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<div>This is the public-access wiki serving the [http://www.cs.washington.edu/ University of Washington, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering] community.<br />
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The rationale behind this public wiki is to provide a space where UW-CSE students and researchers can easily collaborate with people who do not have UW or UW-CSE user accounts. Opening up this space is an act of trust on the part of UW-CSE; please do not abuse it.<br />
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Because UW-CSE computing support chooses not to officially support unrestricted public-access wikis, this wiki currently runs under the administration of [http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/ Keunwoo Lee]. You can contact him if you need help or have questions, or to alert him of abuse.</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Soctech_seminar,_Winter_2005&diff=15Soctech seminar, Winter 20052004-08-07T22:54:10Z<p>12.72.252.62: </p>
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<div>'''[[Society and technology]] seminar ideas'''<br />
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At the [[Soctech:Meeting of 2004-08-06|August 6 meeting]] we resolved to plan a seminar (in CSE lingo, a "590", after the course number under which irregular seminars are listed) for Fall 2004 or Winter 2005.<br />
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The topic for the first offering will be the cluster of issues surrounding intellectual property law and open source software. We've heard some noises to the effect that there's a Technology & Law Society in the law school that's interested in talking to people in technology fields. Assuming, for the moment, that the Tech & Law people get on board, then the purpose of this seminar would be to get cross-disciplinary dialogue between those two fields in particular.<br />
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10 week schedule:<br />
# intro: what do computer scientists and programmers do when they work?<br />
# intro: how do lawyers think about IP law?<br />
# ?<br />
# ?<br />
# ?<br />
# ?<br />
# ?<br />
# ?<br />
# ?<br />
# ?</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Soctech:Meeting_of_2004-08-06&diff=3395Soctech:Meeting of 2004-08-062004-08-07T22:49:36Z<p>12.72.252.62: </p>
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<div>Notes from a [[Society and technology]] meeting...<br />
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* Many faculty likely to think interdisciplinary collaboration is a good idea; we don't (yet) know who is likely to make this a primary concern of theirs.<br />
* Resolved: we will run a seminar this fall or winter. See [[Soctech seminar]] for latest notes on this idea.<br />
**Among the (few) people present at this particular meeting, the biggest issue of interest seemed to be the interplay among intellectual property, open source, and innovation.<br />
**My (Keunwoo's) brief spiel, as to why I want to make interdisciplinary dialogue happen: "Computer scientists need freedom to innovate. Most laws are written by lawyers, most politicians come from a law background. In order to influence the laws of the future we need to begin educating the next generation of lawyers, and we need computer scientists to be understand where lawyers are coming from as well. So, we need to talk to the people across campus."</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Soctech:Meeting_of_2004-08-06&diff=11Soctech:Meeting of 2004-08-062004-08-07T22:48:43Z<p>12.72.252.62: </p>
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<div>Notes from a [[Society and technology]] meeting...<br />
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* Many faculty likely to think interdisciplinary collaboration is a good idea; we don't (yet) know who is likely to make this a primary concern of theirs.<br />
* Resolved: we will run a seminar this fall or winter.<br />
**Among the people present, the biggest issue of interest seemed to be the interplay among intellectual property, open source, and innovation.<br />
**My (Keunwoo's) brief spiel, as to why I want to make interdisciplinary dialogue happen: "Computer scientists need freedom to innovate. Most laws are written by lawyers, most politicians come from a law background. In order to influence the laws of the future we need to begin educating the next generation of lawyers, and we need computer scientists to be understand where lawyers are coming from as well. So, we need to talk to the people across campus."</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Society_and_technology&diff=16Society and technology2004-08-07T22:40:55Z<p>12.72.252.62: /* Meeting notes */</p>
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<div>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, both in CSE and the UW.<br />
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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].<br />
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*[[soctech:Topics]]<br />
*[[soctech:Articles]]<br />
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==Current activities==<br />
*[[soctech seminar]]: plans for a seminar, to be offered first in Fall or Winter 2004-2005<br />
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==Meeting notes==<br />
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-21]]<br />
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-22]]<br />
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-08-06]]<br />
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==Relevant courses==<br />
*[[List of UW courses on society and technology]]<br />
*[http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/02/0603/3b.shtml Princeton Wireless course]<br />
*[http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall03/cs109/ Princeton course by Brian Kernighan] on "Computers in our world"<br />
*[http://swig.stanford.edu/pub/courses/Digital_Dilemmas/ Stanford course: "Digital Dilemmas"]<br />
*[http://www.kelty.org/or/classes/anth315.02.pdf Syllabus of Rice's Anthropology 315 course (PDF)]<br />
*[http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/ Yale course list]; includes some courses on society and technology<br />
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==Resources==<br />
*[http://www.tacticaltech.org/ngoinabox NGO in a box]: bundled open-source software for running NGOs<br />
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==Research centers==<br />
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/ Berkman Center @ Harvard Law]<br />
*[http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ Yale Information Society Project]<br />
*[http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/is83/ycis/goals/ Yale Center for Internet Studies]</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Society_and_technology&diff=10Society and technology2004-08-07T22:39:47Z<p>12.72.252.62: </p>
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<div>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, both in CSE and the UW.<br />
<br />
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].<br />
<br />
*[[soctech:Topics]]<br />
*[[soctech:Articles]]<br />
<br />
==Current activities==<br />
*[[soctech seminar]]: plans for a seminar, to be offered first in Fall or Winter 2004-2005<br />
<br />
==Meeting notes==<br />
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-21]]<br />
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-22]]<br />
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==Relevant courses==<br />
*[[List of UW courses on society and technology]]<br />
*[http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/02/0603/3b.shtml Princeton Wireless course]<br />
*[http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall03/cs109/ Princeton course by Brian Kernighan] on "Computers in our world"<br />
*[http://swig.stanford.edu/pub/courses/Digital_Dilemmas/ Stanford course: "Digital Dilemmas"]<br />
*[http://www.kelty.org/or/classes/anth315.02.pdf Syllabus of Rice's Anthropology 315 course (PDF)]<br />
*[http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/ Yale course list]; includes some courses on society and technology<br />
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==Resources==<br />
*[http://www.tacticaltech.org/ngoinabox NGO in a box]: bundled open-source software for running NGOs<br />
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==Research centers==<br />
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/ Berkman Center @ Harvard Law]<br />
*[http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ Yale Information Society Project]<br />
*[http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/is83/ycis/goals/ Yale Center for Internet Studies]</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Society_and_technology&diff=9Society and technology2004-08-07T22:35:41Z<p>12.72.252.62: delete obsolete note</p>
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<div>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, both in CSE and the UW.<br />
<br />
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].<br />
<br />
*[[soctech:Topics]]<br />
*[[soctech:Articles]]<br />
<br />
==Meeting notes==<br />
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-21]]<br />
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-22]]<br />
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==Relevant courses==<br />
*[[List of UW courses on society and technology]]<br />
*[http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/02/0603/3b.shtml Princeton Wireless course]<br />
*[http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall03/cs109/ Princeton course by Brian Kernighan] on "Computers in our world"<br />
*[http://swig.stanford.edu/pub/courses/Digital_Dilemmas/ Stanford course: "Digital Dilemmas"]<br />
*[http://www.kelty.org/or/classes/anth315.02.pdf Syllabus of Rice's Anthropology 315 course (PDF)]<br />
*[http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/ Yale course list]; includes some courses on society and technology<br />
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==Resources==<br />
*[http://www.tacticaltech.org/ngoinabox NGO in a box]: bundled open-source software for running NGOs<br />
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==Research centers==<br />
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/ Berkman Center @ Harvard Law]<br />
*[http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ Yale Information Society Project]<br />
*[http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/is83/ycis/goals/ Yale Center for Internet Studies]</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Soctech:Meeting_of_2004-07-22&diff=3400Soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-222004-08-07T22:34:52Z<p>12.72.252.62: copy from research wiki</p>
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<div>[[Society and technology]] meeting w/ Caroline Benner of [[Center for Internet Studies]]<br />
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CIS mandate: to foster interdisciplinary collaboration; to identify UW "areas of strength" and cater to them<br />
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==Challenges==<br />
* Vocabulary gap<br />
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==Proposed activities==<br />
(this is just a very raw initial list)<br />
* preparation of white papers to brief people?<br />
* UW open source conference<br />
* lectures/debates from outside speakers<br />
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==Misc notes==<br />
* Caroline has surveyed other universities; nobody's doing a good job<br />
* Challenge: "technology and society" actually encompasses a wide variety of interests; lots of people will be interested in their particular corner. It is difficult to get people together.<br />
* Courses at other depts.:<br />
** Brian Kernighan teaches a course at Princeton "Computers in our World"<br />
** Vincent Poor: Princeton course on wireless technology, with invited talks with professors from various departments<br />
** Digital Dilemmas @ Stanford<br />
** MIT, Harvard starting open source classes<br />
* Sarah Baase textbook</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Soctech:Meeting_of_2004-07-21&diff=3399Soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-212004-08-07T22:34:13Z<p>12.72.252.62: copy from research wiki</p>
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<div>Notes of the [[society and technology]] interest group meeting of 2004-07-21...<br />
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==Executive summary==<br />
*In order to get a course started, we need sustainable faculty buy-in.<br />
*There are a lot of other courses offered by other depts. that touch in some way on technology and society.<br />
*There are many models for how to start up such a course<br />
*Action items:<br />
**talk to our advisors as first step in measuring faculty enthusiasm<br />
**gather more detailed list of possible topics and objectives<br />
**contact people at other departments to gather information about existing courses<br />
**talk with Caroline tomorrow<br />
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detailed notes follow.<br />
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==What should we do?==<br />
* Foster communication about existing stuff (course offerings, talks, etc.) on social impacts of computing.<br />
* Lecture series/reading group/lunch?<br />
* Start up an interdisciplinary course:<br />
** Q: run as one course with everything, or a series of courses "technology and X", for various X? Possibly:<br />
*** Education<br />
*** Disabilities<br />
*** Law and politics<br />
*** Technology and business (already exists)<br />
** Q: audiences?<br />
*** Tap mentioned that it's often hard to get people to perceive taking a course or a lecture series as in their interest --- you need to position it so that people feel it credibly advances their career/education/etc. This is one reason that, for example, CSE majors don't take many i-school courses, and that attendance was sparse at a lecture series that Tap attended.<br />
** Models for this:<br />
*** Kate's undergrad (Butler) had undergrad CS ethics course, once a week meeting, with moderator<br />
*** Charlie's undergrad (Rice) had undergrad course run by anthropology (!) [http://www.kelty.org/or/classes/anth315.02.pdf Syllabus] is available online.<br />
** What is the need for this course?<br />
*** Kate: people in education have spoken of wanting more knowledge re: technology issues<br />
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====Forms this course could take====<br />
Option 1: use course as cross-listing alias for plethora of existing courses, in other depts. (Note, Pim Lustig is the person to see about course listing administration.)<br />
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Option 2: Start with a cross-dept. 590<br />
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Option 3: something bigger...<br />
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These options are non-exclusive.<br />
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Major challenge to larger-scale course: making teaching load sustainable. Need more than one prof. to continue to teach it.<br />
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==Existing courses==<br />
===In CSE===<br />
* CSE 100: basic fluency; lectures<br />
* CSE 490c, a.k.a. CSE 303: roughly 1/3 of lectures spent on social issues<br />
* CSE 490xx: PMP public policy course (taught by Ed this fall)<br />
* CSE 500: computing and society, not recently taught<br />
===Elsewhere===<br />
[[List of UW courses on society and technology]]<br />
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==Existing undergrad interest groups?==<br />
* Vibha started course to encourage women to get interested in computer science; not much explicit discussion of social impacts, but...?<br />
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==ACM recommendations for teaching "ethics" in curriculum==<br />
Various ways:<br />
# Dedicated course on ethics<br />
# Explicit ethics modules in upper-level course<br />
# Explicit ethics module in intro course<br />
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==Action items==<br />
* Keunwoo: get in touch with depts., profs for other technology and society courses, get in touch with i-school people<br />
* Kate: talk to education school people<br />
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==Notes for Caroline==<br />
* There's a lot of "non-traditional" computer science (e.g., HCI, Tap's work) that would be nice to bring to the attention of non-CS people (or CS people)</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Soctech:Articles&diff=13Soctech:Articles2004-08-07T22:33:47Z<p>12.72.252.62: copy from research wiki</p>
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<div>'''[[Society and technology]] articles in the press'''...<br />
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* (place article title and link here, with brief description)</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Soctech:Topics&diff=42Soctech:Topics2004-08-07T22:33:05Z<p>12.72.252.62: copy from research wiki</p>
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<div>This page is for notes regarding interesting [[society and technology]] topics. Ruminate in as much detail as you like. This stuff could be fodder for briefings/white papers, lecture series, conferences, or the beginnings of a syllabus for a survey course.<br />
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* intellectual "property"<br />
** DMCA and related laws<br />
** effects on:<br />
***innovation<br />
***consumer sovereignty/fair use<br />
***accessibility issues (closely related to fair use<br />
***security: RIAA threatened to use IP law against Felten for investigating security issues; chilling effects could affect all kinds of security research<br />
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* open source development<br />
** community-run vs. corporate-run models<br />
** benefits/costs for e.g. developing countries and governments<br />
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* outsourcing<br />
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* software engineering ethics<br />
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* voting machines and verifiability of public software systems<br />
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* assistive technologies, e.g. for the dyslexic<br />
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* value-sensitive design<br />
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* cryptography<br />
** history of cryptographic control and export in US<br />
** security, privacy issues<br />
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* privacy<br />
** ubiquitous computing<br />
** databases: effects as they get progressively larger and more integrated<br />
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* spam<br />
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* social software (email lists, blogs, wikis)<br />
** effects of social software on political and other organization<br />
*** note [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/magazine/25DEMOCRATS.html interesting NYT Magazine article]; relatively little about software, but mentions MoveOn.org and provides some context</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_UW_courses_on_society_and_technology&diff=279List of UW courses on society and technology2004-08-07T22:32:43Z<p>12.72.252.62: </p>
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<div>[[Society and technology]] course list.<br />
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Note that it is unclear how many of these courses are actively taught, and how often...<br />
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This is just a raw dump of a text file; better formatting pending...<br />
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Computer Science and Engineering<br />
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CSE 500 Computers and Society (2)<br />
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Study of impact of computer technology on present and future society,<br />
including political, economic, cultural, social, and moral<br />
issues. Includes guest lecturers and discussion leaders. Each student<br />
is required to complete a term project. Credit/no credit<br />
only. Prerequisite: graduate standing in computer science or<br />
permission of instructor.<br />
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Law<br />
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LAW A 588 Trade Security and Copyright Protection of Intellectual<br />
Property in High Tech Industry (3)<br />
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LAW B 589 Intellectual Property Law Seminar ([1-4]-, max. 4) <br />
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LAW B 543 Intellectual Property Law in East Asia (3) <br />
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LAW E 523 Intellectual Property Law Clinic (3) <br />
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Clinical training in intellectual property law. Prerequisite: LAW A<br />
526, LAW E 547, or LAW A 546. Offered: S.<br />
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LAW E 540 Legal Issues of Internet Law (3) <br />
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Introduces the basic legal issues raised by networked digital<br />
technologies, such as the Internet. Covers jurisdiction, speech,<br />
privacy/access, propriety rights (copyrights, domain names), emerging<br />
law, leading policy debates, as well as fundamental Internet technical<br />
skills. Offered: S. <br />
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LAW E 541 Electronic Commerce and Information Technology (3) <br />
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Introduction to legal and policy issues raised by electronic commerce<br />
and other emerging information technologies. Topics vary and may<br />
include intellectual property and contract issues raised by<br />
establishing an online commercial presence, rights and obligations of<br />
users of network services including constitutional rights, information<br />
privacy, electronic contracts, electronic payments, etc. <br />
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LAW E 543 Crime, Privacy, and Accountability on the Internet (2) <br />
<br />
An exploration of criminal activity on the Internet and issues that<br />
arise in investigating it. Examines the tension between privacy rights<br />
and the need for accountability. Includes substantive criminal<br />
statutes, constitutional rights and procedural laws that implement<br />
privacy and protections, and the practicalities of Internet crime<br />
investigations. <br />
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LAW E 544 Privacy Law (2) <br />
<br />
Examines the legal doctrines of privacy and confidentiality used to<br />
protect personal information. Aims to understand how courts and<br />
legislatures seek to protect information as new technologies and<br />
institutional practices emerge. Studies scope and implications of<br />
federal statues that attempt to establish fair information practices<br />
with respect to electronic personal information. <br />
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LAW E 545 Comparative Patent Law ([1-3]-, max. 3) <br />
<br />
Examines major differences and similarities between patent laws of<br />
United States, Japan and European countries; comparisons of patent<br />
prosecution in patent offices; first-to-file vs. first-to-invent<br />
principles; patent eligibility of nonobviousness (inventive step)<br />
requirements; claim interpretation/doctrine of equivalents;<br />
scope/limitations of exclusivity; special issues for pharmaceutical<br />
inventions. Prerequisite: LAW A 546.<br />
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LAW E 547 Legal Protection for Computer Software (3) <br />
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LAW E 553 Technology Law and Public Policy (2) <br />
<br />
Survey of the domains of public policies that have been affected by<br />
the information revolution. Examines issues from Internet taxation, to<br />
personal data privacy, information warfare. Discusses the implications<br />
of the new public policies and whether it is feasible for states to<br />
enact different information policies. <br />
<br />
LAW E 554 Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic ([2-4]-, max. 10) <br />
<br />
Clinical training in legislative and public policy advocacy under<br />
supervision of law school faculty. Examines legislative process,<br />
drafting, commentary and advocacy, appellate advocacy, and<br />
professional responsibility concerns. Supervised practice experience<br />
representing public interest with respect to law and<br />
technology. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: LAW E 553, which may<br />
be taken concurrently. <br />
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LAW E 567 Survey of Intellectual Property (4) O'Connor <br />
<br />
Intended for both law students who are only interested in a general<br />
overview of intellectual property and non-law students who are seeding<br />
a certificate in intellectual property law and policy. Designed as an<br />
alternative to Patents, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, and<br />
Copyrights. Offered: W. <br />
<br />
LAW E 575 Telecommunications Law and Policy (2) <br />
<br />
Survey basic policy principles underlying our nation's<br />
telecommunications laws. Focus on administrative and statutory law,<br />
paying special attention to the design and implementation of the<br />
Telecommunications Act of 1996. Addresses the role played by<br />
antitrust, economic regulation and constitutional law (particularly<br />
the First Amendment) in shaping our nation's telecommunications<br />
landscape. <br />
<br />
LAW P 501 Intellectual Property Law Core (8)<br />
<br />
Intensive study of intellectual property law core subjects: patents,<br />
copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks. Examines fundamental<br />
principles their underlying policies, and how the laws<br />
inter-relate. Open to J.D students with permission of instructor. Not<br />
open to students who have taken LAW A 522, Law A 546, or Law E 588.<br />
<br />
LAW P 528 LL.M. Intellectual Property Law Practicum (1-4, max. 6) <br />
<br />
Experience with an approved non-profit organization, judicial or<br />
legislative body, or governmental agency on issues related to<br />
intellectual property law and policy. Students work under the guidance<br />
of experienced practitioners; both student and field supervisor<br />
provide the supervising law faculty member with a final written<br />
evaluation. Credit/no credit only.<br />
<br />
LAW E 589 IP Innovations in Science and Technology (2-, max. 6) Takenaka <br />
<br />
Covers controversial intellectual property law and policy questions<br />
arising from evolving science, technology and e-commerce, and<br />
addresses cutting edge issues from a multidisciplinary<br />
perspective. Examines the current legal regimes and research<br />
environment and explores innovative methods for maximizing the<br />
exploitation of advanced science and technology. Offered: AWSp. <br />
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Political Science<br />
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POL S 410 Technology, Politics, and the State (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Relationships between politics, technological change, and development<br />
of multinational corporations. Considers whether the relations between<br />
political and economic systems of industrial societies have been<br />
fundamentally altered by the increased importance and interdependence<br />
of government, experts, and new technological possibilities for<br />
intervention in social life. Instructor Course Description: David<br />
Watkins<br />
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Joint offerings of Poli Sci & Communication<br />
<br />
POL S 329 Global Communication (5) I&S <br />
COM 322 Global Communication (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Introduction to the history, purpose, channels, content, technologies,<br />
policy, and regulation of international communications systems. Issues<br />
covered include disparities in media development between<br />
post-industrial and developing nations, imbalances in international<br />
news and information flow, and the emergence of global<br />
communications. Offered: jointly with COM 322. Instructor Course<br />
Description: Charles A Giffard Kevin Y. Kawamoto Kirsten A Foot<br />
<br />
POL S 451 Communication Technology and Politics (5) I&S <br />
COM 407 Communication Technology and Politics (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Employs some core concepts of political communication and theories of<br />
democracy to examine the emerging role of information and<br />
communication technologies in candidate and issue campaigning; online<br />
voting; protest and advocacy movements; law-making and electronic<br />
governance in the United States and internationally. Offered: jointly<br />
with COM 407.<br />
<br />
POL S 452 Mass Media and Public Opinion (5) I&S <br />
COM 414 Mass Media and Public Opinion (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Examines the foundations of the idea of public opinion in a democratic<br />
environment and the role of mass communication in the organization,<br />
implementation, and control of that opinion. Considers these<br />
relationships from the perspectives of societal elites, media, and<br />
citizens. Offered: jointly with COM 414. Instructor Course<br />
Description: David S. Domke Patricia Moy<br />
<br />
POL S 306 Media, Society and Political Identity I&S (5) <br />
COM 306 Media, Society and Political Identity (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Explores how society and culture are both represented in and shaped by<br />
communication technologies and media content. Media include film,<br />
advertising, news, entertainment television, talk shows, and the<br />
Internet. Explores how media represent and affect individual identity,<br />
values, and political engagement. Offered: jointly with POL S 306.<br />
<br />
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Communication<br />
<br />
COM 301 Navigating Information Networks for Mass Media (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Builds familiarity with computer-mediated information<br />
networks. Introduces and compares network search engines, agents,<br />
browsing/viewing tools and retrieval/transfer software for use by<br />
reporters and other media workers. Instruction and practice with<br />
searching/acquiring information, its analysis and interpretation,<br />
illustration, and write-up. No prior computer or network experience<br />
assumed. Instructor Course Description: Aaron A. Delwiche<br />
<br />
COM 302 The Cultural Impact of Information Technology (5) I&S/VLPA <br />
<br />
Utilizing approaches from the history of technology, cultural studies,<br />
and literary theory, seeks to analyze the cultural and social impact<br />
of information technology. Considers how information technologies<br />
impact our relationships with others, our concept(s) of self, and the<br />
structure of the communities to which we belong. Offered: jointly with<br />
CHID 370.<br />
<br />
COM 405 New Media Criticism (5) I&S/VLPA <br />
<br />
Examines critically the content of new media forms, contrasting them<br />
with traditional media. Stresses influences of social, economic,<br />
political, and technological forces on content and developing<br />
strategies for critical analysis.<br />
<br />
COM 406 Public Discourse on the Internet (5) I&S/VLPA <br />
<br />
Study of public advocacy and persuasion in internet environments,<br />
including public interest advocacy sites, political campaigns,<br />
advertisements, editorials, and essays. Various critical models<br />
applied to analyze narratives, style, argument structure, and<br />
credibility of internet discourse. Recommended: COM 331, COM 435, or<br />
COM 436.<br />
<br />
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Public Affairs<br />
<br />
PB AF 581 Information Technology and the Policy-Making Process (3) <br />
<br />
Demystifies information base for policy making in<br />
democracies. Examines theoretical and practical issues associated with<br />
information processing in the public sector. Considers role of new<br />
technologies in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information<br />
with special attention to the relationship between these technologies<br />
and effective government service, public participation, and<br />
organizational accountability.<br />
<br />
PB AF 583 Seminar in Science and Public Policy (3)<br />
<br />
Issues and problems relating to the interaction of science and<br />
scientists with the public policy-making process. Science versus the<br />
nature and values of political processes, and the continuing tensions<br />
between the two. The evolving interaction between scientific and<br />
technical knowledge and political power; scientific versus ethical<br />
judgments. Role of science in the establishment of national<br />
goals. Plans and proposals for increasing governmental competence to<br />
deal with public policy issues involving science and technology.<br />
<br />
PB AF 584 Seminar in Science and Public Policy (3) <br />
<br />
Issues and problems relating to the interaction of science and<br />
scientists with the public policy-making process. Science versus the<br />
nature and values of political processes, and the continuing tensions<br />
between the two. The evolving interaction between scientific and<br />
technical knowledge and political power; scientific versus ethical<br />
judgments. Role of science in the establishment of national<br />
goals. Plans and proposals for increasing governmental competence to<br />
deal with public policy issues involving science and technology.<br />
<br />
PB AF 585 Topics in Science, Technology, and Public Policy (3) <br />
<br />
Examines relationship between advancement of technical knowledge and<br />
pace of technological change, and public policies to induce or respond<br />
to these trends. Generic issues of government research, development,<br />
and personnel training programs are addressed. Applications of policy<br />
issues involving biomedical, communications, energy, environmental,<br />
transportation, and weapons technologies.<br />
<br />
PB AF 586 International Science and Technology Policy (3) <br />
<br />
Seminar is designed: first, to analyze the relationships between<br />
research and development policy, capabilities, and national<br />
technological strategies for advanced industrial and less-developed<br />
countries; second, to deal with the international implications of<br />
particular technologies as countries try to make policy for them in<br />
regional and global organizations. Examples of specific technologies<br />
are chosen from such fields as space telecommunication, weather and<br />
climate modification, airline transportation, nuclear energy, and<br />
seabed exploitation.<br />
<br />
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Social Sciences interdisciplinary:<br />
<br />
SOCSCI 202 Genomics, Human Life, and the Future of Society: Social<br />
Science Perspectives (5) I&S/NW Bonadio, Tupper <br />
<br />
Examines the relationship between science and society. Explores<br />
scientific developments over the past 50-years with a particular<br />
emphasis on genetic research and its consequences and asks a<br />
fundamental question about what it means to be human.<br />
<br />
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Informatics/Library/Information Science<br />
<br />
INFO 444 Value-Sensitive Design (5) <br />
<br />
Introduction to value-sensitive design (VSD), information system<br />
design that accounts for human values in a principled and<br />
comprehensive manner. Examination of existing systems from a VSD<br />
perspective. Explores VSD research methods including conceptual,<br />
technical, empirical investigations. Key values include<br />
accountability, autonomy, consent, privacy, property, trust,<br />
sustainability. Prerequisite: CSE 373.<br />
<br />
INSC 540 User-Centered Information System Design (4) <br />
<br />
Seminar in theories and methods for user-centered and system-centered<br />
approaches to information system design. Research and issues in the<br />
design process, development, and evaluation of information<br />
systems. Technical context typically includes one or more of the<br />
following: information retrieval, human-computer interaction, or<br />
computer-supported cooperative work. Prerequisite: permission of<br />
instructor. <br />
<br />
INSC 550 Information Policy (4) <br />
<br />
Doctoral seminar in the foundations of information policy including<br />
intellectual freedom s public/private good, intellectual property,<br />
privacy, and digital convergence, and the reshaping of information<br />
practices and information industries. Prerequisite: Permission of<br />
instructor.<br />
<br />
LIS 550 Information in Social Context (4) <br />
<br />
Concepts, processes, and issues related to the larger social context<br />
within which the life cycle of knowledge is played out. Discussion<br />
topics include intellectual freedom, information as public/private<br />
good, intellectual property, privacy, confidentiality, information<br />
liability, information and telecommunications policy, the economics of<br />
information, and other professional values. Prerequisite: LIS 500,<br />
which may be taken concurrently.<br />
<br />
LIS 551 Intellectual Freedom in Libraries (3) <br />
<br />
Analysis of issues related to intellectual freedom, particularly to<br />
implications for libraries and librarians. Consideration of current<br />
legal climate, conformity versus freedom in modern world, librarian as<br />
censor, social responsibility and individual freedom, intellectual<br />
freedom of children, prospects for future. Credit/no credit only.<br />
<br />
LIS 554 Information Policy: Domestic and Global (5) <br />
<br />
National and international information policy: public and private<br />
sector policy in terms of privacy, access, and exploitation;<br />
technology infrastructures and policies supporting the information<br />
industries; digital convergence and the emerging<br />
mega-industries. Prerequisite: LIS 550 or permission of instructor.<br />
<br />
LIS 558 Reading Seminar in Social Aspects of Information Systems (2) <br />
<br />
Addresses foundational issues in social aspects of information<br />
systems. Introduces students to the intellectual traditions that<br />
underlie fields such as computer ethics, social informatics, and value<br />
sensitive design. Format entails in-depth discussions based on careful<br />
reading of primary source texts selected by seminar<br />
participants. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.<br />
<br />
LIS 559 Special Topics in the Social Context of information (1-4,<br />
max. 18) <br />
<br />
Introduction to innovative and specialized topics in the social<br />
context of information. Course may be offered irregularly and may be<br />
repeated for credit. Prerequisite: LIS 550 and others as determined by<br />
the specific topic covered. Instructor Course Description: Frank Coker<br />
red for school library media specialists. Prerequisite: LIS 580. <br />
<br />
LIS 586 Public Libraries and Advocacy (3) <br />
<br />
Examines the purpose and role of public libraries in an information<br />
society. Includes governance, services, and planning with special<br />
emphasis on advocacy for the library and community.<br />
<br />
IMT 551 Law and Ethics in Information Management (3) <br />
<br />
Select concepts, processes, and issues related to the organizational<br />
contexts within which information professionals practice. Topics<br />
include information as public/private good, intellectual property,<br />
privacy, confidentiality, information liability, and information<br />
policy. Focus on contemporary issues affecting the role of the<br />
information manager.<br />
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History<br />
<br />
HIST 315 History of Technology to 1940 (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Technology since the Middle Ages, in its social and historical<br />
contexts. From the medieval foundations of metal working, its social<br />
consequences and the establishment of a class of engineering<br />
practitioners, to the transformation of American rural life, domestic<br />
technology, and industry before World War II. Instructor Course<br />
Description: Bruce W Hevly<br />
<br />
HSTAA 316 History of American Science (5) I&S <br />
<br />
History of science in the United States, including migration of<br />
European science, development in colonial America, growth of an<br />
American scientific community, and expansion of American science in<br />
the twentieth century. Issues of scientific attitudes to the natural<br />
world, race, ethnicity, and gender are included.</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_UW_courses_on_society_and_technology&diff=7List of UW courses on society and technology2004-08-07T22:31:52Z<p>12.72.252.62: copy from research wiki</p>
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Computer Science and Engineering<br />
<br />
CSE 500 Computers and Society (2)<br />
<br />
Study of impact of computer technology on present and future society,<br />
including political, economic, cultural, social, and moral<br />
issues. Includes guest lecturers and discussion leaders. Each student<br />
is required to complete a term project. Credit/no credit<br />
only. Prerequisite: graduate standing in computer science or<br />
permission of instructor.<br />
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Law<br />
<br />
LAW A 588 Trade Security and Copyright Protection of Intellectual<br />
Property in High Tech Industry (3)<br />
<br />
LAW B 589 Intellectual Property Law Seminar ([1-4]-, max. 4) <br />
<br />
LAW B 543 Intellectual Property Law in East Asia (3) <br />
<br />
LAW E 523 Intellectual Property Law Clinic (3) <br />
<br />
Clinical training in intellectual property law. Prerequisite: LAW A<br />
526, LAW E 547, or LAW A 546. Offered: S.<br />
<br />
LAW E 540 Legal Issues of Internet Law (3) <br />
<br />
Introduces the basic legal issues raised by networked digital<br />
technologies, such as the Internet. Covers jurisdiction, speech,<br />
privacy/access, propriety rights (copyrights, domain names), emerging<br />
law, leading policy debates, as well as fundamental Internet technical<br />
skills. Offered: S. <br />
<br />
LAW E 541 Electronic Commerce and Information Technology (3) <br />
<br />
Introduction to legal and policy issues raised by electronic commerce<br />
and other emerging information technologies. Topics vary and may<br />
include intellectual property and contract issues raised by<br />
establishing an online commercial presence, rights and obligations of<br />
users of network services including constitutional rights, information<br />
privacy, electronic contracts, electronic payments, etc. <br />
<br />
LAW E 543 Crime, Privacy, and Accountability on the Internet (2) <br />
<br />
An exploration of criminal activity on the Internet and issues that<br />
arise in investigating it. Examines the tension between privacy rights<br />
and the need for accountability. Includes substantive criminal<br />
statutes, constitutional rights and procedural laws that implement<br />
privacy and protections, and the practicalities of Internet crime<br />
investigations. <br />
<br />
LAW E 544 Privacy Law (2) <br />
<br />
Examines the legal doctrines of privacy and confidentiality used to<br />
protect personal information. Aims to understand how courts and<br />
legislatures seek to protect information as new technologies and<br />
institutional practices emerge. Studies scope and implications of<br />
federal statues that attempt to establish fair information practices<br />
with respect to electronic personal information. <br />
<br />
LAW E 545 Comparative Patent Law ([1-3]-, max. 3) <br />
<br />
Examines major differences and similarities between patent laws of<br />
United States, Japan and European countries; comparisons of patent<br />
prosecution in patent offices; first-to-file vs. first-to-invent<br />
principles; patent eligibility of nonobviousness (inventive step)<br />
requirements; claim interpretation/doctrine of equivalents;<br />
scope/limitations of exclusivity; special issues for pharmaceutical<br />
inventions. Prerequisite: LAW A 546.<br />
<br />
LAW E 547 Legal Protection for Computer Software (3) <br />
<br />
LAW E 553 Technology Law and Public Policy (2) <br />
<br />
Survey of the domains of public policies that have been affected by<br />
the information revolution. Examines issues from Internet taxation, to<br />
personal data privacy, information warfare. Discusses the implications<br />
of the new public policies and whether it is feasible for states to<br />
enact different information policies. <br />
<br />
LAW E 554 Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic ([2-4]-, max. 10) <br />
<br />
Clinical training in legislative and public policy advocacy under<br />
supervision of law school faculty. Examines legislative process,<br />
drafting, commentary and advocacy, appellate advocacy, and<br />
professional responsibility concerns. Supervised practice experience<br />
representing public interest with respect to law and<br />
technology. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: LAW E 553, which may<br />
be taken concurrently. <br />
<br />
LAW E 567 Survey of Intellectual Property (4) O'Connor <br />
<br />
Intended for both law students who are only interested in a general<br />
overview of intellectual property and non-law students who are seeding<br />
a certificate in intellectual property law and policy. Designed as an<br />
alternative to Patents, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, and<br />
Copyrights. Offered: W. <br />
<br />
LAW E 575 Telecommunications Law and Policy (2) <br />
<br />
Survey basic policy principles underlying our nation's<br />
telecommunications laws. Focus on administrative and statutory law,<br />
paying special attention to the design and implementation of the<br />
Telecommunications Act of 1996. Addresses the role played by<br />
antitrust, economic regulation and constitutional law (particularly<br />
the First Amendment) in shaping our nation's telecommunications<br />
landscape. <br />
<br />
LAW P 501 Intellectual Property Law Core (8)<br />
<br />
Intensive study of intellectual property law core subjects: patents,<br />
copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks. Examines fundamental<br />
principles their underlying policies, and how the laws<br />
inter-relate. Open to J.D students with permission of instructor. Not<br />
open to students who have taken LAW A 522, Law A 546, or Law E 588.<br />
<br />
LAW P 528 LL.M. Intellectual Property Law Practicum (1-4, max. 6) <br />
<br />
Experience with an approved non-profit organization, judicial or<br />
legislative body, or governmental agency on issues related to<br />
intellectual property law and policy. Students work under the guidance<br />
of experienced practitioners; both student and field supervisor<br />
provide the supervising law faculty member with a final written<br />
evaluation. Credit/no credit only.<br />
<br />
LAW E 589 IP Innovations in Science and Technology (2-, max. 6) Takenaka <br />
<br />
Covers controversial intellectual property law and policy questions<br />
arising from evolving science, technology and e-commerce, and<br />
addresses cutting edge issues from a multidisciplinary<br />
perspective. Examines the current legal regimes and research<br />
environment and explores innovative methods for maximizing the<br />
exploitation of advanced science and technology. Offered: AWSp. <br />
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Political Science<br />
<br />
POL S 410 Technology, Politics, and the State (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Relationships between politics, technological change, and development<br />
of multinational corporations. Considers whether the relations between<br />
political and economic systems of industrial societies have been<br />
fundamentally altered by the increased importance and interdependence<br />
of government, experts, and new technological possibilities for<br />
intervention in social life. Instructor Course Description: David<br />
Watkins<br />
<br />
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Joint offerings of Poli Sci & Communication<br />
<br />
POL S 329 Global Communication (5) I&S <br />
COM 322 Global Communication (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Introduction to the history, purpose, channels, content, technologies,<br />
policy, and regulation of international communications systems. Issues<br />
covered include disparities in media development between<br />
post-industrial and developing nations, imbalances in international<br />
news and information flow, and the emergence of global<br />
communications. Offered: jointly with COM 322. Instructor Course<br />
Description: Charles A Giffard Kevin Y. Kawamoto Kirsten A Foot<br />
<br />
POL S 451 Communication Technology and Politics (5) I&S <br />
COM 407 Communication Technology and Politics (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Employs some core concepts of political communication and theories of<br />
democracy to examine the emerging role of information and<br />
communication technologies in candidate and issue campaigning; online<br />
voting; protest and advocacy movements; law-making and electronic<br />
governance in the United States and internationally. Offered: jointly<br />
with COM 407.<br />
<br />
POL S 452 Mass Media and Public Opinion (5) I&S <br />
COM 414 Mass Media and Public Opinion (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Examines the foundations of the idea of public opinion in a democratic<br />
environment and the role of mass communication in the organization,<br />
implementation, and control of that opinion. Considers these<br />
relationships from the perspectives of societal elites, media, and<br />
citizens. Offered: jointly with COM 414. Instructor Course<br />
Description: David S. Domke Patricia Moy<br />
<br />
POL S 306 Media, Society and Political Identity I&S (5) <br />
COM 306 Media, Society and Political Identity (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Explores how society and culture are both represented in and shaped by<br />
communication technologies and media content. Media include film,<br />
advertising, news, entertainment television, talk shows, and the<br />
Internet. Explores how media represent and affect individual identity,<br />
values, and political engagement. Offered: jointly with POL S 306.<br />
<br />
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Communication<br />
<br />
COM 301 Navigating Information Networks for Mass Media (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Builds familiarity with computer-mediated information<br />
networks. Introduces and compares network search engines, agents,<br />
browsing/viewing tools and retrieval/transfer software for use by<br />
reporters and other media workers. Instruction and practice with<br />
searching/acquiring information, its analysis and interpretation,<br />
illustration, and write-up. No prior computer or network experience<br />
assumed. Instructor Course Description: Aaron A. Delwiche<br />
<br />
COM 302 The Cultural Impact of Information Technology (5) I&S/VLPA <br />
<br />
Utilizing approaches from the history of technology, cultural studies,<br />
and literary theory, seeks to analyze the cultural and social impact<br />
of information technology. Considers how information technologies<br />
impact our relationships with others, our concept(s) of self, and the<br />
structure of the communities to which we belong. Offered: jointly with<br />
CHID 370.<br />
<br />
COM 405 New Media Criticism (5) I&S/VLPA <br />
<br />
Examines critically the content of new media forms, contrasting them<br />
with traditional media. Stresses influences of social, economic,<br />
political, and technological forces on content and developing<br />
strategies for critical analysis.<br />
<br />
COM 406 Public Discourse on the Internet (5) I&S/VLPA <br />
<br />
Study of public advocacy and persuasion in internet environments,<br />
including public interest advocacy sites, political campaigns,<br />
advertisements, editorials, and essays. Various critical models<br />
applied to analyze narratives, style, argument structure, and<br />
credibility of internet discourse. Recommended: COM 331, COM 435, or<br />
COM 436.<br />
<br />
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Public Affairs<br />
<br />
PB AF 581 Information Technology and the Policy-Making Process (3) <br />
<br />
Demystifies information base for policy making in<br />
democracies. Examines theoretical and practical issues associated with<br />
information processing in the public sector. Considers role of new<br />
technologies in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information<br />
with special attention to the relationship between these technologies<br />
and effective government service, public participation, and<br />
organizational accountability.<br />
<br />
PB AF 583 Seminar in Science and Public Policy (3)<br />
<br />
Issues and problems relating to the interaction of science and<br />
scientists with the public policy-making process. Science versus the<br />
nature and values of political processes, and the continuing tensions<br />
between the two. The evolving interaction between scientific and<br />
technical knowledge and political power; scientific versus ethical<br />
judgments. Role of science in the establishment of national<br />
goals. Plans and proposals for increasing governmental competence to<br />
deal with public policy issues involving science and technology.<br />
<br />
PB AF 584 Seminar in Science and Public Policy (3) <br />
<br />
Issues and problems relating to the interaction of science and<br />
scientists with the public policy-making process. Science versus the<br />
nature and values of political processes, and the continuing tensions<br />
between the two. The evolving interaction between scientific and<br />
technical knowledge and political power; scientific versus ethical<br />
judgments. Role of science in the establishment of national<br />
goals. Plans and proposals for increasing governmental competence to<br />
deal with public policy issues involving science and technology.<br />
<br />
PB AF 585 Topics in Science, Technology, and Public Policy (3) <br />
<br />
Examines relationship between advancement of technical knowledge and<br />
pace of technological change, and public policies to induce or respond<br />
to these trends. Generic issues of government research, development,<br />
and personnel training programs are addressed. Applications of policy<br />
issues involving biomedical, communications, energy, environmental,<br />
transportation, and weapons technologies.<br />
<br />
PB AF 586 International Science and Technology Policy (3) <br />
<br />
Seminar is designed: first, to analyze the relationships between<br />
research and development policy, capabilities, and national<br />
technological strategies for advanced industrial and less-developed<br />
countries; second, to deal with the international implications of<br />
particular technologies as countries try to make policy for them in<br />
regional and global organizations. Examples of specific technologies<br />
are chosen from such fields as space telecommunication, weather and<br />
climate modification, airline transportation, nuclear energy, and<br />
seabed exploitation.<br />
<br />
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Social Sciences interdisciplinary:<br />
<br />
SOCSCI 202 Genomics, Human Life, and the Future of Society: Social<br />
Science Perspectives (5) I&S/NW Bonadio, Tupper <br />
<br />
Examines the relationship between science and society. Explores<br />
scientific developments over the past 50-years with a particular<br />
emphasis on genetic research and its consequences and asks a<br />
fundamental question about what it means to be human.<br />
<br />
----------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
Informatics/Library/Information Science<br />
<br />
INFO 444 Value-Sensitive Design (5) <br />
<br />
Introduction to value-sensitive design (VSD), information system<br />
design that accounts for human values in a principled and<br />
comprehensive manner. Examination of existing systems from a VSD<br />
perspective. Explores VSD research methods including conceptual,<br />
technical, empirical investigations. Key values include<br />
accountability, autonomy, consent, privacy, property, trust,<br />
sustainability. Prerequisite: CSE 373.<br />
<br />
INSC 540 User-Centered Information System Design (4) <br />
<br />
Seminar in theories and methods for user-centered and system-centered<br />
approaches to information system design. Research and issues in the<br />
design process, development, and evaluation of information<br />
systems. Technical context typically includes one or more of the<br />
following: information retrieval, human-computer interaction, or<br />
computer-supported cooperative work. Prerequisite: permission of<br />
instructor. <br />
<br />
INSC 550 Information Policy (4) <br />
<br />
Doctoral seminar in the foundations of information policy including<br />
intellectual freedom s public/private good, intellectual property,<br />
privacy, and digital convergence, and the reshaping of information<br />
practices and information industries. Prerequisite: Permission of<br />
instructor.<br />
<br />
LIS 550 Information in Social Context (4) <br />
<br />
Concepts, processes, and issues related to the larger social context<br />
within which the life cycle of knowledge is played out. Discussion<br />
topics include intellectual freedom, information as public/private<br />
good, intellectual property, privacy, confidentiality, information<br />
liability, information and telecommunications policy, the economics of<br />
information, and other professional values. Prerequisite: LIS 500,<br />
which may be taken concurrently.<br />
<br />
LIS 551 Intellectual Freedom in Libraries (3) <br />
<br />
Analysis of issues related to intellectual freedom, particularly to<br />
implications for libraries and librarians. Consideration of current<br />
legal climate, conformity versus freedom in modern world, librarian as<br />
censor, social responsibility and individual freedom, intellectual<br />
freedom of children, prospects for future. Credit/no credit only.<br />
<br />
LIS 554 Information Policy: Domestic and Global (5) <br />
<br />
National and international information policy: public and private<br />
sector policy in terms of privacy, access, and exploitation;<br />
technology infrastructures and policies supporting the information<br />
industries; digital convergence and the emerging<br />
mega-industries. Prerequisite: LIS 550 or permission of instructor.<br />
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LIS 558 Reading Seminar in Social Aspects of Information Systems (2) <br />
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Addresses foundational issues in social aspects of information<br />
systems. Introduces students to the intellectual traditions that<br />
underlie fields such as computer ethics, social informatics, and value<br />
sensitive design. Format entails in-depth discussions based on careful<br />
reading of primary source texts selected by seminar<br />
participants. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.<br />
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LIS 559 Special Topics in the Social Context of information (1-4,<br />
max. 18) <br />
<br />
Introduction to innovative and specialized topics in the social<br />
context of information. Course may be offered irregularly and may be<br />
repeated for credit. Prerequisite: LIS 550 and others as determined by<br />
the specific topic covered. Instructor Course Description: Frank Coker<br />
red for school library media specialists. Prerequisite: LIS 580. <br />
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LIS 586 Public Libraries and Advocacy (3) <br />
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Examines the purpose and role of public libraries in an information<br />
society. Includes governance, services, and planning with special<br />
emphasis on advocacy for the library and community.<br />
<br />
IMT 551 Law and Ethics in Information Management (3) <br />
<br />
Select concepts, processes, and issues related to the organizational<br />
contexts within which information professionals practice. Topics<br />
include information as public/private good, intellectual property,<br />
privacy, confidentiality, information liability, and information<br />
policy. Focus on contemporary issues affecting the role of the<br />
information manager.<br />
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History<br />
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HIST 315 History of Technology to 1940 (5) I&S <br />
<br />
Technology since the Middle Ages, in its social and historical<br />
contexts. From the medieval foundations of metal working, its social<br />
consequences and the establishment of a class of engineering<br />
practitioners, to the transformation of American rural life, domestic<br />
technology, and industry before World War II. Instructor Course<br />
Description: Bruce W Hevly<br />
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HSTAA 316 History of American Science (5) I&S <br />
<br />
History of science in the United States, including migration of<br />
European science, development in colonial America, growth of an<br />
American scientific community, and expansion of American science in<br />
the twentieth century. Issues of scientific attitudes to the natural<br />
world, race, ethnicity, and gender are included.</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Society_and_technology&diff=8Society and technology2004-08-07T22:30:24Z<p>12.72.252.62: copy over from research wiki</p>
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<div>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, both in CSE and the UW.<br />
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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].<br />
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Given that we're trying (among other things) to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration, a CSE NetID protected server is probably not the right place for the soctech wiki in the long run. I'm looking into getting a more publicly accessible space. In the meantime we can use this space for notes. ~keunwoo<br />
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*[[soctech:Topics]]<br />
*[[soctech:Articles]]<br />
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==Meeting notes==<br />
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-21]]<br />
*[[soctech:Meeting of 2004-07-22]]<br />
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==Relevant courses==<br />
*[[List of UW courses on society and technology]]<br />
*[http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/02/0603/3b.shtml Princeton Wireless course]<br />
*[http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall03/cs109/ Princeton course by Brian Kernighan] on "Computers in our world"<br />
*[http://swig.stanford.edu/pub/courses/Digital_Dilemmas/ Stanford course: "Digital Dilemmas"]<br />
*[http://www.kelty.org/or/classes/anth315.02.pdf Syllabus of Rice's Anthropology 315 course (PDF)]<br />
*[http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/ Yale course list]; includes some courses on society and technology<br />
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==Resources==<br />
*[http://www.tacticaltech.org/ngoinabox NGO in a box]: bundled open-source software for running NGOs<br />
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==Research centers==<br />
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/ Berkman Center @ Harvard Law]<br />
*[http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ Yale Information Society Project]<br />
*[http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/is83/ycis/goals/ Yale Center for Internet Studies]</div>12.72.252.62http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=66Main Page2004-08-07T22:12:23Z<p>12.72.252.62: /* Topics */</p>
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<div>This is a public-access wiki at the '''[http://www.cs.washington.edu/ University of Washington Department of Computer Science]'''.<br />
<br />
This wiki serves the UW-CSE community, but may be edited by any site visitor (follow the ''edit'' link at the top of this page).<br />
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==Topics==<br />
* [[Society and technology]]<br />
* [[Seattle life]]<br />
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==Help==<br />
Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]<br />
and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.<br />
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This wiki is currently administered by [http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/ Keunwoo Lee]; contact him if you have problems.<br />
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==Other wikis at UW-CSE==<br />
Most of these wikis are restricted to users with active CSE NetIDs.<br />
*[http://dada.cs.washington.edu/mediawiki/ CSE Research Wiki]<br />
*[http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/wiki/ CSE Education Wiki]<br />
*[http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/ptwiki/bin/view/Ubicomp/WebHome UbiComp TWiki on abstract]<br />
*[http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/twiki/bin/view/Gradguide/WebHome Gradguide TWiki on abstract]<br />
*[http://www2.cs.washington.edu/htbin-post/education/cse590et/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebChanges EdTech TWiki on www2]<br />
*[http://trondheim.cs.washington.edu/cgi-bin/agile/BaseQuicki/wiki.cgi?WelcomeVisitors Agile development wiki on trondheim]<br />
*[http://www2.cs.washington.edu/htbin-post/education/cse590dw/BaseQuicki/wiki.cgi CSE 590dw wiki] (see [http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse590dw/CurrentQtr/ current quarter page] for username/password)<br />
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==Legal==<br />
The content of these pages may be edited by any web site visitor. Nothing on these pages is endorsed by the State of Washington, the University of Washington, the Department of Computer Science, or anybody besides the person who posted it, and maybe not even by that person. Caveat lector.</div>12.72.252.62