CS 492/CS 692 W11 Course Timetable

Classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Fridays 9:30-10:20, in MC 4040.

Timetable of topics and assignments

Week 1
- Readings:
  - Book chapter: Kling: I-C, ``Social Controversies About Computerization''
  - Paper: Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change
  - Paper: Human Values and the Future of Technology
- Jan 5: overview of course
- Jan 7: Introduction: overview of social implications of computers
Week 2
- Jan 10: the Internet
- Jan 12: the Internet
- Jan 13: assignment 1 due at 10am
- Jan 14: video on the Internet; 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: Does Google Know Too Much?
  - Paper: US government information gathering
  - Paper: Facebook agrees to address Privacy Commissioner concerns
  - Paper: Communications Surveillance: Privacy and Security at Risk
  - Paper: RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages
  - Paper: Position Statement on the Use of RFID on Consumer Products
- Jan 17: privacy and social control (group 1)
- Jan 19: more on privacy and social control (group 2)
- Jan 20: assignment 2 due at 10 am
- Jan 21: RPE3 on universal IDs (all)
Week 4
- Readings:
  - Book chapter: Kling - IV-A, "Work, Technology and Social Change"
  - Paper: Programming our lives away
  - Paper: Kelly Service: Work/Life Balance
  - Paper: The Computer Evolution
  - Paper: Solving the Productivity Paradox: the Mysterious Link Between Computers and Productivity
- Jan 24: the nature of work and productivity with computers (group 1)
- Jan 26: more on the nature of work and productivity with computers (group 2)
- Jan 28: RPE8 on mobile devices (all)
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: The Digital Economy in Canada 2009
  - Paper on spam: Public Interest Advocacy Centre Comments on Spam
  - Paper: Online Salvation? (e-journalism)
  - Paper: Experiments with e-voting: experiences and lessons
  - Paper: Microsoft outsourcing high-end jobs, union says
- Jan 31: work: e-commerce and the changing workplace (group 1)
- Feb 2: more on e-commerce and the changing workplace (group 2)
- Feb 3: assignment 3 due at 10 am
- Feb 4: RPE4 on personalized advertising on the web (all)
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 ethics and responsibility: Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Computing
- Feb 7: ethics and ethics workshop (group 1)
- Feb 9: ethics and ethics workshop (group 2)
- Feb 11: RPE2 on piracy (all)
Week 7
- Readings:
  - Paper: Making Friends In Cyberspace.
  - Paper: E-Mail is for Old People
  - Paper: Employers, marketers and parents accessing Facebook database
  - Paper: Can Blogs Revolutionize Progressive Politics?
  - Paper: Romance In The Information Age
  - Paper: Brave New World of Digital Intimacy
  - Paper: Hyper-texting and Hyper-Networking Pose New Health Risks for Teens
  - Paper: Death By Blackberry
  - Paper: The Shadow Scholar
- Feb 14:
  - computer mediated communication and social relations on the internet (group 1)
  - groups for assigment 4 will be finalized
- Feb 16: more on computer mediated communication (group 2)
- Feb 18: RPE5 on computers and education (all)
Week 8
Week 9
- Readings:
  - Paper: The Limits of Correctness
  - Paper: Software Challenges in Achieving Space Safety
  - Paper: 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
  - Paper: Vernor Vinge on the Singularity
- Feb 28: reliability and the limits of computerization (group 1)
- Mar 2: more on reliability and limits (group 2)
- Mar 4: Time for the A4 groups to meet.
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.
  - 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: Security, Wiretapping, and the Internet
  - Paper: RIM says BlackBerry remains secure amid UAE spat
  - Paper: Breakaway WikiLeaks staff form new service
  - Paper: Facebook security fears
- Mar 7: concerns about security (group 1)
- Mar 9: concerns about security (group2)
- Mar 10: assignment 4 due at 10 am
- Mar 11: discussion on assignment 4 (with guests) (all)
Week 11
- Mar 14: what's in the news: hands-on exercise (all)
- Mar 16: RPE9 on artificial intelligence (all)
- Mar 18: RPE1 on censorship (all)
Week 12
- Mar 21: RPE7 on computers in elementary schools (all)
- Mar 23: discussion on video game addiction (view the video located here) (all)
- Mar 25: guest speaker on computers and the green agenda (all)
Week 13
- Mar 28: assignment 5 due; assignment 5B takes place
- Mar 30: course wrap-up; assignment 6 due
- April 1: work: e-commerce and the changing workplace (group 2) (rescheduled from February 2)