Network Security |
1. Kyle Davidson - XS1 Linux Powered Sniper Rifle
2. Saraf Rahman - TCP/IP Vulnerabilities 3. 4. James Anouna - Heuristic Virus Scanning |
| Friday 2014-04-18 |
Errors Failures Risks |
Chapter 8 - Computer Reliability |
1. Justin Hess - Reliability of Surgical Robots
2. Nick McMahon - Connected Vehicles and Semi-Autonomous Cars 3. Ted Armstrong - Robotic Soldiers 4. Karl Kuhn - DDOS 5. 5. Elina Saint-Elme - Mind Control of Robotic Devices |
| Tuesday 2014-04-22 |
No Class | Catch up on reading! | Make progress on Group Projects! |
| Friday 2014-04-25 |
Work | Chapter 10 - Work and Wealth |
1. Quan Peng - Industrial Robots and Unemployment in China
2. Sean Halloran - Crowdfunding 3. Matt Costi - Massively Open Online Classes 4. Penny Over - Microfinance Mission Drift |
| Tuesday 2014-04-29 |
Group Presentations |
1. The Matrix (1999)
2. The Thirteenth Floor (1999) 3. Cloud Atlas (2012) 4. The Internship (2013) |
1. KAP, DCM Watched 2. KAP Watched 3. KAP, DCM Watched 4. KAP Watched |
| Friday 2014-05-02 |
Group Presentations |
1. Real Genius (1985)
2. Back To The Future II (1989) 3. Robot and Frank (2012) 4. Oblivion (2013) |
1. KAP Watched 2. KAP Watched 3. KAP Watched 4. KAP Watched |
| Tuesday 2014-05-06 |
Student Topic Choice - Rain Date: Errors, Failures, Risks Guest Speaker |
1. Brannen Hough - Patriot Missile Engineer
2. Xia Li - Privacy and Information Security in China |
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.
by: Keith A. Pray
Last Modified: August 18, 2014 11:06 PM
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