CS 456: CS456 Course Schedule

This page provides a tentative schedule for the course.

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Date Topic Reading

Jan 24 Introduction Four Ethical Issues of the Information Age, Richard O. Mason (MIS Quarterly - 3/86)

Jan 29 Profession Computing Is a Profession, Andrew A. Chien (ACM - 10/17)
ACM Code of Ethics: A Guide for Positive Action, Don Gotterbarn, Amy Bruckman, Catherine Flick, Keith Miller, Marty J. Wolf (ACM - 1/18)
The Pledge of The Computing Professional

Jan 31 Responsibility Four Ways to Make CS and IT More Immersive, Thomas A. Limoncelli (ACM - 10/17)
Toward Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability, Simson Garfinkel, Jeanna Matthews, Stuart S. Shapiro, Jonathan M. Smith (ACM - 9/17)
Assuring Software Quality By Preventing Neglect, Robin K. Hill (ACM - 9/17)
Breadth and Depth, Kate Matsudaira (ACM - 11/17)

Feb 5 IP - Copyrights Intellectual Property, Part I, Gaff, Loren, and McCool (IEEE - 1/12)
New Exemptions to Anti-Circumvention Rules, Pamela Samuelson (ACM - 3/16)
Who Owns the Social Web?, Catherine C. Marshall, Frank M. Shipman (ACM - 5/17)

Feb 7 IP - Patents Why Do Software Startups Patent (or Not)?, Pamela Samuelson (ACM - 11/10)
Software Patents Are Falling Down, Pamela Samuelson (ACM - 11/15)
Disgorging Profits in Design Patent Cases, Pamela Samuelson (ACM - 11/17)
Do Patent Commons and Standards-Setting Organizations Help Navigate Patent Thickets?, Wen Wen and Chris Forman (ACM - 5/16)

Feb 12 EXAM I PART I Discussion

Feb 14 EXAM I PART I Writeup

Feb 19 Privacy - I The Tangled Web We Have Woven, Eben Moglen (ACM - 2/13)
Privacy is Dead, Long Live Privacy, Jean-Pierre Hubaux and Ari Juels (ACM - 6/16)
When Does Law Enforcement’s Demand to Read Your Data Become a Demand to Read Your Mind?, Andrew Conway and Peter Eckersley (ACM - 9/17)

Feb 21 Privacy - II Can You Engineer Privacy?, Seda Gurses (ACM - 8/14)
More Encryption Means Less Privacy, Poul-Henning Kamp (ACM - 4/16)
Welcome to the Singularity, David Allen Batchelor (ACM - 2/18)

Feb 26 Security - I Privacy and Security: Summing Up, Susan Landau (ACM - 11/14)
Cyber Insecurity and Cyber Libertarianism, Moshe Y. Vardi (ACM - 5/17)

Feb 28 Security - II I Can’t Let You Do That, Dave, Cory Doctorow (ACM - 12/15) NOTE: This is the Dec 2015 article
Security Assurance, Steven B. Lipner (ACM - 11/15)
Trustworthiness and Truthfulness Are Essential, Peter G. Neumann (ACM - 6/17)
IoT: The Internet of Terror, George V. Neville-Neil (ACM - 10/17)

Mar 5 NO CLASS - WINTER BREAK

Mar 7 NO CLASS - WINTER BREAK

Mar 12 Individual Access to the Internet is a Human Right, Stephen Wicker and Stephanie Santoso (ACM - 6/13)
Does the Internet Make Us Stupid?, Hermann Maurer (ACM - 1/15)
Portable Device Fears Show Power of Social Development, Chris Edwards (ACM - 10/17)

Mar 14 Society Beyond Viral, Manuel Cebrian, Iyad Rahwan, and Alex “Sandy” Pentland (ACM - 4/16)
Smartphone Apps for Social Good, Logan Kugler (ACM - 8/16)
Digitocracy, Joel R. Reidenberg (ACM - 9/17)

Mar 19 EXAM I PART II Discussion

Mar 21 EXAM I PART II Writeup

Mar 26 Natural Computing
Jason Porter Ambry Genetics Launches Cost-free, Cloud-based Software to Help Clinicians and Researchers Maximize Genetic and Family History Data (PR Newswire - 1/16)
Cracking the Code on DNA Storage, Samuel Greengard (ACM - 7/17)
The Many Facets of Natural Computing, Lila Kari and Grzegorz Rozenberg (ACM - 10/18)
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever - CRISPR

Mar 28 EU Copyright Directive
Cody Spath The EU’s Controversial Digital Single Market Directive, Pamela Samuelson (ACM - 11/18)
The final Article 13 will hurt, not help European creators.
What is Article 13? The EU’s divisive new copyright plan explained
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EUROPE’S NEW COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE

Apr 2 Robots in the Workplace
Nick Vandemark The Future of Your Job in the Age of AI
Adapting to the New Business Environment: The Rise of Software Robots in the Workplace, Paul Lin (CPA Journal - 12/18)
Considerations in Collaborative Robot System Designs and Safeguarding, Tina Hull and Monika A. Minarcin (SAE - 4/16)
Optimizing Makespan and Ergonomics in Integrating Collaborative Robots Into Manufacturing Processes, Margaret Pearce, Bilge Mutlu , Julie Shah, and Robert Radwin (IEEE - 10/18)

Apr 4 Right to be Forgotten
Ron Stevenson Forgetting Made (Too) Easy, Meg Leta Jones (ACM - 6.15)
The Right to Be Forgotten (Google v. Spain)
EU’s “Right to Be Forgotten” Policy Sets Bad Precedent for Free Expression Worldwide
Why Americans Need And Deserve The Right To Be Forgotten

Apr 9 Australia’s Anti-Encryption Law
Brad Ruser Australia Plans to Make Encryption-Cracking the Law, and Tech Firms Are Worried
No secrets; Encryption in Australia (Economist - 12/18)

Apr 11 China’s Social Credit
Aaron Gervasio Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens
China Banned 23 Million People From Traveling Last Year for Poor ‘Social Credit’ Scores
China’s Social Credit System puts its people under pressure to be model citizens
China’s Troubling New Social Credit System—And Ours

Apr 16 AI
Joey Hopkins UNDERSTANDING THREE TYPES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Do Robots Deserve Rights? What if Machines Become Conscious?
Are We Safe Enough in the Future of Artificial Intelligence? A Discussion on Machine Ethics and Artificial Intelligence Safety, Utku Kose (BRAIN - 11/18)

Apr 18 NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

Apr 23 Vehicle Data Collection
Terrell Clark Geotab victorious in Orthosie Systems LLC patent lawsuit
Who Owns the Data Your Car Collects?
Big Data Use Cases for Telematics
LPWAN-Based Vehicular Monitoring Platform with a Generic IP Network Interface, José Santa, Ramon Sanchez-Iborra, Pablo Rodriguez-Rey, Luis Bernal-Escobedo, and Antonio F. Skarmeta (Sensors - 19)

Apr 25 Screen Time for Kids
Chihea Locke 3 fears about screen time for kids – and why they’re not true
Online social media and risks: An exploration into existing children practice, Binti Mt Tahir Tahirah, Heikal Bin Husin Mohd (ICELTICs - 10/17)
Your Child’s First Cell Phone, Megan A. Moreno (JAMA Ped - 6/17)
Screen time and young children: Promoting health and development in a digital world, Canadian Pediatric Society, Digital Health Task Force (Ped & Child Health - 11/17)

Apr 30 Self Driving Cars
Logan Ferree Moral Machine
Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill
The Self Driving Car: A Disruptive Innovation on Established Industries and Legal Practices, Paul Hoybjerg and Adam Buck (Utah Bar - 11/18)

May 2 Subscription Services
Ryan Vincent IaaS, PaaS, SaaS (Explained and Compared)
Dynamic pricing for subscription services, Gila E. Fruchter and Simon P. Sugue (J Econ Dyna and Cont - 11/13)
Competitive Electricity markets with consumer subscription service in a smart grid, Hung-po Chao (J Regul Econ - 1/12)
Promoting public transport as a subscription service: Effects of a free month travel card, John Thogersen (Trans Policy - 11/09)

May 7 Security Vulnerabilities
David Henry A twitter bug left android users private tweets exposed for 4 years
How to Hack Dell computers exploiting a flaw in pre-installed Dell SupportAssist
End-to-End Measurements of Email Spoofing Attacks

May 9 EXAM II Discussion

Date	Topic	Reading
Jan 24	Introduction	Four Ethical Issues of the Information Age, Richard O. Mason (MIS Quarterly - 3/86)
Jan 29	Profession	Computing Is a Profession, Andrew A. Chien (ACM - 10/17) ACM Code of Ethics: A Guide for Positive Action, Don Gotterbarn, Amy Bruckman, Catherine Flick, Keith Miller, Marty J. Wolf (ACM - 1/18) The Pledge of The Computing Professional
Jan 31	Responsibility	Four Ways to Make CS and IT More Immersive, Thomas A. Limoncelli (ACM - 10/17) Toward Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability, Simson Garfinkel, Jeanna Matthews, Stuart S. Shapiro, Jonathan M. Smith (ACM - 9/17) Assuring Software Quality By Preventing Neglect, Robin K. Hill (ACM - 9/17) Breadth and Depth, Kate Matsudaira (ACM - 11/17)
Feb 5	IP - Copyrights	Intellectual Property, Part I, Gaff, Loren, and McCool (IEEE - 1/12) New Exemptions to Anti-Circumvention Rules, Pamela Samuelson (ACM - 3/16) Who Owns the Social Web?, Catherine C. Marshall, Frank M. Shipman (ACM - 5/17)
Feb 7	IP - Patents	Why Do Software Startups Patent (or Not)?, Pamela Samuelson (ACM - 11/10) Software Patents Are Falling Down, Pamela Samuelson (ACM - 11/15) Disgorging Profits in Design Patent Cases, Pamela Samuelson (ACM - 11/17) Do Patent Commons and Standards-Setting Organizations Help Navigate Patent Thickets?, Wen Wen and Chris Forman (ACM - 5/16)
Feb 12	EXAM I PART I Discussion
Feb 14	EXAM I PART I Writeup
Feb 19	Privacy - I	The Tangled Web We Have Woven, Eben Moglen (ACM - 2/13) Privacy is Dead, Long Live Privacy, Jean-Pierre Hubaux and Ari Juels (ACM - 6/16) When Does Law Enforcement’s Demand to Read Your Data Become a Demand to Read Your Mind?, Andrew Conway and Peter Eckersley (ACM - 9/17)
Feb 21	Privacy - II	Can You Engineer Privacy?, Seda Gurses (ACM - 8/14) More Encryption Means Less Privacy, Poul-Henning Kamp (ACM - 4/16) Welcome to the Singularity, David Allen Batchelor (ACM - 2/18)
Feb 26	Security - I	Privacy and Security: Summing Up, Susan Landau (ACM - 11/14) Cyber Insecurity and Cyber Libertarianism, Moshe Y. Vardi (ACM - 5/17)
Feb 28	Security - II	I Can’t Let You Do That, Dave, Cory Doctorow (ACM - 12/15) NOTE: This is the Dec 2015 article Security Assurance, Steven B. Lipner (ACM - 11/15) Trustworthiness and Truthfulness Are Essential, Peter G. Neumann (ACM - 6/17) IoT: The Internet of Terror, George V. Neville-Neil (ACM - 10/17)
Mar 5	NO CLASS - WINTER BREAK
Mar 7	NO CLASS - WINTER BREAK
Mar 12	Individual	Access to the Internet is a Human Right, Stephen Wicker and Stephanie Santoso (ACM - 6/13) Does the Internet Make Us Stupid?, Hermann Maurer (ACM - 1/15) Portable Device Fears Show Power of Social Development, Chris Edwards (ACM - 10/17)
Mar 14	Society	Beyond Viral, Manuel Cebrian, Iyad Rahwan, and Alex “Sandy” Pentland (ACM - 4/16) Smartphone Apps for Social Good, Logan Kugler (ACM - 8/16) Digitocracy, Joel R. Reidenberg (ACM - 9/17)
Mar 19	EXAM I PART II Discussion
Mar 21	EXAM I PART II Writeup
Mar 26	Natural Computing Jason Porter	Ambry Genetics Launches Cost-free, Cloud-based Software to Help Clinicians and Researchers Maximize Genetic and Family History Data (PR Newswire - 1/16) Cracking the Code on DNA Storage, Samuel Greengard (ACM - 7/17) The Many Facets of Natural Computing, Lila Kari and Grzegorz Rozenberg (ACM - 10/18) Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever - CRISPR
Mar 28	EU Copyright Directive Cody Spath	The EU’s Controversial Digital Single Market Directive, Pamela Samuelson (ACM - 11/18) The final Article 13 will hurt, not help European creators. What is Article 13? The EU’s divisive new copyright plan explained EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EUROPE’S NEW COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE
Apr 2	Robots in the Workplace Nick Vandemark	The Future of Your Job in the Age of AI Adapting to the New Business Environment: The Rise of Software Robots in the Workplace, Paul Lin (CPA Journal - 12/18) Considerations in Collaborative Robot System Designs and Safeguarding, Tina Hull and Monika A. Minarcin (SAE - 4/16) Optimizing Makespan and Ergonomics in Integrating Collaborative Robots Into Manufacturing Processes, Margaret Pearce, Bilge Mutlu , Julie Shah, and Robert Radwin (IEEE - 10/18)
Apr 4	Right to be Forgotten Ron Stevenson	Forgetting Made (Too) Easy, Meg Leta Jones (ACM - 6.15) The Right to Be Forgotten (Google v. Spain) EU’s “Right to Be Forgotten” Policy Sets Bad Precedent for Free Expression Worldwide Why Americans Need And Deserve The Right To Be Forgotten
Apr 9	Australia’s Anti-Encryption Law Brad Ruser	Australia Plans to Make Encryption-Cracking the Law, and Tech Firms Are Worried No secrets; Encryption in Australia (Economist - 12/18)
Apr 11	China’s Social Credit Aaron Gervasio	Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens China Banned 23 Million People From Traveling Last Year for Poor ‘Social Credit’ Scores China’s Social Credit System puts its people under pressure to be model citizens China’s Troubling New Social Credit System—And Ours
Apr 16	AI Joey Hopkins	UNDERSTANDING THREE TYPES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Do Robots Deserve Rights? What if Machines Become Conscious? Are We Safe Enough in the Future of Artificial Intelligence? A Discussion on Machine Ethics and Artificial Intelligence Safety, Utku Kose (BRAIN - 11/18)
Apr 18	NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK
Apr 23	Vehicle Data Collection Terrell Clark	Geotab victorious in Orthosie Systems LLC patent lawsuit Who Owns the Data Your Car Collects? Big Data Use Cases for Telematics LPWAN-Based Vehicular Monitoring Platform with a Generic IP Network Interface, José Santa, Ramon Sanchez-Iborra, Pablo Rodriguez-Rey, Luis Bernal-Escobedo, and Antonio F. Skarmeta (Sensors - 19)
Apr 25	Screen Time for Kids Chihea Locke	3 fears about screen time for kids – and why they’re not true Online social media and risks: An exploration into existing children practice, Binti Mt Tahir Tahirah, Heikal Bin Husin Mohd (ICELTICs - 10/17) Your Child’s First Cell Phone, Megan A. Moreno (JAMA Ped - 6/17) Screen time and young children: Promoting health and development in a digital world, Canadian Pediatric Society, Digital Health Task Force (Ped & Child Health - 11/17)
Apr 30	Self Driving Cars Logan Ferree	Moral Machine Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill The Self Driving Car: A Disruptive Innovation on Established Industries and Legal Practices, Paul Hoybjerg and Adam Buck (Utah Bar - 11/18)
May 2	Subscription Services Ryan Vincent	IaaS, PaaS, SaaS (Explained and Compared) Dynamic pricing for subscription services, Gila E. Fruchter and Simon P. Sugue (J Econ Dyna and Cont - 11/13) Competitive Electricity markets with consumer subscription service in a smart grid, Hung-po Chao (J Regul Econ - 1/12) Promoting public transport as a subscription service: Effects of a free month travel card, John Thogersen (Trans Policy - 11/09)
May 7	Security Vulnerabilities David Henry	A twitter bug left android users private tweets exposed for 4 years How to Hack Dell computers exploiting a flaw in pre-installed Dell SupportAssist End-to-End Measurements of Email Spoofing Attacks
May 9	EXAM II Discussion

CS 456: CS456 Course Schedule - Spring 2019