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.
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TOPIC & Reading Assignment |
Additional Reading |
PRESENTER |
HOMEWORK |
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1: Aug 24 |
Chapters 1&3: Introduction to Cyberethics and Critical Thinking |
1. Tavani chapters 1 &
3 2. Michael
Genesereth LINK |
Instructor |
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26 |
READING DAY |
Zobel chapter 1-4 & 9 |
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2: Aug 29 |
Writing for Computer Science: introduction Slides |
1. Zobel chapter 5-8 2. Read this paper |
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Students should have a topic for their research paper. |
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31 |
Writing for Computer Science: introduction |
1. Zobel chapter
10-13 2. Abstract-1 |
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Sept 2 |
Writing for Computer Science: introduction Slides |
Zobel chapter 14 |
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Sep 5 |
Labor day: State Holiday – NO CLASS |
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7 |
More writing |
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Instructor |
HW3 Due 9/16 |
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9 |
Chapter 2: Introduction to Ethical Theories |
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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
7.
Florida
LINK 8.
Exam
development LINK 9.
IEEE
USA-Today LINK |
Daniel O’dor |
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14 |
Chapter 4: Professional Ethics etc.
4.4 – 4.6 |
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Colin Barefoot |
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16 |
Chapter 4: Professional Ethics etc.
4.7 with Cases |
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Brandon Lundquist |
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19 |
Chapter 5: Privacy (5.1-5.5) |
Protecting
Patient Privacy in the Information Age by David B. Kendall*: LINK |
Kevin Boggs |
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21 |
Introduction to the Career center & Resume Writing |
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Leslie K. Wright,
Assistant Director, UNCW Career Center |
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23 |
Chapter 5: Privacy (5.6-5.7) |
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Benjamin Beeman |
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26 |
Chapter 5: Privacy (5.8-5.10) |
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Tuan Tran |
Introduction & background
should be submitted for review. |
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28 |
Chapter 6: Computer & Network Security (6.1-6.4) |
Securing
the Information Age by Myriam A. Dunn LINK |
Kevin Shea |
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30 |
Chapter 6: Computer & Network
Security (6.5-6.9) |
William Wharton |
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Oct 3 |
Video
presentation |
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5 |
Midterm review |
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7 |
MIDTERM Exam |
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Oct 10 & 11 |
Mid-Semester break – NO CLASS. |
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12 |
Chapter 7: Cybercrime (7.1-7.5) |
Kory Urban |
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14 |
Chapter 7: Cybercrime (7.6-7.9) |
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Brook Bigford |
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17 |
Chapter 8: Intellectual Property (8.1-8.3) |
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Jordan Stone |
First draft of research paper
should be submitted for review. |
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19 |
Chapter 8: Intellectual Property
(8.4-8.8) |
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Brianna Lofton |
HW5 due 10/31 |
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21 |
Chapter 9: Commerce and Speech
(9.1-9.5) |
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Jeremy Huffman |
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24 |
Chapter 9: Commerce and Speech
(9.6-9.8) |
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Richard Jones |
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26 |
Chapter 10: The Digital Divide and the
Transformation of Work (10.1-10.3) |
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Michelle Willcox |
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28 |
Chapter 10: The Digital Divide and the
Transformation of Work (10.4-10.7) |
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Nicholas Ruiz |
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31 |
Chapter 11: Community etc. |
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Instructor |
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Nov 2 |
Visit by
Credit Suisse |
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4 |
Chapter 12: Emerging Technologies (12.1 – 12.2) |
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Instructor |
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7 |
Chapter 12: Bioinformatics
& Computational Geonomics (12.3) |
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Instructor |
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9 |
Chapter 12: Nanotechnology & nanocomputing (12.4) |
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Instructor |
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11 |
Chapter 12: Future Challenges (12.5) |
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Instructor |
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14 |
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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. |
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18 |
Oral presentations
on students’ final research report |
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Tuan Tran – A Look at Privacy-Enhanced
Tools and Technologies. Benjamin Beeman – Issues and Challenges with
Abstracting Data. |
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21 |
Oral presentations
on students’ final research report |
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Colin Barefoot - Anonymity and the Internet: Benefits and Challenges of Remaining Nameless on the Net Michelle Willcox |
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23 – 25 |
Thanksgiving State
holiday: NO CLASS |
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28 |
Oral presentations
on students’ final research report |
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Brook Bigford - Privacy and
Confidentiality in Data Mining Jordan Stone – An Analysis os Spam |
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30 |
Oral presentations
on students’ final research report |
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Brianna Lofton – Security and Privacy –
Issues and Controversies Jeremy Huffman - Privacy and Data Records |
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Dec 2 |
Oral presentations
on students’ final research report |
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Kevin Shea William Wharton |
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5 |
Oral presentations on
students’ final research report |
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Kory Urban Nicholas Ruiz |
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7 |
Oral presentations
on students’ final research report |
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Richard Jones - The Correlation of Alcohol and Computer Programming Brandon Lundquist |
Written Project Report Due |
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Final Exam:
12/14, 11:30 – 2:30 pm |
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