Schedule of Lectures, Assignments and Presentations for CSC 385

 

The following schedule is subject to change AND WILL BE ADJUSTED as the course evolves, so please refer to this page regularly.

 

Students will have the opportunity to select an ethical issue to research and present to the class.

 

 

 

WEEK

TOPIC & Reading Assignment

Additional Reading

PRESENTER

HOMEWORK

1: Aug 24

Chapters 1&3: Introduction to Cyberethics and Critical Thinking

1.      Tavani chapters 1 & 3

2.       Michael Genesereth LINK

Instructor

HW1

        26

READING DAY

Zobel chapter 1-4 & 9

 

2: Aug 29

Writing for Computer Science: introduction Slides

1.       Zobel chapter 5-8

2.      Read this paper

 

Students should

have a topic for their research paper.

            31

Writing for Computer Science: introduction

1.       Zobel chapter 10-13

2.       Abstract-1

3.       Introduction-1

4.       Introduction-2

 

 

 

HW2

      Sept 2

Writing for Computer Science: introduction Slides

Zobel chapter 14

 

 

Sep 5

Labor day: State Holiday – NO CLASS

 

 

       7

More writing

 

Instructor

HW3 Due 9/16

 

IEEE format or ACM format

       9

Chapter 2: Introduction to Ethical Theories

 

       12

Chapter 4: Professional Ethics etc. 4.1 – 4.3

1.       IEEE certification LINK

2.      Software Certifications LINK 

3.      Microsoft certification LINK

4.      NSPE based LINK 

5.      Wikipedia LINK

6.      Texas BPE LINK LINK2

7.      Florida LINK

8.      Exam development LINK

9.      IEEE USA-Today LINK   

Daniel O’dor

       14

Chapter 4: Professional Ethics etc. 4.4 – 4.6

 

Colin Barefoot

 

       16

Chapter 4: Professional Ethics etc. 4.7 with Cases

 

Brandon Lundquist

       19

Chapter 5: Privacy (5.1-5.5)

Protecting Patient Privacy in the Information Age by David B. Kendall*: LINK

Kevin Boggs

 

       21

Introduction to the Career center & Resume Writing

 

Leslie K. Wright, Assistant Director, UNCW Career Center

Resume Homework

       23

Chapter 5: Privacy (5.6-5.7)

 

Benjamin Beeman

 

       26

Chapter 5: Privacy (5.8-5.10)

 

Tuan Tran

Introduction & background should be submitted for review.

       28

Chapter 6: Computer & Network Security (6.1-6.4)

Securing the Information Age by Myriam A. Dunn LINK

Kevin Shea

       30

Chapter 6: Computer & Network Security (6.5-6.9)

William Wharton

Oct  3

Video presentation

          5

Midterm review

 

 

7

MIDTERM Exam

 

 

Oct 10 & 11

Mid-Semester break – NO CLASS.

 

 

        12

Chapter 7: Cybercrime (7.1-7.5)

Kory Urban

 

        14

Chapter 7: Cybercrime (7.6-7.9)

 

Brook  Bigford

        17

Chapter 8: Intellectual Property (8.1-8.3)

 

Jordan Stone

First draft of research paper should be submitted for review.

        19

Chapter 8: Intellectual Property (8.4-8.8)

 

Brianna Lofton

HW5 due 10/31

        21

Chapter 9: Commerce and Speech (9.1-9.5)

 

Jeremy Huffman

        24

Chapter 9: Commerce and Speech (9.6-9.8)

 

Richard Jones

        26

Chapter 10: The Digital Divide and the Transformation of Work (10.1-10.3)

 

Michelle Willcox

 

        28

Chapter 10: The Digital Divide and the Transformation of Work (10.4-10.7)

 

Nicholas Ruiz

 

        31

Chapter 11: Community etc.

 

Instructor

 

Nov   2

Visit by Credit Suisse

 

 

          4

Chapter 12: Emerging Technologies (12.1 – 12.2)

 

Instructor

          7

Chapter 12: Bioinformatics & Computational Geonomics (12.3)

 

Instructor

 

          9

Chapter 12: Nanotechnology & nanocomputing (12.4)

 

Instructor

 

        11

Chapter 12: Future Challenges (12.5)

 

Instructor

 

        14

Course review and Summary

 

 

        16

Oral presentations on students’ final research report

Each final presentation will be for 20 minutes followed by 5 minutes for questions.

Kevin Boggs – Security and Cyberwarfare.

 

Daniel O’dor – Ethical Issues and Safety Concerns at Airports.

 

        18

Oral presentations on students’ final research report

 

Tuan Tran – A Look at Privacy-Enhanced Tools and Technologies.

 

Benjamin Beeman – Issues and Challenges with Abstracting Data.

 

        21

Oral presentations on students’ final research report

 

Colin Barefoot - Anonymity and the Internet: Benefits and Challenges of Remaining Nameless on the Net

 

Michelle Willcox

 

        23 – 25

Thanksgiving State holiday: NO CLASS

 

 

        28

Oral presentations on students’ final research report

 

Brook  Bigford - Privacy and Confidentiality in Data Mining

 

Jordan Stone – An Analysis os Spam

 

        30

Oral presentations on students’ final research report

 

Brianna Lofton – Security and Privacy – Issues and Controversies

 

Jeremy Huffman -

 Privacy and Data Records

 

Dec   2

Oral presentations on students’ final research report

 

Kevin Shea

William Wharton

 

         5

Oral presentations on students’ final research report

 

Kory Urban

Nicholas Ruiz

 

         7

Oral presentations on students’ final research report

 

Richard Jones - The Correlation of Alcohol and Computer Programming

 

Brandon Lundquist

Written Project Report Due

Final Exam: 12/14, 11:30 – 2:30 pm