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Contemporary Issues in Computing

CS 19000 (crn: 54356) • Spring 2011 • Mon/Wed 2:30-3:20 • LWSN B134

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Date Topic Speaker HW Due (Fri @ 5pm)
Mon, Jan 10 Introductions, Course Organization, Overview Chris Mayfield Initial Doc & Pre-Survey
Wed, Jan 12 Social Networking: History and Applications Aman Yadav
Mon, Jan 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No Classes) Blog: Social Networking
Wed, Jan 19 Social Networking: Privacy and Censorship
Mon, Jan 24 Cybersecurity: Defending Against Cyber Attacks Eric Dietz Blog: Cybersecurity
Wed, Jan 26 Cybersecurity: Network Security and Forensics Scott Ksander
Mon, Jan 31 The Internet: Powerful, Pervasive, and Perilous Doug Comer Blog: The Internet
Wed, Feb 02 The Internet: Innovation and Challenges
Mon, Feb 07 Info Assurance: Processing Info w/o Learning It Mike Atallah Blog: Info Assurance
Wed, Feb 09 Info Assurance: Will Your Vote Be Counted? Gene Spafford
Mon, Feb 14 Digital Divide: Access, Education, and Control Jim Lehman Blog: Digital Divide
Wed, Feb 16 Digital Divide: Bridging the International Gap
Mon, Feb 21 History: Computers and Play (and Gaming) Chris Hoffmann Blog: Gaming / History
Wed, Feb 23 History: A Very Brief History of Computing Chris Mayfield
Mon, Feb 28 Education: Limits and Future of Computation Blog: Future Education
Wed, Mar 02 Education: Learning in Virtual Environments Bill Watson

Course Organization and Assignments

One take-home message of the course is that the Internet and social computing have significantly altered the way new content is generated and distributed. To experience this first-hand, students will use several collaborative technologies (Google Docs, Blogger, and DokuWiki) for completing homework assignments.

The course work consists of three components:

  1. Weekly Blogging: team effort to summarize and respond to lecture topics (50% of grade)
  2. Wiki Project: individual research and contribution of course wiki content (20% of grade)
  3. Blown to Bits: 2-page essay on one chapter in the book Blown to Bits (30% of grade)
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