Computing & Society
Taught on behalf of Cardiff Metropolitan University at 西安科技大学高新学院.
Class

Weekly, Wed. 13:50 - 15:25 Beijing Time (GMT+8)
每周,星期三,1:50-3:25p.m。

Begins April 21, 2021
四月二十一号开课

Ends June 8, 2021
六月八号课借宿

Objectives

The goals of this course are to identity a range of legal, social and professional issues from the realms of computer science, software engineering and information systems. As a student, you will develop an awareness and understanding of the positive and negative impact that IT has had on various areas within society.

Schedule
Date 月期 Topic(s) 话题 Slides 幻灯片放映 Reading 阅读做
4/21 Professional ethics, Ethics in Computer Software Link - ACM, Professional Code of Conduct
- Fabio, Adam, Killed by a Machine: The Therac-25
- Marshall, Aarian, What Boeing's 737 MAX Has to Do With Cars
4/28 Copyright, Intellectual Property Link - de Cardenas, Antonio, Patent vs. Copyright Protection for Software
- Stallman, Richard, Misinterpreting Copyright - A Series of Errors
- Reynolds, Matt, What is Article 13?
5/12 Security Principles, Security Vulnerabilities & Viruses Link - Chai, Wesley, CIA Triad
- Wikipedia, Saltzer and Shroeder's design principles
- Hacksplaning, Security Training for Developers
5/19 Software Risks, Algorithmic Bias Link - Hardt, Moritz, Attacking discrimination with smarter ML
- Dastin, Jeffrey, Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool
- Larson, Jeff, How We Analyzed COMPAS
5/26 Technology for Political Agendas, Political Tech's Effects Link - Keegan, Jon, Blue Feed, Red Feed
- Maniam, Shiva, Tension between privacy, security concerns
- Bertoni, Steven, How Jared Kushner Won Trump the White House
6/2 War, Corporate Regulation Link - Greenberg, Any, The Untold Story of NotPetya
- Haselton, Todd, Army's use of Microsoft's HoloLens goggles
- Google AI, Responsible AI Practices
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