CS 492/CS 692 W06 Course Timetable

Classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Fridays 9:30-10:20, in MC 4060. Readings are from Computerization and Controversy, ed. Rob Kling, Academic Press, 2nd ed. and from papers indicated on the CS492/CS692 website. On reserve in the DC library is a copy of the Kling book which is library use only. Some of the chapters from the Kling textbook can be found at the following website: http://rkcsi.indiana.edu/archive/kling/cc/index.html

Timetable of topics and assignments

Week 1
- Jan 4: Overview of course (everyone)
- Readings:
  - Kling: I-C, I-G; I-D, I-E.
  - Paper on information overload: Informing Ourselves To Death.
- Jan 6: Introduction; models and approaches (everyone)
Week 2
- Readings:
  - Kling: II-D, II-E, V-K.
  - Paper on trust on the Internet: Trust, Authenticity, and Discursive Power In Cyberspace.
- Jan 9: The Internet (everyone)
- Jan 11: The Internet (everyone)
- Jan 12: Assignment 1 due at 10am
- Jan 13: Class groupings and RPEs decided;
  guest speaker Michael Terry on digital rights
Week 3
- Readings:
  - Kling: VIII-G (skim), VI-D, VI-E
  - Article in Macleans Magazine 2003: You Are Exposed
  - Primer on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
  - Paper on the Act: Guide for Businesses and Organizations to Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
  - Article on lawful access: Proposed law sparks privacy concerns.
  - Lawful Access: Keeping Canadians Safe
  - Lawful Access: Online Rights Canada
  - Lawful Access: New Police Powers Unnecessary
- Jan 16: Privacy and social control (group 1)
- Jan 18: More on privacy and social control (group 2)
- Jan 19: Assignment 2 due at 10am
- Jan 20: RPE3 on universal IDs (everyone)
Week 4
- Readings:
  - Kling: IV-G, IV-A, IV-B.
  - Article on RFID tags: RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages.
  - Article on RFID tags: Position Statement on the Use of RFID on Consumer Products
  - Article on participatory design: CPSR - Participatory Design.
  - Article on e-voting: Experiments with e-voting: experiences and lessons
- Jan 23: Empowering workers in the introduction of technology; the changing nature of work (group 1)
- Jan 25: More on workers and the nature of work (group 2)
- Jan 27: RPE2 on displacing workers (everyone)
Week 5
- Readings:
  - Kling: III-J, III-K, III-L.
  - Handout: Industry Canada paper.
  - Minister of Industry speech on e-commerce: Strategies for the 21st Century.
  - Article on e-commerce strategies: A Policy Agenda for the E-Economy in Canada
  - Article on e-commerce in Canada: Racing to catch up
  - Article on taxing purchases online: Michael Geist: "It's time to tax purchases made online".
  - Paper on digital cash: Possible Economic Consequences of Digital Cash.
  - Paper on spam: Public Interest Advocacy Centre Comments on Spam .
- Jan 30: Work: productivity and e-commerce (group 1)
- Feb 1: More on productivity and e-commerce (group 2)
- Feb 2: Assignment 3 due
- Feb 3: RPE8 on selling names for e-commerce (everyone)
Week 6
- Readings:
  - Kling: VIII-A (skim), VIII-B.
  - Paper: ACM's Computing Professionals Face New Challenges.
  - Paper: Towards an Ethics of Persuasive Technology.
- Feb 6: Ethics and ethics workshop (group 1)
- Feb 8: Ethics and ethics workshop (group 2)
- Feb 10: RPE10 on piracy
Week 7
- Readings:
  - Kling: V-A, V-D.
  - Paper: Making Friends In Cyberspace.
  - Paper: Instant Messaging, Collaborative Tool or Educator's nightmare!
- Feb 13: Computer mediated communication and social relations on the Internet (group 1)
- Feb 15: More on computer mediated communication (group 2)
- Feb 16: Assignment 4 due at 10am
- Feb 17: RPE11 on email
Week 8
- Feb 20: RPE5 on e-learning in university (everyone)
- Feb 22: time for Assignment 5 groups to meet in class (everyone)
- Feb 24: no class: break week
Week 9
- Readings:
  - Kling: VII-A (skim), VII-E, VII- C.
  - Paper on humanoid robotics: Humanoid Robots: A New Kind of Tool.
  - Paper on Electronic Warfare: The Network Is the Battlefield.
  - Paper on Electronic Warfare: War and Information Technology.
- Feb 27: Reliability and the limits of computerization (group 1)
- Mar 1: More on reliability and limits (group 2)
- Mar 3: guest speaker Urs Hengartner on security (everyone) PowerPoint Slides
Week 10
- Readings:
  - Article on spyware: CDT, CIPPIC File Complaints Against Alleged Spyware Distributors (PDF)
  - Article on identity theft: Identity Theft and the Internet
  - Article on electronic terrorism: An Electronic Pearl Harbor? Not Likely.
  - Article on electronic terrorism: Electronic Pearl Harbor.
  - Article on security leaks: 'Error' sends bank files to eBay.
  - Article on security problems in 2004: 2004: Good and Bad for Security.
  - Article on Patriot Act: Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS).
- Mar 6: Concerns about security: hacking and identity theft, viruses and electronic terrorism (group 1)
- Mar 8: Concerns about security (group 2)
- Mar 9: Assignment 5 due
- Mar 10: RPE6 on liability (everyone)
Week 11
- Mar 13: no RPE; no class; time off to get started on Assignment 6
- Mar 15: RPE1 on censorship in foreign countries (everyone)
- Mar 17: RPE7 on the ethics of blogging (everyone)
Week 12
- Mar 20: RPE12 computers in elementary schools (everyone)
- Mar 22: no RPE; guest speaker Naomi Nishimura including follow up discussion to Assignment 5 (everyone)
- Mar 24: open discussion on Assignment 6 topics (everyone)
Week 13
- Mar 27: Assignment 6 due; Assignment 6B takes place (everyone)
- Mar 29: Course wrap-up; Assignment 7 due (everyone)

Last updated Dec 20, 2005.