Topic outline

  • Welcome to Social and Professional Issues in Computing Course

    Course Code: CSE 498

    Course Title: Social and Professional Issues in Computing

    Program: BSC in CSE

    Faculty: Faculty of Science and Information Technology (FSIT)

    Semester: FALL 2022

    Year: 2022

    Credit: 3     Course Hours: 3 hrs./week

    Course Level: Level 4, Term 3

    Course Category: Core

     



    Instructor : Dr. Fizar Ahmed
    Office : Room Lab301, AB4 Building, Daffodil Tower 
    Office Hour   :  Friday to Tuesday (9:00AM to 5 PM)
    Telephone : 01775695814
    Email              : fizar.cse@diu.edu.bd
    Appointment in Google Calendar: Click Here

    Welcome Information on Social and Professional Issues in Computing Course

    • Welcome Audio
    • Listen to Course Objectives
    • Listen to Expected Outcomes
    • Listen to Course Delivery Plan
    • Some Successful Projects



  • Week 1

  • Week 2

    • Privacy Lesson

       1.    Privacy Risks and Principles

      2.    The Fourth Amendment, Expectation of Privacy, and Surveillance Technologies

      3.    The Business and Social Sectors.

      4.    Government Systems

      5.    Protecting Privacy

      6.    Technology, Markets, Rights, and Laws

      Communications

      Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 2)

  • Week 3

    • Freedom of Speech Lesson

      1.    Communications Paradigms

      2.    Controlling Speech

      3.    Posting, Selling, and Leaking Sensitive Material

      4.    Anonymity

      5.    The Global Net: Censorship and Political Freedom

      Net Neutrality Regulations or the Market?

      Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 3)

  • Week 4

  • Week 5

  • Week 6

    • Review Lesson

      1.    Review for the MID Term Examinations

      2.    Problem solving Session

       

      Ref. Contents of Week 1 – Week 6

  • Week 7

    • Week 8

      • Intellectual Property Lesson

        1.    Principles, Laws, and Cases

        2.    Responses to Copyright Infringement

        3.    Search Engines and Online Libraries

        4.    Free Software

        Patents for Inventions in Software

        Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition

        (Chapter 4)

      • Submission of Copyright details Assignment
        Opened: Monday, 31 October 2022, 12:00 AM
        Due: Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 12:00 AM

    • Week 9

      • Errors, Failures, and Risks Lesson

        1. Failures and Errors in Computer Systems
        2. Case Study: The Therac-25
        3. Increasing Reliability and Safety
        4. Dependence, Risk, and Progress

         

        Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 8)

    • Week 10

    • Week 11

      • Evaluating and Controlling Technology Lesson

        1.    Evaluating Information

        2.    The “Digital Divide”

        3.    Neo-Luddite Views of Computers, Technology, and Quality of Life

        4.   Making Decisions About Technology

        Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 7)

    • Week 12

    • Week 13

      • Review Lesson

        1. Review for the Final Examinations 

        2. Problem solving Session

         

        Contents of Week 8 – Week 12

    • Week 14