Difference between revisions of "Society and technology"

From PublicWiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(→‎People and organizations: +note)
(updating email address)
 
(97 intermediate revisions by 22 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
The society and technology interest group ('''soctech''') is an informal interest group that we are starting up among UW-CSE students to promote awareness of various social computing issues, in both CSE and the UW.  We plan to collaborate with other departments, with possible aims including the production of cross-departmental courses, lecture series, or white papers.
+
The society and technology interest group ('''soctech''') is an informal interest group that we are starting up among UW-CSE students to promote awareness of various social computing issues, in both CSE and the UW.  We collaborate with other departments, with possible aims including the production of cross-departmental courses, lecture series, or white papers.
  
−
We're just getting started; we have a mailing list, '''soctech@cs'''.  Here's [http://mailman.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/soctech the public list info page].
+
Please visit our official [http://soctech.cs.washington.edu Society and Technology website].
  
−
*[[soctech:Topics]]
+
We have a mailing list, '''soctech@cs'''.  Here's [http://mailman.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/soctech the public list info page].
−
*[[soctech:Articles]]
 
  
−
==Current activities==
+
==Goals of the SocTech group==
−
*[[technology-society speaker series]]: an interdisciplinary speaker series on technology and society
+
*'''Connecting the social concerns, legal landscape, and technical aspects of transformative technologies''': In the university, it is often easy to get lost daydreaming about abstract theories or caught up in the inner workers of some protocol or mechanical gadget. We want to step back and understand the larger context within which much of our research is taking place. How does technology get incorporated into people's everyday lives? What concerns are being raised about the technologies in question? Are there actions that can be taken to address these concerns?
−
*[[soctech seminar]]: plans for a seminar, to be offered first in Winter 2005
+
*'''Dialogue between disciplines''': We want to establish common vocabulary between groups with different expertise. Disciplines bring different frames of reference on the problems that we all confront--whether its technical perspectives from CS or EE or legal expertise from students of the law or a rich understanding of social forces from sociologists and communications folks. Addressing the many possiblities and problems that face our information-intensive society require dialogue across these boundaries.
−
*[[society and technology briefings]]: to help bridge cross-disciplinary communication barriers, we plan to prepare a series of briefings.
+
*'''Dialogue with the public''': It is easy for us to debate sociotechnical issues to our heart's content, but it won't have much impact unless we try to make connections with the public at large. A better informed public can make better decisions about its (and our) future. Our position as university elite does not mean that we need to be elitist.
−
*[[soctech brainstorming]]: use this page to jot down specific questions or issues that you'd like more information about, etc.
 
  
−
==Meeting notes==
+
==Seminar==
−
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-10-20]] (Ben, Caroline, Keunwoo)
+
The '''society and technology seminar''' (CSE 590 T, formerly CSE 590 SO) is a weekly seminar that brings together students and scholars from a variety of fields to discuss the impacts of computing (and other technologies) on the larger world. If you have ideas for a future soctech seminar, or would be willing to organize one, please contact the [[Society and technology#Coordinators|current soctech coordinator]]!
−
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-09-22]] (Ben, Caroline, Keunwoo)
 
−
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-08-23]]
 
−
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-08-06]]
 
−
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-22]]
 
−
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-21]]
 
  
−
==People and organizations==
+
The course is organized by [[Society and technology|soctech@cs]] and listed under the UW Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, but undergraduate and graduate students in all departments are encouraged to sign up. Enrollment is open; see the pages for individual quarter offerings for details.
−
This is a non-exhaustive list of people and intra-UW institutions with which we're working.
 
−
*[http://www.cis.washington.edu/about/ Center for Internet Studies]
 
−
**[http://www.cis.washington.edu/about/people/benner/default.asp Caroline Benner]
 
−
*[http://www.cs.washington.edu/ UW Computer Science and Engineering]
 
−
**[[soctech@cs]] interest group:
 
−
***[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/ Keunwoo Lee]
 
−
***[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/creis/ Charlie Reis]
 
−
***[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/tapan/ Tapan Parikh]
 
−
***[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/valentin/ Valentin Razmov]
 
−
***[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/deibel/ Kate Deibel]
 
−
***[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/jlnd/ Janet Davis]
 
−
***[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/djp3/homepage Donald J Patterson] aka Don
 
−
***(Note to CSE'ers: add your name here if you're interested...)
 
−
*[http://www.law.washington.edu/ UW School of Law]
 
−
**Intellectual Property Program
 
−
***[http://www.law.washington.edu/Faculty/Gomulkiewicz/ Robert W. Gomulkiewicz]
 
−
**[http://www.law.washington.edu/lct/ Shidler Center for Law, Commerce, and Technology]
 
−
***[http://www.law.washington.edu/Faculty/Winn/ Jane Kaufman Winn]
 
−
**Technology and Law club:
 
−
***Larry F. Rozsnyai
 
−
***[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/dugan/ Ben Dugan]
 
  
−
==Relevant courses==
+
===Current and past quarters===
−
*[[List of UW courses on society and technology]]
+
* [[Soctech seminar, Spring 2008]]: The New Media: Blogs, Citizen Journalists, and What Happens Next
−
*[http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/02/0603/3b.shtml Princeton Wireless course]
+
* [[Soctech seminar, Spring 2007]]: RFID Case study: ORCA cards
−
*[http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall03/cs109/ Princeton course by Brian Kernighan] on "Computers in our world"
+
* [[Soctech seminar, Fall 2006]]: RFID Technology
−
*[http://swig.stanford.edu/pub/courses/Digital_Dilemmas/ Stanford course: "Digital Dilemmas"]
+
* [[Soctech seminar, Spring 2006]]: Social Ramifications of Search Technologies
−
*[http://www.kelty.org/or/classes/anth315.02.pdf Syllabus of Rice's Anthropology 315 course (PDF)]
+
* [[Soctech seminar, Spring 2005]]: Electronic books and media
−
*[http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/ Yale course list]; includes some courses on society and technology
+
* [[Soctech seminar, Winter 2005]]: Software security, law, and public policy
−
*[http://www.eszter.com/teaching/cst395.html Northwestern course on Internet and Society]
 
  
−
==Resources==
+
===Mailing list===
 +
Visit
 +
:https://mailman.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cse590t
 +
to sign up for the course mailing list.  Contact the [[Society and technology#Coordinators|current soctech coordinator]] if you have any difficulty signing up.
  
−
===Software===
+
==Other activities==
−
*[http://www.tacticaltech.org/ngoinabox NGO in a box]: bundled open-source software for running NGOs
+
We have also, at various times in the past and with varying levels of success, tried [[Past society and technology activities|other things]].
  
−
===People===
+
==People and organizations==
−
'''Scholars'''
+
===Coordinators===
−
*[http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/ Paul Agre], prof. of information studies at UCLA
+
<!-- Note to editors: leave the "Coordinators" heading intact as you reorganize this page, as, it serves as a link target. --->
−
*[http://www.lessig.org/ Lawrence Lessig], professor of law at Stanford
 
−
*[http://www.benkler.org/ Yochai Benkler], professor of law at Yale, director of Engleberg Center for Information Law and Policy at NYU
 
  
−
===Research centers and groups outside UW===
+
Current UW-CSE coordinator: [http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/~travis/ Travis Kriplean], [http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/yanokwa/ Yaw Anokwa]
−
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/ Berkman Center @ Harvard Law]
 
−
*[http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ Yale Information Society Project]
 
−
*[http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/is83/ycis/goals/ Yale Center for Internet Studies]
 
−
*[http://www.cipp.mcgill.ca/en/index.php McGill Univ. Center for Intellectual Property Policy]
 
−
*[http://www.law.duke.edu/boylesite/ Duke Center for Study of the Public Domain]
 
−
*[http://www.law.duke.edu/ip/index.html Duke Intellectual Property program]
 
−
*[http://www.law.nyu.edu/engelbergcenter/ Engelberg Center for Innovation Law and Policy (NYU)]
 
−
*[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/Security/ Computer Security Group at University of Cambridge UK]
 
−
*[http://techcenter.gmu.edu/ George Mason University Center for Technology and Law]
 
−
*[http://technoculture.ucdavis.edu/ Dept. of Technoculture Studies at UC Davis]
 
−
*[http://www.soz.uni-frankfurt.de/arbeitslehre/pelm/proj-e.html Project Electronic Labor Markets at Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt Am Main]
 
  
−
===Conferences===
+
Current UW law coordinator: Jim Sfekas
−
*[http://www.nyls.edu/pages/3120.asp State of Play]: conference on online games and the law, archived by New York Law School.
 
  
−
===Government===
+
===Other people===
−
*[http://www.itrd.gov/index.html National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development]: dept. that makes recommendations to executive branch about IT research; includes the [http://www.itrd.gov/pitac/ PITAC], of which Ed Lazowska's a member.
+
*[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/ckd/ Colin Dixon]
 +
*[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/evan/ Evan Welbourne]
 +
*[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/supersat/ Karl Koscher]
 +
*[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/bdferris/ Brian Ferris]
  
−
===Funding agencies and programs===
+
(feel free to add your name here)
−
*[http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05518/nsf05518.htm NSF Cyber Trust program]
 
  
−
===Mailing lists===
+
*'''[[Society and technology alumni|Past members and collaborators]]'''
−
*[http://www.politechbot.com/ Politech]: libertarian-oriented list moderated by Declan McCullough
 
−
*[http://www.eff.org/effector/ EFFector]: newsletter of the EFF
 
−
*[http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/rre.html Red Rock Eater]: Phil Agre's mailing list
 
  
−
===Sources===
+
===UW departments===
−
*[http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/recent-books.html Phil Agre's bibliography] of books on social aspects of computing
+
We're in informal contact with most of these, or have been in the past.  The extent to which we actually work with them varies widely.
−
*[http://www.patents.com/ patents.com]: introductory material on IP
+
*[http://www.cis.washington.edu/about/ Center for Internet Studies]
 +
*[http://www.law.washington.edu/ UW School of Law]
 +
**Intellectual Property Program (led by [http://www.law.washington.edu/Faculty/Gomulkiewicz/ Robert W. Gomulkiewicz])
 +
**[http://www.law.washington.edu/lct/ Shidler Center for Law, Commerce, and Technology] (led by [http://www.law.washington.edu/Faculty/Winn/ Jane Kaufman Winn])
 +
**Technology and Law club (may be defunct)
 +
*[http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ UW Information School]
  
−
===Websites===
+
==Resources==
−
====Blogs====
+
*'''[[Society and technology courses|Courses]]:''' At the UW, and elsewhere. Some of the online lectures are especially useful.
−
*[http://www.ip-watch.org/ IP-Watch]
+
*'''[[Society and technology people|People]]:''' Scholars, activists, etc.
−
*[http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/ Becker-Posner Blog] by legal scholars Gary Becker and Richard Posner
+
*'''[[Society and technology organizations|Organizations]]:''' Research centers, nonprofits, government
 +
*'''[[Society and technology conferences|Conferences]]'''
 +
*'''[[Society and technology online|Other online resources]]:''' Mailing lists, blogs, etc.
  
 
[[Category:Society and technology]]
 
[[Category:Society and technology]]

Latest revision as of 18:16, 5 August 2008

The society and technology interest group (soctech) is an informal interest group that we are starting up among UW-CSE students to promote awareness of various social computing issues, in both CSE and the UW. We collaborate with other departments, with possible aims including the production of cross-departmental courses, lecture series, or white papers.

Please visit our official Society and Technology website.

We have a mailing list, soctech@cs. Here's the public list info page.

Goals of the SocTech group

  • Connecting the social concerns, legal landscape, and technical aspects of transformative technologies: In the university, it is often easy to get lost daydreaming about abstract theories or caught up in the inner workers of some protocol or mechanical gadget. We want to step back and understand the larger context within which much of our research is taking place. How does technology get incorporated into people's everyday lives? What concerns are being raised about the technologies in question? Are there actions that can be taken to address these concerns?
  • Dialogue between disciplines: We want to establish common vocabulary between groups with different expertise. Disciplines bring different frames of reference on the problems that we all confront--whether its technical perspectives from CS or EE or legal expertise from students of the law or a rich understanding of social forces from sociologists and communications folks. Addressing the many possiblities and problems that face our information-intensive society require dialogue across these boundaries.
  • Dialogue with the public: It is easy for us to debate sociotechnical issues to our heart's content, but it won't have much impact unless we try to make connections with the public at large. A better informed public can make better decisions about its (and our) future. Our position as university elite does not mean that we need to be elitist.

Seminar

The society and technology seminar (CSE 590 T, formerly CSE 590 SO) is a weekly seminar that brings together students and scholars from a variety of fields to discuss the impacts of computing (and other technologies) on the larger world. If you have ideas for a future soctech seminar, or would be willing to organize one, please contact the current soctech coordinator!

The course is organized by soctech@cs and listed under the UW Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, but undergraduate and graduate students in all departments are encouraged to sign up. Enrollment is open; see the pages for individual quarter offerings for details.

Current and past quarters

Mailing list

Visit

https://mailman.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cse590t

to sign up for the course mailing list. Contact the current soctech coordinator if you have any difficulty signing up.

Other activities

We have also, at various times in the past and with varying levels of success, tried other things.

People and organizations

Coordinators

Current UW-CSE coordinator: Travis Kriplean, Yaw Anokwa

Current UW law coordinator: Jim Sfekas

Other people

(feel free to add your name here)

UW departments

We're in informal contact with most of these, or have been in the past. The extent to which we actually work with them varies widely.

Resources

Retrieved from "http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Society_and_technology&oldid=7356"