Syllabus
Date |
Topics |
Due |
Presenters |
Tuesday 2018-03-13
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Introduction
CANCELED
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Friday 2018-03-16
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Introduction |
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Tuesday 2018-03-20
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Critical Thinking Guest Speaker
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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
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Lori Steckervetz - WPI Librarian
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Friday 2018-03-23
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Ethics |
1. Chapter 2 - Introduction to Ethics
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Paper 1: Technology
4. Wiki: Technology Timeline
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Tuesday 2018-03-27
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Freedom of Speech |
1. Chapter 3 - Networked Communications
2. Interview at end of chapter
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0. Lori Steckervetz - WPI Librarian
1. Alazar Genene - You Need Net Neutrality
2. Samuel Goldman - Tell Me How To Vote
3. Forrest Cinelli - Who Writes My News Feed
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Friday 2018-03-30
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Intellectual Property
Guest Speaker
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1. Chapter 4 - Intellectual Property
SKIP Interview at end of chapter
2. Prepare questions for guest speaker
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0. Frank Gerratana - IP Lawyer
1. Alexandra Wheeler - Video Game Piracy Good for Sales
2. Dylan Fontana - Facebook BSD
3. Grant Zahorsky - Digital Vinyl Systems
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Tuesday 2018-04-03
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Privacy |
1. Chapter 5 - Information Privacy
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Paper 2: Self Search
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1. Nathan Drewniak - Self Driving Cars and You
2. Synella Gonzales - We Know Who You Are?
3. Ming Xu - Human Flesh Search in China
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Friday 2018-04-06
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Privacy |
1. Chapter 6 - Privacy and the Government
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. National ID Debate Prep (paper optional)
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1. Henry Dunphy - Drones
2. Jerish Brown - Social Citizen Scores
3. Ming Shen - Great Firewall of China Drawbacks
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Tuesday 2018-04-10
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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.
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1. Apiwat Ditthapron - Quantum Cyber Threat
2. Mario Zyla - Cyberwarfare
3. Myles Spencer - Data Breach Backlash
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Friday 2018-04-13
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Errors Failures Risks
Guest Speaker
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1. Chapter 8 - Computer Reliability
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Paper 4: Code Testing
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0. Brannen Hough - Patriot Missile Engineer
1. Ryan St. Hilaire - The Problem with AI
2. William Mosby - AI Companion Therapy
3. Sylvia van der Weide - Gender Biased Design
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Tuesday 2018-04-17
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Professional Ethics |
1. Chapter 9 - Professional Ethics
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Paper 5: Game
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1. Leo Grande - Video Games Made Me Do It
2. Kartik Thooppal Vasu - Attention Stealing Apps
3. Adam Bettigole - Blame the User, Not the Phone
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Friday 2018-04-20
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NO CLASS |
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Tuesday 2018-04-24
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Work |
1. Chapter 10 - Work and Wealth
2. Interview at end of chapter
3. Group Presentation Draft
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1. Amanda Pennie - Assembly Line Computer Automation
2. Juan Luis Herrero Estrada - Socioeconomic Inequality Driven by Innovation
3. Dimitri Berardi - Will AI and Automation Strip Us of Our Humanity
4. Jake Scheide - Southeast Asia Digital Divide
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Friday 2018-04-27
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Group Presentations
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1. Non-presenter Questions
1.
Hidden Figures (2016)
- Ditthapron, Apiwat
- Genene, Alazar
- Van Der Weide, Sylvia
- Zyla, Mario
- (KAP)
2.
Unfriended (2015)
- Grande, Leo
- Mosby, William
- Shen, Ming
- Zahorsky, Grant
- (KAP)
3.
Starship Troopers (1997)
- Abualhaija, Rushdi
- Cinelli, Forrest
- Henke, Wyatt
- Thooppal, VasuKartik
- (KAP)
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Tuesay 2018-05-01
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Group Presentations
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1. Group Evaluations
2. Non-presenter Questions
- Student Topic Choice
- Rain Date: IP Guest Speaker
- Rain Date: Errors, Failures, Risks Guest Speaker
1. Nerve (2016)
- Berardi, Dimitri
- Pennie, Amanda
- Scheide, Jake
- Spencer, Myles
- Wheeler, Alexandra - (KAP)
2. Black Mirror: Hated In The Nation (2016)
- Bettigole, Adam
- Fontana, Dylan
- Goldman, Samuel
- Gonzales, Synella
- Xu, Ming
- (KAP)
3. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Brown, Jerish
- Drewniak, Nathan
- Dunphy, Henry
- Estrada, Jaun Luis Herrero
- St. Hilaire, Ryan
- (KAP)
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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.
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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
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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
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in a final draft). Visit the Writing Center website
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