CSC 540
Social, Ethical, and Professional Issues
William F. Lyle, III
Course Syllabus (PDF)
Dr.Pilgrim's Web Page
Joel on Software Advice to CS Students
Association for Computing Machinery Resources: ACM Technews ACM CareerNews
Plagiarism Links: Tutorial at Acadia University "You Quote it, You Note it"
MSU Library Plagiarism Resources: Hints for Detecting Plagiarism Other Internet Sources
Have you bought Vista yet?
Reading Assignment for Thursday, January 24: Signposts in Cyberspace (PDF)
Reading Assignment for Thursday, January 31: Internet Development and Information Control in the People’s Republic of China (PDF)
China Steps up Internet Video Control (AP, 1/30/2008)
China Eases Online Video Restrictions (AP, 2/5/2008)
Reading Assignment for Tuesday, February 12: Excerpt from the Digital Dilemma (PDF)
Reading Assignment for Thursday, February 14: A New View of Intellectual Property and Software (PDF)
Reading Assignment for Thursday, February 21: Is Big Brother Necessary? (PDF)
Reading Assignment for Tuesday, February 26: Privacy of Computing, An Ethical Survey (PDF)
Voluntary Censorship -- Article about JuicyCampus.com
Team Research Project and Presentation
Possible Topics (To be chosen in class on March 4, 2008)
Proposal Guidelines (Proposal due on March 11, 2008)
Presentation Schedule, PowerPoint Slides, and Exam Questions
Reading Assignment for Tuesday, March 4, 2008: Ethics of the Hyperreal (PDF)
Reading Assignment for Tuesday, March 11, 2008: Packet Forgery by ISPs (PDF)
Detecting Packet Injection (PDF)
FCC to act soon on Comcast
10 Traits to look for when hiring a Programmer (PDF version of same article)
We
will spend the next two class meetings learning about Extreme
Programming and engaging in class exercises as teams of developers and
customers. You should read about the Extreme Programming process
at ExtremeProgramming.org. The entire website is also available for download as a .zip file for offline viewing.
Comcast and BitTorrent to work Together
Plug-in for Azureus looks for Reset Packets
Heritage Foundation Editorial about FISA
Individual Project Proposal Guidelines (Proposal due April 10)
Reading Assignment for Thursday, April 17: The Cathedral and the Bazaar (PDF)
ETS Major Field Test Description
ETS Major Field Test Sample Questions
Reading Assignment for Thursday, April 24: They Write the Right Stuff (PDF)
Individual Research Project Presentation Dates, Papers, Slides, and Questions
Microsoft's COFEE Device
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Last Updated on 5/1/2008