CSI2911 - Professional Practice in Computer Science
Assignment 1 (html), Version française (html) – Due February 9
Assignment 2 (html), Version française (html) – Due Mar 2
Assignment 3 (html), Version française (html) – Due Mar 16
Debate / Report, Version française – Due April 6 (Report due April 14)
Quiz 1 – Feb. 2
-all lectures and readings from Lecture 2 and Lecture 3 only
Quiz 2 – Feb. 23
Quiz 3 – Mar. 9
Quiz 4 – Mar. 30
Other Readings (Books and Articles)
Class Schedule back to course page
Week 1 (Jan. 12)
Readings
Informatics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics
Computer Science: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science
Profession : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profession
Professional ethics : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_ethics
Guest Speaker
Liam Peyton (Ph.D., Consultant, Professor, P. Eng.)
Informatique: The Automation of Communication
Week 2 (Jan. 19)
Lecture
Readings
Deontological Ethics : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontological_ethics
Gift of Fire, Chapter 1 (recent developments, issues, themes, ethics)
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/Chapter1.ppt
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/gofhome.html
James Moor 1998. Reason, relativity, and responsibility in computer ethics. SIGCAS Comput. Soc. 28, 1 (Mar. 1998), 14-21. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/277351.277355
CIPS Code of
Ethics
understanding
CIPs Code of Ethics
CIP Ethical
Principles
Week 3 (Jan. 26)
Lecture
Readings
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~stan/csi2911/Google-Tech-L5.pdf
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~stan/csi2911/Engines-Advert-L5.pdf
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~stan/csi2911/PoliticsOfSearchEngines-L5.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiphon
Guest Speaker
Darren Nelson (CEO, SpotOnSystems )
Week 4 (Feb. 2) – Quiz 1
Lecture
Readings
Gift of Fire, Chapter 2 (privacy)
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/gofhome.html
PIPEDA Guide
http://www.axi.ca/resdocs/privacy_guide.pdf
Privacy Commissioner Article
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~stan/csi2911/youAreExposed-L6.pdf
Extra Readings (not covered on Quiz)
Sensors in Public Places
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~stan/csi2911/Sensors-L6.pdf
Official PIPEDA Guide (English)
http://www.privcom.gc.ca/information/guide_e.asp
Guide officiel de LPRPDE (français)
http://www.privcom.gc.ca/information/guide_f.asp
Guest Speaker
Leanne Seaward (Ph.D. Student, Systems Analyst Statistics Canada)
-working with email files, ethics and privacy issues and regulations
Week 5 (Feb. 9) – Assignment 1 (html), Version française (html) Due
Lecture
Readings
Gift of Fire, Chapter 5 (crime)
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/gofhome.html
Gift of Fire, Chapter 8 (errors, failures, risks)
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/gofhome.html
Macleans IQ vs Rationality Article
http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/02/04/why-smart-people-do-stupid-things/#more-32084
Guest Speaker
Alain Mouttham (Ph.D. Student, Silicon Valley Startup, Nortel, Nortel Spinoff)
-wireless Sensor Networks and eHealth
Week 6 (Feb. 16) – No Class
Study Break, no classes
Week 7 (Feb. 23) –Quiz 2
Lecture
Readings
Gift of Fire, Chapter 6 (work)
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/gofhome.html
One Laptop Per Child
http://www.g1to1.org/openletter.php
How technology may be rewiring our brains
http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/11/07/dumbed-down/#more-640
Offshoring
Mass Customization versus Mass Production:
http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/01/27/this-computer-is-so-me/
Extra Readings (not covered on Quiz)
Associated Research: One Laptop Per Child
http://www.g1to1.org/Chan%20et%20al2006_One-to-one%20technology-enha.pdf
Guest Speaker
Jason Kealey (Entrepreneur, Recent M.Sc. Comp. Sci. Graduate)
Week 8 (Mar. 2) – Assignment 2 (html), Version française (html) Due
Lecture
Readings
Gift of Fire, Chapter 4 (intellectual property)
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/gofhome.html
Cathedral and the Bazaar (OpenSource paradigm)
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~stan/csi2911/cathedralandbazaar.pdf
Universal Access
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~stan/csi2911/Universal-access-info-L11.pdf
Google Library
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~stan/csi2911/Google-Lib-L11.pdf
Guest Speaker
Andrew Ross (Ingress, Open Source)
Week 9 (Mar. 9) – Quiz 3
Lecture
http://local.cips.ca/ottawa/aboutsection.htm
Readings
Gift of Fire, Chapter 9 (professional ethics and responsibility)
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/gofhome.html
Gift of Fire, Appendix A (ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct)
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/gofhome.html
Guest Speaker
Inaana Abboud, John Boufford (Student Program Chair, CIPS Ottawa Section)
Week 10 (Mar. 16) – Assignment 3 (html), Version française (html) Due
Lecture
Readings
“Why the future does not need us.” Bill Joy (Sun)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html
Extra Readings (not covered on Quiz)
Future of the Internet:
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/1179
Future of AI:
http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2004/12/21/2/a-panel-discussion-about-artificial-intelligence
Darpa Urban Challenge (Robot Cars)
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/video/DARPA_highlight_preview3.wmv
Darpa Urban Challenge Winner (paper)
http://robots.stanford.edu/papers/thrun.stanley05.pdf
Guest Speaker
Week 11 (Mar. 23)
Lecture
Software Development and Professional Liability, Chapter7
Readings
Gift of Fire, Chapter 7 (evaluating and controlling technology)
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/gofhome.html
Extra Readings (not covered on Quiz)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weizenbaum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARRY
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc439
http://www.peo.on.ca/registration/SoftwarePamphlet.pdf
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/index.html
Guest Speaker
Christian Tacit (Legal and Business Issues, Lawyer, MBA, Professional Engineer)
Week 12 (Mar. 30) – Quiz 4
Lecture
Readings
Guest Speaker
Marc Chene (Computer Associates, TrueContext, Architect, Standards)
Week 13 (Apr. 6)
Debates: 10 debates of 2 versus 2 (15 minutes each)
Debate / Report, Version française