====== Contemporary Issues in Computing ======

CS 19000 (crn: 43623) • Spring 2010 • Mon/Wed 3:30-4:20 • LWSN 1106

**Overview:**

  * {{:ci2010:announced_cs190_ci.pdf|Description}}
  * {{:ci2010:flyer_cs19000_ci.pdf|Course Flyer}}

**Instructors:**

  * [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/seh/ | Susanne Hambrusch]], [[seh@cs.purdue.edu]] \\ Office Hours:  Mon 1:30-2:30, Thur 9:30-10:30, or by appointment
  * [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/cmh/ | Christoph Hoffmann]], [[cmh@cs.purdue.edu]]
  * [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/jtk/ | Tim Korb]], [[jtk@purdue.edu]]
  * [[http://spaf.cerias.purdue.edu/ | Gene Spafford]], [[spaf@purdue.edu]]

**Teaching Assistant:**

  * [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/cmayfiel/ | Chris Mayfield]], [[cmayfiel@cs.purdue.edu]] \\ Office hours by appointment (please email)

====== Schedule ======

^ Date ^ Topic ^ Speaker ^ HW Due (Fri @ 5pm) ^
| Mon, Jan 11 | Introductions, Organization                     | [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/faculty/seh/ | Susanne Hambrusch]] | Preferences Doc |
| Wed, Jan 13 | The Internet: Powerful, Pervasive, And Perilous | [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/faculty/dec/ | Doug Comer]]        | ::: |
| Mon, Jan 18 | MLK Day (no class)                              |                                                                      | Initial Blog Post  |
| Wed, Jan 20 | The Internet: Powerful, Pervasive, And Perilous | [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/faculty/dec/ | Doug Comer]]/[[http://www.bikmort.com/dokuwiki/ |Tim Korb]]                      | ::: |
| Mon, Jan 25 | Social Networking                               | [[http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~yadav0/blog/ | Aman Yadav]]             | Blog: Internet/SN (1/13&1/20&1/25)|
| Wed, Jan 27 | Will your vote count? How will you know?                              | [[http://spaf.cerias.purdue.edu/ | Gene Spafford]]                   | ::: |
| Mon, Feb 1  | Cyber Security 101         | [[http://spaf.cerias.purdue.edu/ | Gene Spafford]]                   | Blog: Security (1/27&2/1) \\ Wiki: Internet/SN (team 1) |
| Wed, Feb 3  | Are Right and Wrong Expressible in Binary?      | [[http://spaf.cerias.purdue.edu/ | Gene Spafford]]                   | ::: |
| Mon, Feb 8  | Are Right and Wrong Expressible in Binary?      | [[http://www.edst.purdue.edu/rud/ | A.G. Rud]]                       | Blog: Ethics/IP \\ Wiki: Security (team 2) |
| Wed, Feb 10 | Intellectual Monopoly vs. Intellectual Commons  | [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/faculty/dark/ | Melissa Dark]]     | ::: |
| Mon, Feb 15 | Digital Divide: The world and US                | [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/faculty/coopersc/ | Steve Cooper]] | Blog: Divide \\ Wiki: Ethics/IP (team 3) |
| Wed, Feb 17 | Digital Divide: Who is underrepresented?        | [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/faculty/coopersc/ | Steve Cooper]] | ::: |
| Mon, Feb 22 | Gaming for fun, learning, and training          | [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/cmh/ | Chris Hoffmann]]             | Blog: Gaming \\ Wiki: Divide (team 4)|
| Wed, Feb 24 | Gaming for fun, learning, and training          | [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/cmh/ | Chris Hoffmann]]             | ::: |
| Mon, Mar 1  | History of computing                            | [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/faculty/seh/ | Susanne Hambrusch]] | Blog: History/Limits \\ Wiki: Gaming (team 5) |
| Wed, Mar 3  | Limits and the future of computation            | [[http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/faculty/seh/ | Susanne Hambrusch]] | ::: |
| Fri, Mar 12 |  | | Blown to Bits response (individual work) |

====== Course Organization and Assignments ======

One take-home message of the course is how 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 the written homework assignments.

The course work consists of three components, each carrying equal weight:
  - [[weekly_blogging|Weekly Blogging]]: team effort, blogging on the topic in lectures 
  - [[ci2010:wiki project|Wiki Project]]: teams are assigned one course topic and contribute to the CS4EDU wiki
  - [[ci2010:blown to bits|Blown to Bits]]: individual response to one chapter in the book //Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion// by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, Harry Lewis

See the [[ci2010:deadlines  |upcoming deadlines]] page for deadlines of blog posts and your team's WIKI deadline.