CSE3000 3.0 A: Professional Practice in Computing
Fall term, 2008

News/Announcements

• The final grades are available. On prism type courseInfo 3000 to get your grade. Essays are available for pickup at BC 207 during office hours.
• Essay 3 can be handed in either at the beginning of class Thursday Feb 19th or in my office (BC 207) on Feb 26th by 4 pm (if I'm not there hand it in to one of the staff).
• CSE Town Hall Meeting, Thursday noon in Prism. Pizza!
• Welcome Back! We'll discuss remediation on Tuesday.
• Because of the strike classes are suspended and the clock has stopped w.r.t. assignments and test. Once the strike is over assignments 3a and 3b, and test2 wil be rescheduled appropriately. Office hours have been suspended.
• Test 1 will be in Curtis Lecture Hall F.
• Course evaluation: Tues Nov 18.
• Assignment 2 delayed until Tues Oct 21.
• A3 + FAQ
• A2 + FAQ
• A1 + FAQ
• The office hour on Wed Sept 10 is moved to Sept 11 from 12-2 and the office hour on Wed Sept 24th is moved to Sept 25 from 12-2.
• The course title and description in the CSE 08-09 Mini Calendar is incorrect (it should be fixed soon).
• Drop Date: Nov 7th.
• No classes on Sept. 30 and Oct 9th.
• First class is on Sept 4th.

Who/When/Where

Instructor: John Amanatides
Lectures: TR 4-5:30, SLH E
Office hours: WR12, BC 207

Textbook

Sara Baase, "A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet (3rd Edition)", Prentice Hall, 2008, 0136008488.

Brief Overview

Professional, legal and ethical issues in the development, deployment and use of computer systems; their impact on society including privacy and security, computer crime, malware, and intellectual property; professional ethics and responsibilities; guest lecturers from industry, government and university.
Prerequisites: General prerequisites

Revised Course Evaluation

Grade= max(weight 1, weight2)

Reference Material/Links

• Academic Integrity
• CIPS Code of Ethics
• Bethune Writing Centre

Guest Lecturers:

• Robert Fischer: Writing I; Writing II; Oral Presentations
• Ernst Hamm: "So you think Technology will save the world"
• Chris Russel: "Leveraging Leadership and Teamwork Skills"
• John Davis: "Intellectual Property for Computing Professionals"
• Peter Rowley: "Identity Theft and Business Responsibility"
• Léon Wagschal: "Professionalism and CIPS"

Privacy:

• Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
• The Privacy Act
• Criminal Code: Invasion of Privacy
• Privacy Commisioner of Canada
• Information and Privacy Commisioner/Ontario
• York's Info and Privacy Office
• "Privacy in the Clouds"
• "The Suspect Society"
• National Do Not Call List
• NYT: "Surveillance of Skype Messages Found in China"
• "You're Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?"
• "Where you've been on Net not private, judge rules"

Free Speech:

• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Fundamental Freedoms
• Criminal Code: Offences Against the Person and Reputation (Libel, Hate Propaganda)
• Canada Elections Act: Third Party Election Advertising
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Freedom To Read
• Banned Books Online
• "The Real Meaning of Free Speech in Cyberspace"
• "American teen cuffed for sending nude phone pics ... of herself"
• "China photographs all internet cafe customers"
• "Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones"
• "Big Tech Companies Back Global Plan to Shield Online Speech"
• "Google's Gatekeepers"
• "Ontario Court Orders Website To Disclose Identity of Anonymous Posters"

IP:

• Canadian Copyright Act (inc. Exceptions, Private Copying)
• Canadian Patent Act
• Trade-marks Act
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• IP Osgoode
• Groklaw
• "Who Owns Ideas?"
• "The Future of Copyright"
• Bill C-61
• Bill C-61 (Wikipedia)
• Michael Geist Blog
• Michael Geist: "Why Copyright?"
• "In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law"
• "Copy, Rip, Burn: The Politics of Copyleft and Open Source", David M. Berry, Pluto Press, 2008, ISBN 978 0 7453 2414 2
• "Bound by Law?"
• Canadian Court Rules "Hyperlink" is not Defamation
• "10 Years Later, Misunderstood DMCA is the Law That Saved the Web"
• Bilski Patent Rejection (Wikipedia)