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Week
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Date
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Topics
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Readings due
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Week 1
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Aug. 21
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Introduction to Ethics [slides] - ACM Code of Ethics
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ACM code of ethics
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Aug. 23
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Graduate Studies in CS - Dr. Renee McCauley
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Week 2
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Aug. 28
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Robots and the future of work, [document]
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Skilled work without the worker, Movie "Modern Times"
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Aug. 30
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Hospital Readmissions and Other Data Mining Applications in
Healthcare - Dr. Ayman Hajja
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Week 3
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Sept.4
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Ethics & Video Games, [document]
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Sept. 6
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Virtual Production Research Lab - Dr. William Bares, Case Study: to ship or not to ship
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Week 4
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Sept. 11
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Classes cancelled - Privacy
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Sept. 13
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Classes cancelled (Geographic Information Systems Research - Dr. Norm Levine)
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Week 5
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Sept. 18
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Privacy
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Sept. 20
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Data Science Research Lab - Dr. Paul Anderson, Case Study: A violation of privacy
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Week 6
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Sept. 25
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Ethics in the age of Big Data
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Sept. 27
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The Future of Cyberspace - Marina Kaljurand
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Week 7
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Oct. 2
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Warbots
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Drones and warfare
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Oct. 4
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NASA Space Missions and an Introduction to Astro
Statistics/Informatics - Dr. Jon Hakkila, Good resource for your essay: "How to write a good technical report"
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Oct. 6
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Robot & Cyborg rights
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Week 8
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Oct. 9
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Social media
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The machine stops, E.M. Forster
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Oct. 11
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Classes Cancelled (Cyber Infrastructure Research and Development Lab for the Earth
Sciences - Dr. Jim Bowring)
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Week 9
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Oct. 16
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Copyright & Intellectual property
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Oct. 18
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Cyber Security and Machine Learning Research Lab - Dr. Kris
Gosh
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Week 10
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Oct. 23
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Bug Bounties & Ethical Hacking
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Can hackers put an end to cybercrime? These 'ethical hackers' say yes.
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Oct. 25
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Geographic Information Systems Research - Dr. Norm Levine (rescheduled)
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Week 11
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Oct. 30
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Technology interfering with genetics
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Nov. 1
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Cyber Security Research Lab Projects - Dr. X (rescheduled)
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Week 12
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Nov. 6
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No class - Fall break
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Nov. 8
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Oceanographic Sea Floor Mapping Research - Drs. Leslie Sautter
and Scott Harris
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Case Study: A Breach in Security
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Week 13
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Nov. 13
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Honesty, trustworthiness, confidentiality
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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
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Nov. 15
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Cyber Infrastructure Research and Development Lab for the Earth
Sciences - Dr. Jim Bowring (rescheduled)
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Case Study: Misinterpretation Mishap
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Week 14
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Nov. 20
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Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom; Personhood
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Nov. 22
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No class - Thanksgiving
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Week 15
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Nov. 27
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Retrospective of the class - code of ethics revisited
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Nov. 29
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Bioinformatics Research Group at Wright State University - Dr.
Michael Raymer
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