CS 492/CS 692 W10 Course Timetable

Classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Fridays 9:30-10:20, in MC 4041.

Timetable of topics and assignments

Week 1
- Jan 4: overview of course
- Readings:
- Jan 6: Introduction: overview of social implications of computers
- Jan 8: Introduction: overview of social implications of computers
Week 2
- Jan 11: the Internet
- Jan 13: the Internet
- Jan 14: assignment 1 due at 10am
- Jan 15: guest speaker on the new cyberspace; RPE groupings finalized
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: Submission from the Information & Privacy Commissioner/Ontario on Bill 85
  - Paper: Does Google Know Too Much?
  - Paper: US government information gathering
  - Paper: Facebook agrees to address Privacy Commissioner concerns
- Jan 18: privacy and social control
- Jan 20: more on privacy and social control
- Jan 22: RPE3 on universal IDs
Week 4
- Readings:
  - Kling - IV-A, "Work, Technology and Social Change"
  - 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: Experiments with e-voting: experiences and lessons
  - Paper: The Computer Evolution
  - Paper: Online Salvation? (e-journalism)
- Jan 25: empowering workers in the introduction of technology; the changing nature of work
- Jan 27: more on workers and the nature of work
- Jan 28: assignment 2 due at 10am
- Jan 29: RPE2 on displacing workers
Week 5
- Readings:
  - 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
  - Paper: Solving the Productivity Paradox: the Mysterious Link Between Computers and Productivity
  - Paper: Kelly Service: Work/Life Balance
  - Paper: The Digital Economy in Canada 2009
- Feb 1: work: productivity and e-commerce
- Feb 3: more on productivity and e-commerce
- Feb 5: RPE4 on personalized advertising on the web
Week 6
- Readings:
  - 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
  - Paper on software piracy: Software piracy rampant in the EU
  - Paper on ethics and responsibility: Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Computing
- Feb 8: ethics and ethics workshop
- Feb 10: ethics and ethics workshop
- Feb 11: assignment 3 due at 10am
- Feb 12: RPE1 on censorship in foreign countries
Week 7
- Reading Week: no classes
Week 8
- Readings:
  - Kling: V-A, ``Social Relationships in Electronic Forums: Hangouts, Salons, Workplaces and Communities''
  - 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?
  - Paper: Can Blogs Revolutionize Progressive Politics?
  - Paper: Romance In The Information Age
- Feb 22:
  - computer mediated communication and social relations on the internet
  - groups for assigment 4 will be finalized
- Feb 24: more on computer mediated communication
- Feb 26: time for assignment 4 groups to meet
Week 9
- Readings:
  - Kling: VII-A (skim), ``Systems Safety, Normal Accidents, and Social Vulnerability''
  - Paper: The Limits of Correctness
  - 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
  - Paper: AAAI presidential panel on AI
- Mar 1: reliability and the limits of computerization
- Mar 3: more on reliability and limits
- Mar 5: what's in the news? hands-on exercise
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
  - Paper: Death By Blackberry
- Mar 8: concerns about security (hacking and viruses, identity theft, electronic terrorism) and other adverse effects
- Mar 10: concerns about security; assignment 4 is due at 9:30am
- Mar 12: RPE6 on liability
Week 11
- Mar 15: guest lecture on CAPTCHAs
- Mar 17: open discussion on piracy, open source software and copyright infringement in cyberspace (with TA)
- Mar 19: RPE5 on computers and education
Week 12
- Mar 22: discussion on the value of a CS education (with guests)
- Mar 24: discussion on video game addiction (view the video located here)
- Mar 26: RPE7 on computers in elementary schools
Week 13
- Mar 29: assignment 5 due; assignment 5B takes place
- Mar 31: course wrap-up (the future?); assignment 6 due