last revised 26 November 2006
| Tutorial | Grinnell College | Fall, 2006 |
| Computing: Limitations, Developments, and Ethical Issues | ||
Although the following schedule provides a reasonable overview of the activities anticipated for this course, you should expect various details to change through the semester.
| Tuesday | Thursday | ||||
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| August 22 | August 24 | ||||
| New Student Days | 8:00 am |
Tutorial Introduction What makes a good class discussion? | |||
| 8:40 am |
Basics of Citation, Quotation and Paraphrasing Mr. Kevin Crim, Writing Lab | ||||
| 9:15 am | More Tutorial Introduction: Goals, Themes, Mechanics, Administrivia | ||||
| Distributed: | Research Exercise 1 | ||||
| August 29 | August 31 | ||||
| 8:00 am |
Discussion of Results of Research Exercise 1 Discussion of Findings Consideration of Strategies | 8:00 am |
Introduction to Computer Organization Some Basic Terminology, Components, Connecting Components | ||
| 8:40 am | Group Exercise #1 on Citation, Plagiarism, and Paraphrasing | 8:40 am | Group Exercise #2 on Citation, Plagiarism, and Paraphrasing | ||
| 9:10 am | Perspectives on Ethical Decision Making | 9:10 am | am Laboratory Exercise: Intro. to the MathLAN, MathLAN Computers, and the World Wide Web | ||
| Read: |
| Read: | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 1 | ||
| Class Questions | Submit questions on ethical decision making by Monday at 5:00 PM | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | ||
| Due: | Research Exercise 1 | ||||
| September 5 | September 7 | ||||
| 8:00 am |
Data Representation Numbers Character Data Pictures | 8:00 am | Issues regarding E-voting | ||
| 9:05 am |
Finding and Evaluating Research Materials Mr. Kevin Engel, Associate Librarian | 9:00 am |
Laboratory Exercise on the
Representation of Integers
OR Laboratory Exercise on Creating a Photo Album | ||
| Distributed | Research Exercise 2 | ||||
| Read | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 2 | Read |
Articles on E-voting from
the
Winter 2001 newsletter of
CPSR, Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility (http://www.cpsr.org).
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| Class Questions | Submit questions by Monday at 5:00 PM | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | ||
| Due: | Laboratory Exercise on MathLAN | ||||
| September 12 | September 14 | ||||
| 8:00 am |
Demonstration: Inside a Computer Nate Monaghan, Technician, ITS | ||||
| no class today | 8:45 am | Initial group meetings on ethical or technical aspects of e-voting | |||
| 9:10 am |
Software Concepts: Software Development Steps in Software Development Identification of User Needs Errors (Bugs) | ||||
| Read | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 5 | ||||
| Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | ||||
| Due: |
Laboratory Exercise
on Integers OR on Creating a Photo Album | ||||
| September 19 | September 21 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Group Reports on Issues of E-voting | ||||
| 9:15 am |
Discussion of Research Exercise II with Mr. Engel Refinement of Strategies | no class today | |||
| Distributed | Research Exercise 3 | ||||
| Due: | Research Exercise 2 | ||||
| September 26 | September 28 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Group Reports on Aspects of E-Voting | 8:00 am | Remaining Group Report on Aspects of E-Voting | ||
| 8:30 am | Notes on Research Exercise 3 | ||||
| 9:15 am | Discussion of Research Exercise 3 with Mr. Engel | 9:00 am | Notes on E-Voting Reports | ||
| 9:30 am | Review of Past Readings | ||||
| Due: | Research Exercise 3 | ||||
| October 3 | October 5 | ||||
| 8:00 am |
Speed and Efficiency Scaling Up Solutions Computational Complexity Feasibility and Non-feasibility Costs and Benefits | 8:00 am | Video: Mind as Society, Marvin Minsky | ||
| 9:00 am | An Overview of Artificial Intelligence | 9:00 am | The Halting Problem | ||
| Read | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 6 | ||||
| Class Questions | Submit questions by Monday at 5:00 PM | ||||
| Due: | Academic Honesty Exercise on Paraphrase | Due: | Statement of Example or Case Study for Paper 1 | ||
| October 10 | October 12 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Professional Codes of Ethics | 8:00 am | Video: Expert Systems, Edward Feigenbaum and H. Penny Nii | ||
| 9:00 am | Basic Concepts of Expert Systems | 9:00 am |
Usefulness of Computers Application Characteristics Reliability Universality | ||
| Read | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 7 | ||||
| Due | Paper 1 | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | ||
| October 17 | October 19 | ||||
| Fall Break | Fall Break | ||||
| October 24 | October 26 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Basic Elements of Neural Networks | 8:00 am | Some Current Approaches within Artificial Intelligence | ||
| 9:00 am |
Networking and Distributed Systems Connecting Computers Point-to-Point Connections Wires and Connectors Wireless Networks | 9:00 am |
Networking and Distributed Systems: File Sharing File Servers Mechanisms for File Sharing Sharing Protocols | ||
| Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 8 | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 9 | ||||
| Class Questions | Submit questions by Monday at 5:00 PM | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | ||
| Due: | Topic for Paper on Artificial Intelligence | ||||
| October 31 | November 2 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Risks of Computing Forum | 8:00 am |
Can Computers Think (now or in the future)? Definitions Consciousness and Free Will Determining Intelligence | ||
| 9:00 am |
An Introduction to Parallel Algorithms Basic Concepts Hardware Configurations Result, Specialist, and Agenda Parallelism | 9:00 am | Examples of Parallel Algorithms | ||
| Read | Dale/Walker, Abstract Data Types, pp. 77-92 | Read | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 16 | ||
| Class Questions | Submit questions by Monday at 5:00 PM | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | ||
| Due: | 2-3 Page Paper on Artificial Intelligence | ||||
| November 7 | November 9 | ||||
| 8:00 am |
MathLAN: The Departmental PC/Linux Network Configuration Hardware and Software | 8:00 am |
Elements of Oral Presentations Organization, Delivery, Relationship to Writing, Practice | ||
| 9:00 am |
Networking and Distributed Systems: Data Security Availability of Data Password Systems Internal and External Threats Firewalls | 9:00 am |
Internet Organization and Functioning Internet Organization Internet Addresses Display of Information within Browsers | ||
| Read | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 10 | Read | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 11 | ||
| Class Questions | Submit questions by Monday at 5:00 PM | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | ||
| Due | Topic for Paper on Distributed/Parallel Computing or "Risks" | ||||
| November 14 | November 16 | ||||
| 8:30 am |
Data Availability through the Internet Data Gathering Transmission Security Privacy | 8:00 am | Student Reports on Paper | ||
| 9:00 am | Time to Catch Up | ||||
| Read | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 12 | ||||
| Due: | 2-3 Page Paper on Distributed/Parallel Computing or "Risks" | Class Questions | Submit questions by Wednesday at 5:00 PM | ||
| November 21 | November 23 | ||||
| 8:00 am | The Campus Network — Mr. Francis, Director, ITS | ||||
| 9:00 am |
Applications that use the World Wide Web Search Engines annoyances: Pop-up Windows, spam, viruses, etc. | Thanksgiving Holiday | |||
| Read | Walker, The Tao of Computing, Chapter 13 | ||||
| Class Questions | Submit questions by Monday at 5:00 PM | Due: | Well-deserved rest! | ||
| November 28 | November 30 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Laboratory Exercise on Building a Web Page | ||||
| 8:30 am | Distribution of Research Papers within Groups | ||||
| 9:00 am | Tracking Web Usage | 9:00 am | Student Presentations | ||
| Due: | Draft of Research Paper (4 copies needed) | ||||
| December 5 | December 7 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Discussions, Comments on Research Papers | 8:00 am | Ethics Discussion: The Internet and Privacy | ||
| 8:40 am | Student Presentations | 8:40 am | Student Presentations | ||
| 9:35 am | End-of-course Evaluations | 9:35 am | Semester Wrap Up | ||
| Due: | Written feedback on Research Papers | Due: | Research paper on chosen topic | ||
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~walker/courses/tutorial.fa06/schedules.shtml
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created 14 August 2006 last revised 26 November 2006 |
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| For more information, please contact Henry M. Walker at (walker@cs.grinnell.edu) |