| Sample
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| The final
presentation must be on a topic that concerns professionalism and computer |
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| ethics,
with a minimum of 10 minutes and the very maximum length of 13 minutes, |
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| with five
additional minutes for answering questions. |
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| Evaluation
will be based on the quality of the presentation, the quality of your
responses |
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| to questions
from the class, and observing the time limit. |
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| See the
assessment form: http://www-courses.cs.uiuc.edu/~cs210/assessment.htm |
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| If you do
not use overheads/PowerPoint, prepare attractive handouts. |
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| Possible
topics. Email yours so you don't lose out to someone else-- |
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| only one(1)
talk on a particular subject per section. Your choice doesn't |
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| Stolen
or Lost Laptops and Data Security |
University Sites and Personal
Data Accidents |
All about detonating a
"logic bomb" |
Google Patent Search |
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| MediaHedge |
MS Vista |
Cybersquatters / Typosquatters |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
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| Ownership
of items and crimes in online games |
GPS uses and misuses |
YouTube |
Google Code Search |
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| Software
Patents |
Microsoft and Security Issues |
Ethics of Online Paperwork |
Planned Obsolescence |
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| Patriot
Act and Libraries |
Microsoft and GPL and Licensing |
Role of
Computer Game Designers |
Spam |
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| Fan Art |
Remixing |
Wikipedia |
Podcasting |
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| Robot
Rights |
Business policy about
proprietary information such as reusing code and ideas |
Public information about sex
offenders |
Mind Uploading-The transfer of
human consciousness into machine |
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| DRM -
Legality of Software and DVD backups |
Blogging |
Ethics of Online Voting |
Cybercafes |
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| Software
Reverse Engineering |
Audio file formats. All the
confusion about wma, iPod, Audible books, etc. |
Peer-to-Peer
Networks |
Recycling computers |
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| Computers
and Gambling |
RFIDs |
National Ids |
Biometrics |
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| Google's
Gmail |
Creative Commons and alternative
copyright |
Funding of
a Web Service--Ethical Issues |
Censorship in China |
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| Computer
professionals in a time of high tech warfare |
Cryptography |
Corporate computer policy |
Grand Theft Auto "Hot
Coffee" |
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| CyberWarfare |
Fair Use
and Mod Chips |
Injecting
nanotechnology chips into people |
Real ID |
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| Computer
viruses |
Wiring cities for WiFi |
Online Dating |
Net Neutrality |
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| Digital
Divide |
Internet Witch Hunting |
Game Software Piracy |
Ownership of Items in Online
Games |
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| Public
release of hacking info/tools |
Clean Slate Internet |
Sonny Bono
Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) |
Targeted Advertising |
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| Infowar |
PATRIOT act and computing |
Search Engine Censoring |
Ethics and the Human-Computer
Interface (HCI) |
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| Anti-piracy
systems, disassembling, debugging |
Ethics of Tech Support |
Online Music Stores |
Identity Theft and Identity Loss |
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| system
administrator liability |
Old-time hackers vs. today's
online crime |
Handicapped accessibility |
HDTV DRM |
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| Open
Source |
Outsourcing |
DDoS Attacks (Distributed Denial
of Service |
Transplants and Nanotechnology |
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| International
Business Etiquette |
Sex in Computer Games, including
the GTA controversy |
Violence in Computer Games |
Steganography |
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| Wardriving |
Unisys and .gif files |
DVD X Copy - backup software |
Soldiers' blogs and email |
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