CS 492/CS 692 W19 Course Timetable

Classes are held Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays 8:30-9:20(sec2 in MC4060), 10:30-11:20(sec1 in MC4063).

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Timetable of topics and assignments

Week 1
- Readings:
- Jan 7: overview of course
- Jan 9: overview of social implications of computers
- Jan 11: overview of social implications of computers
Week 2
- Readings:
  - Paper on trust on the Internet: Trust, Authenticity, and Discursive Power In Cyberspace.
  - Paper: Viacom sues Google over YouTube clips
  - Paper: Google and Fair Use on YouTube
  - Paper: Wikipedia in the Newsroom
  - Paper: The Web Runs on Love, Not Greed
  - Paper: Is Google Making Us Stupid?
  - Paper: Google and the Right to be Forgotten
  - Paper: Fake news
  - Paper: Internet Addiction
- Jan 14: the Internet
- Jan 16: video on the Internet
- Jan 17: assignment 1 due at 10am
- Jan 18: the Internet
Week 3
- Readings:
  - Primer on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, [pdf].
  - Paper on the Act: Guide for Businesses and Organizations to Canada's Personal Infor mation Protection and Electronic Documents Act, [pdf].
  - Paper: Does Google Know Too Much?
  - Paper: Does Google Know Too Much About You?
  - Paper: US government information gathering , Canadian CSIS concerns
  - Paper: NSA Security
  - Paper: NSA Prism and Tech Companies
  - Paper: Employee Rights to Privacy
  - Paper: Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal
  - Paper: European GDPR bill
  - Paper: We Can't Stop Sharing
  - Paper: Privacy and the Internet of Things
- Jan 21: privacy and social control (group 1); RPEs finalized
- Jan 23: privacy and social control (group 2)
- Jan 25: RPE3 on computers and universal identifiers (all)
Week 4
- Readings:
  - Paper: Algorithms rule the world
  - Paper: Kelly Global Workforce Index - Technology & Work Life Balance
  - Paper: Break from Digital Overload
  - Paper: Solving the Productivity Paradox
  - Paper: Beyond the Productivity Paradox
  - Paper: State of Telework in the US (Skim)
  - Paper: Present Shock
  - Paper: The Rise of the Robots and Shadow Work
  - Paper: Your Job Taught to Machines
- Jan 28: the nature of work and productivity with computers (group 1), assignment 2 due 12noon
- Jan 30: the nature of work and productivity with computers (group 2)
- Feb 1: RPE7 on displacement of workers (all)
Week 5
- Readings:
  - Papers on spam: Damn Spam , Canadian Anti-Spam Law, Geist on Anti-Spam
  - Paper: Online Salvation? (e-journalism)
  - Paper: Experiments with E-Voting Technology (skim)
  - Paper: E-voting challenge to democracy
  - Paper: New Jersey Lets Sandy Victims Vote Via E-Mail
  - Paper: Microsoft outsourcing high-end jobs, union says
  - Paper: Big Data
  - Paper: Canada Post
  - Paper: 3-D Printed Guns
  - Papers on e-trading: Algorithmic Trading, Loss of Trading Jobs
  - Paper: Cyberwarfare as an Economic Threat
- Feb 4: work: e-commerce and the changing workplace (group 1)
- Feb 6: work: e-commerce and the changing workplace (group 2) ** cancelled
- Feb 8: RPE4 on personalized advertising on the web (all)
Week 6
- Feb 11: RPE5 on mobile devices in the workplace (all)
- Feb 13: RPE9 on e-learning (all)
- Feb 14: assignment 3 due at 10 am
- Feb 15: RPE2 on software professionalism (all)
Week 7
- Break week. No classes.
Week 8
- 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 25: time for A4 groups to meet (all)
- Feb 27: ** (rescheduled Feb 6 class) e-commerce and the changing workplace (group 2)
- Mar 1: ethics and ethics workshop (ALL)
Week 9
- Readings:
  - Paper: Cellphones and Texting have Blown Up the Dating Culture
  - Paper: Employers, marketers and parents accessing Facebook database
  - Paper: Facebook manipulation
  - Paper: Can Blogs Revolutionize Progressive Politics?
  - Paper: Brave New World of Digital Intimacy
  - Paper: Victims of Cyberbullying
  - Paper: Cyber-bullying on social media debated in Parliament
  - Paper: Attempted Cyber-bullying Legislation
  - Paper: Hate speech online
  - Paper: The Shadow Scholar
  - Paper: Deleting Emails
  - Paper: Unanswered Email
- Mar 4: computer-mediated communication (group 1)
- Mar 6: computer-mediated communication (group 2)
- Mar 8: what's in the news? ** moved from Mar 22 (all)
Week 10

Readings:
- Paper: Digital divide extent
- Paper: Internet Digital Divide
- Paper: HCI and social networks for Visually Impaired Users
- Paper: IT for the Homeless
- Paper: IT for rural India
- Paper: HCI for Older Adults
- Paper: Underrepresented Women in CS
- Paper: Challenges for Women in CS
- Paper: An Agenda for Women in CS
Mar 11: gender balance and marginalization (group 1)
Mar 13: gender balance and marginalization (group 2)
Mar 14: assignment 4 due at 10am
Mar 15: RPE8 on computers and children (all)

Week 11
- Mar 18: RPE6 on net neutrality (all)
- Mar 20: RPE1 on censorship (all)
- Mar 22: guest speaker on computers and medicine (all)
Week 12
- Readings:
- Mar 25: discussion on video game addiction (all)
- Mar 27: assignment 5 due; assignment 5B takes place (all)
- Mar 29: artificial intelligence and the future (all)
Week 13
- Apr 1: course wrap-up; assignment 6 due (all)