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 Date
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3 Feb. 6

Ethics (both articles on library eReserve; password on PWeb)

  • Quinn, M. J.  (2011). "Introduction to Ethics." In Ethics for the Information Age, 4th edition, Pearson Education, pp. 53 - 104.
  • Barger, Robert N. (2008). "The Ethical Decision-Making Process." In Computer Ethics: A Case-Based Approach, Cambridge University Press, pp. 70 - 79.
4 Feb. 13

Digital data & copyright [pdf available on campus]

  • Samuelson, P. (2007). Does copyright law need to be reformed? CACM, 50(10), 19-23.
  • Grosso, A. (2000). The promise and problems of the No Electronic Theft Act. CACM, 43(2), 23-26.
  • Grosso, A. (2002). Why the Digital Millenium Copyright Act is a failure of reason. CACM, 45(2), 19-23.
  • Tushnet, R. (2011). Remix nation. CACM, 54(9), 22-24.
  • Samuelson, P. (2011). Why the Google book settlement failed—and what comes next? CACM, 54(11), 29-31.
  • Picker, R. C. (2012). The yin and yang of copyright and technology. CACM, 55(1), 30-32.
5
 Feb. 20

Privacy on the Internet [pdf available on campus]

  • Goldfarb, A., and C. E. Tucker (2011). Online advertising, behavioral targeting, and privacy. CACM, 54(5), 25-27.
  • Narayanan, A. and V. Shmatikov (2010). Myths and fallacies of "personally identifiable information." CACM, 53(6), 24-26.
  • Diffie, W., and S. Landau (2011). Communications surveillance: Privacy and security at risk. CACM, 52(11), 42-47.
  • Irion, K. (2008). International communications surveillance. CACM, 52(2), 26-28.
  • Wright, D. (2011). Should privacy impact assessments be mandatory? CACM, 54(8), 121-131.
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 Feb. 27

Security [pdf available on campus]

  • Hoffman, L. (2011). Risky business. CACM, 54(11), 20-22.
  • Spafford, E. H. (2010). Remembrances of things pest. CACM, 53(8), 35-37.
  • Provos, N., M. A. Rajab, and P. Mavrommatis (2009). Cybercrime 2.0: When the cloud turns dark. CACM, 53(4), 42-47.
  • Hong, J. (2012). The state of phishing attacks. CACM, 55(1), 74-81.
  • Fu, K. (2009). Reducing risks of implantable medical devices. CACM, 52(6), 25-27.
  • Maughan, D. (2010). The need for a national cybersecurity research and development agenda. CACM, 53(2), 29-31.
7
 March 5

Software as property [pdf available on campus]

  • Samuelson, P. (2012). Do you own the software you buy? CACM, 54(3), 26-28.
  • Boyle, J. (2009). What intellectual property law should learn from software. CACM, 52(9), 71-76.
  • Hoffman, L. (2008). Damage control. CACM, 51(11), 11-13.
  • Samuelson, P. (2010). Why do software startups patent (or not)? CACM, 53(11), 30-32.
  • Campbell-Kelly, M. (2008). Will the future of software be open source? CACM, 51(10), 21-23.
  • Watson, R. T., M.-C. Boudreau, P. T. York, M. E. Greiner, and D. Wynn (2008). The business of open source. CACM, 51(4), 41-46.
  • Nagy, D., A. M. Yassin, and A. Battacherjee (2010). Organizational adoption of open source software: Barriers and remedies. CACM, 53(3), 148-151.
  • Stallman, R. (2009). Why "open source" misses the point of free software. CACM, 52(6), 31-33.
8
 March 12

Computing as profession [pdf available on campus]

  • Denning, P. J., and D. J. Frailey (2011). Who are we—now? CACM, 54(8), 25-27.
  • Johnson, D. G. (2008) Computer experts: Guns-for-hire or professionals? CACM, 51(10), 24-26.
  • Parnas, D. L. (2010). Risks of undisciplined development. CACM, 53(10), 25-27.
  • Denning, P. J., and R. D. Riehle (2009). Is software engineering engineering? CACM, 52(3), 24-26.
  • Davis, M. (2011). Will software engineering ever be engineering? CACM, 54(11), 32-34.
  • Morrison, C. T., and R. T. Snodgrass (2011). Computer science could use more science. CACM, 54(6), 36-38.
  • Kamp, P.-H. (2011). The software industry is the problem. CACM, 54(11), 44-47.
  • ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Task Force on Software Engineering Ethics and Professional Practices (1999). Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (Version 5.2).
9
 April 2

Artificial intelligence [pdf available on campus]

  • Vardi, M. (2012). Artificial intelligence: Past and future. CACM, 55(1), 5.
  • Kroeker, K. L. (2011). Weighing Watson's impact. CACM, 54(7), 13-15.
  • Savage, N. (2012). Better medicine through machine learning. CACM, 55(1), 17-19.
  • Anthes, G. (2010). Robots gear up for disaster response. CACM, 43(4), 15-16.
  • Goth, G. (2011). I, domestic robot. CACM, 54(5), 16-17.
  • Borenstein, J. (2010). Work life in the robotic age. CACM, 53(7), 30-31.
  • Chopra, S. (2010). Rights for autonomous artificial agents? CACM, 53(8), 38-40.
  • Lanier, J. (2009). Confusions of the hive mind. CACM, 52(9), 112-111.
10
 April 9

Ubiquity [pdf available on campus]

  • Wright, A. (2009). Get smart. CACM, 52(1), 15-16.
  • Pimple, K. D. (2011). Surrounded by machines. CACM, 54(3), 29-31.
  • Sellen, A. and S. Whittaker (2010). Beyond total capture: A constructive critique of lifelogging.  CACM,  53(5), 70-77.
  • Cousins, K. C. and U. Varshney (2009). Designing ubiquitous computing environments to support work-life balance. CACM, 52(5), 117-123.

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 April 16

Accessibility [pdf available on campus]

  • Greengard, S. (2009). Facing an age-old problem. CACM, 52(9), 20-22.
  • Becker, S. A. (2005). E-government usability for older adults. CACM, 48(2), 102-104.
  • Loiacono, E. T., N. C. Romano, Jr., and S. McCoy (2009). The state of corporate website accessibility. CACM, 52(9), 128-132.
  • Aycinena, P. (2008). Access for all. CACM, 51(8), 12-14.
  • Shinohara, K. and J. Tenenberg (2009). A blind person's interactions with technology. CACM, 52(8), 58-66.
12
 April 23

Global development [pdf available on campus]

  • Heeks, R. (2009). IT and the world's "bottom billion." CACM, 52(4), 22-24.
  • Dias, M. B. and E. Brewer (2009). How computer science serves the developing world. CACM, 52(6), 74-80.
  • Parikh, T. S. (2009). Engineering rural development. CACM, 52(1), 54-63.
  • Hoffman, L. (2011). Data optimization in developing nations. CACM, 54(5), 18-20.
  • Goodman, S. and A. Harris (2010). The coming African tsunami of information insecurity. CACM, 53(12), 24-27.
13
 April 30

Energy [pdf available on campus]

  • Kurp, P. (2008). Green computing. CACM, 51(10), 11-13.
  • Goth, G. (2011). Chipping away at greenhouse gases. CACM, 54(2), 13-15.
  • Ranganathan, P. (2010). Recipe for efficiency: Principles of power-aware computing. CACM, 53(4), 60-67.
  • Blevis, E. (2008). Sustainability implications of organic user interface technologies: An inky problem. CACM, 51(6), 56-57.
  • Geller, T. (2011). The promise of flexible displays. CACM, 54(6), 16-18.
14
 May 7

Complexity & computability [pdf available on campus]

  • Lindley, D. (2008). The limits of computability. CACM, 51(11), 17-19.
  • Shasha, D. (2010). An interview with Michael Rabin. CACM, 53(2), 37-42.

Janet Davis (davisjan@cs.grinnell.edu)

Created February 5, 2012
Last revised April 7, 2012