Welcome to class. Here you will find the majority of documents relating
to this class.
Discussion Boards and other interactive features can be found on the WPI Canvas site for this course. Enjoy.
Syllabus
| Date |
Topics |
Due |
Presenters |
1. Friday
2021-03-26
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Introduction |
All Chapter readings include Interview found after questions unless otherwise indicated.
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2. Tuesday
2021-03-30
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Critical Thinking
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1. Chapter 1 - Catalysts for Change
2. Appendix A - Plagiarism
3. Appendix B - Introduction to Argumentation
4. Discussion Board: Movies
4. Sign up for individual presentation
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3. Friday
2021-04-02
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Ethics |
1. Chapter 2 - Introduction to Ethics
2. DRAFT: Paper 1: Computing Technology Timeline
3. Wiki: Computing Technology Timeline
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4. Tuesday
2021-04-06
|
Freedom of Speech |
1. Chapter 3 - Networked Communications
2. FINAL: Paper 1: Technology Timeline
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1. Ben Staw - Political Facts
2. Andrew Whitney - Political Polarization
3. Annie Fan - Out of The Rabbit Hole
4. Nupur Shukla - Regulate Your Social Media Use?
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5. Friday
2021-04-09
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Intellectual Property
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1. Chapter 4 - Intellectual Property
SKIP Interview at end of chapter
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1. Alex Bolduc - Ethical Piracy
2. Lorenzo Lopez - Twitch Takedown
3. Kersten Prince - Copyright vs. Creators
4. Elise Nerden - The Success of Failures
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6. Tuesday
2021-04-13
|
Privacy |
1. Chapter 5 - Information Privacy
2. DRAFT: Paper 2: Self Search
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1. Madyson Kelly - Addictive Targeted Ads
2. Nour Elmaliki - Deep Fakes Threaten Privacy
3. Javier Salido - Differential Privacy
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7. Friday
2021-04-16
|
Privacy |
1. Chapter 6 - Privacy and the Government
2. Law Requiring Online Identification Debate Prep (paper optional)
3. FINAL: Paper 2: Self Search
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1. Arthur Robinson - Opting Out
2. Daire Daly - Drawing The Line On Your DNA
3. Alexander Kwan - Cambridge Analytica
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8. Tuesday
2021-04-20
|
Crime |
1. Chapter 7 - Computer and Network Security
2. Group Project web site through topics covered to date.
3. Optional Paper: Law Requiring Online Identification
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1. Conor McDonough - Self Driving Car Privacy
2. Luke Savoie - Ready For Your Data Breach?
3. Gracen Antedomenico - The Root(kit) of All Evil
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9. Friday
2021-04-23
|
Errors Failures Risks
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1. Chapter 8 - Computer Reliability
2. DRAFT: Paper 3: Code Testing
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1. Tyler Looney - Medical Robots Not Ready
2. Maxine Shi - Adolescence and Video Games
3. Dylan Grady - Internet Access a Claim Right?
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10. Tuesday
2021-04-27
|
Professional Ethics |
1. Chapter 9 - Professional Ethics
Read the newer Code of Ethics at:
https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics
instead.
2. Game Debate Notes (paper optional)
3. FINAL: Paper 3: Code Testing
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1. Anna Cherkinsky - Digital Addiction
2. Renee Sawka - What Am I Agreeing To?
3. Liam Rathke - Digitial Colonialism
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Friday
2021-04-30
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NO CLASS |
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11. Tuesday
2021-05-04
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Work
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1. Chapter 10 - Work and Wealth
2. Group Presentation Draft
3. DRAFT: Paper 4: Automation
4. Optional Paper: Game
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1. Jared Poulos - Artificial General Intelligence Civil Rights
2. Michael Zeolla - Future Of The Road
3. Joan Albert - Children's Education
4. Brittany Henriques - Mental Health
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12. Friday
2021-05-07
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Group Presentations
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1. Non-presenter Questions
2. FINAL: Paper 4: Automation
1. 21 (2008) -
Alex Bolduc,
Conor McDonough,
Luke Savoie,
Renee Sawka,
Andrew Whitney (KAP)
2. What Happened To Monday? (2017) -
Brittany Henriques,
Lorenzo Lopez,
Hoang Nguyen,
Maxine Shi,
Nupur Shukla
3. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) -
Gracen Antedomenico,
Anna Cherkinsky,
Daire Daly
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13. Tuesday
2021-05-11
|
Group Presentations
|
1. Non-presenter Questions
1. Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 (2018) -
Tian Yu (Annie) Fan,
Dylan Grady,
Kersten Prince,
Arthur Robinson,
Benjamin Staw (KAP)
2. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) -
Joan Albert,
Tyler Looney,
Jared Poulos,
Liam Rathke,
Javier Salido (KAP)
3. The Great Hack (2019) -
Nour Elmaliki,
Madyson Kelly,
Alexander Kwan,
Elise Nerden,
Michael Zeolla (KAP)
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14. ** Thursday **
2021-05-13
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- Student Topic Choice
Guest Speakers
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1. Group Evaluations
0. Guest Speaker: Mr. Javier Salido - Engineering Privacy
1. Hoang Nguyen - Preventing Terminators
2. Guest Speaker: Mr. Brannen Hough - Patriot Missile Engineer
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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 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.
The Writing Center offers one-on-one consultations to help you improve as a writer. Writing Center tutors will read your written work, give you feedback about your document's strengths and weaknesses, and help you chart a path forward as you revise. For A & B Terms, all consultations will take place via online connection and document sharing instead of a face to face, but you'll still get real-time feedback through conversation with a peer tutor. Consultations are free and open to all WPI students for all classes and projects, 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). To learn more about our online tutoring and how to schedule a one-hour appointment, go to the Writing Center homepage: wpi.edu/+writing
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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.