CS 306 Computers In Society - Fall 2009

Instructor: Jacques Chansavang

Week_11: Calendar

Monday, November 2nd - Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Current_Events: Due weekly on Monday (in class for Hardcopy) or submit through Blackboard Vista by 11:59 P.M. Late assignment will be penalized or no longer accepted.

Research papers due date (WEEK_12):

Term Papers Due: MWF - 10:00 - 10:50 AM: Turn in Hard Copy in Class on Friday, November 13th - Email a Softcopy by Sunday 15th, before Midnight at 11:59 PM.

Term Papers Due: MW - 6:00 -7:15 PM & 7:30 - 8:50 PM: Turn in Hard Copy in Class on Wednesday, November 11th - Email a Soft Copy by Sunday 15th, before Midnight at 11:59 PM.

Research Term paper: Here is a sample!

Text Book Gift of Fire: Ch7 continues...

Read Chapter 8: Error, Failures And Risk Pages 404 - 443

Internet_Hardware - Wireless presentation

System_&_Components

Text Book Computer In Society:

Unit_5: Social Institutions: Law, Politics, Education and Military

Group Discussion: - (Handouts)

20. Piracy, Computer Crime and IS Misuses at the University - 21.Can Blogs Revolutionize Progressive Politics - 22.Center State - 23.The Coming Robot Army - 24.A Technology Surges - 25.Wikipedia in the Newsroom - 26.E-mail in Academia: Expectations,Use and Instructional Impact.

Individual: - Turns in

Key Terms: Reading and Digging Deeper

1.Wiser OWL learns to unravel doctor talk - 2.Crash, Bang, Rumble! Bringing Noise to Virtual Worlds - 3.Pandemic Seen Slowing Internet Traffic - 4.CACM Reports: Digital Fluency for a New Generation of Computer Programmers - 5.Report Urges Colleges to Emphasize Math, Science, and International Studies - 6.Free Software Helps Prevent Food Poisoning

7.In Industry First, Voting Machine Company to Publish Source Code

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Chapter 8 Errors, Failures, and Risk
8.1 Failures and Errors in Computer Systems
8.1.1 An Overview
8.1.2 Problems for Individuals
8.1.3 System Failures
8.1.4 Safety-Critical Applications
8.1.5 Perspectives on Failure
8.2 Case Study: The Therac-25
8.2.1 Therac-25 Radiation Overdoses
8.2.2 Software and Design Problems
8.2.3 Why So Many Incidents?
8.2.4 Observations and Perspective
8.3 Increasing Reliability and Safety
8.3.1 What Goes Wrong?
8.3.2 Professional Techniques
8.3.3 Law, Regulation, and Markets
8.4 Dependence, Risk, and Progress
8.4.1 Are We Too Dependent On Computers?
8.4.2 Risk and Progress