CS 492/CS 692 W09 Course Timetable

Classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Fridays 9:30-10:20, in MC 4040. 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 (in library use) is a copy of the Kling book. 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 5: overview of course (everyone)
- Readings:
- Jan 7: Introduction: overview of social implications of computers (everyone)
- Jan 9: Introduction: overview of social implications of computers (everyone)
Week 2
- Jan 12: the Internet (everyone)
- Jan 14: the Internet (everyone)
- Jan 15: assignment 1 due at 10am
- Jan 16: panel on Bill C-61; class groupings decided
Week 3
- Readings:
  - Primer on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
  - Paper on the Act: Guide for Businesses and Organizations to Canada's Personal Infor mation Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
  - Paper: E-monitoring in the workplace: privacy, legislation, and surveillance software
  - Paper: Does Google Know Too Much?
- Jan 19: privacy and social control (group 1)
- Jan 21: more on privacy and social control (group 2)
- Jan 23: RPE3 on universal IDs (everyone)
Week 4
- Readings:
  - Kling - IV-G, IV-A
  - Paper: Submission from the Information & Privacy Commissioner/Ontario on Bill 85
  - 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
  - Paper: The Computer Evolution
  - Paper: Experiments with e-voting: experiences and lessons
- Jan 26: empowering workers in the introduction of technology; the changing nature of work (group 1)
- Jan 28: more on workers and the nature of work (group 2)
- Jan 29: assignment 2 due at 10am
- Jan 30: RPE2 on displacing workers (everyone)
Week 5
- Readings:
  - Kling - III-J, III-K, III-L
  - 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
  - Paper on spam: Public Interest Advocacy Centre Comments on Spam
- Feb 2: work: productivity and e-commerce (group 1)
- Feb 4: more on productivity and e-commerce (group 2)
- Feb 6: RPE4 on electronic monitoring (everyone)
Week 6
- Readings:
  - Kling VIII-B
  - Paper on ACM code of ethics: ACM's Computing Professionals Face New Challenges
  - Paper on ethics of pervasive technology: Towards an Ethics of Persuasive Technology
  - Paper on student facing explusion over Facebook: Student faces Facebook consequences
- Feb 9: ethics and ethics workshop (group 1)
- Feb 11: ethics and ethics workshop (group 2)
- Feb 12: assignment 3 due at 10am
- Feb 13: RPE1 on censorship in foreign countries (everyone)
Week 7
- Reading Week: no classes
Week 8
- Readings:
  - Kling: V-A, ``Social Relationships in Electronic Forums: Hangouts, Salons, Workplaces and Communities''
  - Kling - V-D
  - Paper: Making Friends In Cyberspace.
  - Paper: Instant Messaging, Collaborative Tool or Educator's nightmare!
  - Paper: E-Mail is for Old People
  - Paper on Facebook being read by many: Employers, marketers and parents accessing Facebook database
  - Paper on work in online groups: Community Building Effort in Online Groups: Who Does the Work and Why?
- Feb 23:
  - computer mediated communication and social relations on the internet (group 1)
  - groups for assigment 4 will be finalized
- Feb 25: more on computer mediated communication (group 2)
- Feb 27: RPE7 on e-mail (everyone)
Week 9
- Readings:
  - Kling: VII-A (skim), ``Systems Safety, Normal Accidents, and Social Vulnerability''
  - Kling - VII-E, VII- C
  - Paper on humanoid robotics: Humanoid Robots: A New Kind of Tool
  - Paper: A Nascent Robotics Culture: New Complicities for Companionship
  - Paper: Trial by Fire: Activities of the Rescue Robots at the World Trade Center
- Mar 2: reliability and the limits of computerization (group 1)
- Mar 4: more on reliability and limits (group 2)
- Mar 6: RPE9 on artificial intelligence (everyone)
Week 10
- Readings:
  - paper on radical pragmatism: Privacy & Radical Pragmatism: Change the Paradigm
  - 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.
  - BBB on Identify Theft: New Research Shows Identity Fraud Growth Is Contained and Consumers Have More Control Than They Think
  - Paper: Security and Morality: A Tale of User Deceit
- Mar 9: concerns about security: hacking, identity theft, viruses and electronic terrorism (group 1)
- Mar 11: concerns about security (group 2); assignment 4 is due at 9:30am
- Mar 13: RPE6 on liability (everyone)
Week 11
- Mar 16: guest lecture on CAPTCHAs
- Mar 18: RPE10 on piracy (everyone)
- Mar 20: RPE5 on computers and education (everyone)
Week 12
- Mar 23: discussion on CS at UW (with guests)(everyone)
- Mar 25: discussion on asst4 and asst5 topics (everyone)
- Mar 27: RPE8 on computers in elementary schools (everyone)
Week 13
- Mar 30: assignment 5 due; assignment 5B takes place (everyone)
- Apr 1: course wrap-up; assignment 6 due (everyone)