CS 306 Computers In Society - Fall 2009

Instructor: Jacques Chansavang

Week_12: Calendar

Monday, November 9th - Sunday, November 15th, 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): Extended to WK13!

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:

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

Internet_Hardware - Wireless presentation

System_&_Components

Text Book Computer In Society:

Unit_6: Risk and Avoiding Risk

Group Discussion: - (Handouts)

27. Why Spyware Poses Multiple Threats to Security - 28.The Virus Underground - 29.False Reporting on the Internet and the Spread of Rumors - 30.The New Right-Wing Smear Machine - 31.A Growing Watch List

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

8.Defense University Builds China's Fastest Supercomputer - 9.MIT Researchers Developing Robotic Driving Companion - 10.GENI Goes Global - 11.Slump Sinks Visa Program
12.Professor Working to Advance Computing as a Science
13.Muscle-Bound Computer Interface
14.Google CEO Imagines Era of Mobile Supercomputers
15.Augmented Reality System Lets You See Through Walls
16.Electrical Engineers Go Head to Head With Genius on Music Playlists
17.Safety First for Robots
18.Embedded Systems--The Whole Picture
19.Open Source Identity: Ruby on Rails Creator David Heinemeier Hansson
20.Are Militaries Lagging Their Non-State Enemies in Terms of Use of Internet? An Interview With Chris Gunderson

Intel Claims Memory Research Milestone
Software That Fixes Itself
The Past, Present and Future of AI
Study: No Shortage of U.S. Engineers
Thwarting Cyber Criminal
Xerox Claims Breakthrough in Printable Circuitry
SPECIAL: Listen, Watch, Read--Computers Search for Meaning
U.S. Cyber War Policy Needs New Focus, Experts Say
Holding the Line Against Forgeries
Cell Phones Become Handheld Tools for Global Development
Living Wallpaper That Devices Can Relate To

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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