Computer Science 1400:
Computing in the 20th Century and Beyond
(Winter 2015)
http://www.cs.mun.ca/~harold/Courses/COMP1400/
Lecture Outline (Tentative)
- How We Got Here: Computing in the Past (6 weeks)
(In the Beginning (pre-1940); The First Computers
(1940-1955); The Rise of the Machines (1955-1970);
The Personal Computer Revolution (1970-1990);
The Wired Society (1990-now))
- Where We Are: Computing Now (4 weeks)
(An examination of selected issues in current computing,
e.g., life online, big data and privacy,
robots and artificial intelligence)
- Where We're Going: Computing in the Future (1 week)
The lectures and displays (and all material) delivered or provided in this course by the instructor,
including any
visual or audio recording thereof, are subject to copyright
owned by the instructor. It is prohibited to record or copy by any means, in any format,
openly or surreptitiously, in whole or in part, in the absence of express written permission from
the instructor any of the lectures or materials provided or published in any form during or from
the course.
Evaluation Scheme
| In-class Exams (4) |
100% |
Friday, January 23
Friday, February 13
Wednesday, March 11
Monday, March 30 |
- There will be no supplementary exams. Marks for missed in-class exams (with appropriate
documentation) will be averaged over the remaining exams at the instructor's discretion.
Textbook
- Campbell-Kelly, M, Aspray, W., and Ensmenger, N. (2013) Computer:
A History of the Information Machine (3rd Edition). Westview Press.
Recommended Readings (Selected)
- Beyer, K. (2009) Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information
Age. The MIT Press.
- boyd, d. (2014) It's Complicated: the social lives of
networked teens. Yale University Press.
- Ceruzzi, P.E. (2012) Computing: A Concise History. The MIT Press.
- Freiberger, P. and Swaine, M. (2000) Fire in the Valley: The Making
of the Personal Computer (Collectors Edition). McGraw-Hill.
- Ito, M. et al (2010) Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out:
Kids Living and Learning with New Media. The MIT Press.
- Lanier, J. (2010) You are not a Gadget: A Manifesto. Knopf.
- Lanier, J. (2013) Who Owns the Future?. Simon & Schuster.
- Morozov, E. (2011) The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet
Freedom. PublicAffairs.
- Rheingold, H. (1985) Tools for Thought: The History and Future of
Mind-expanding Technology. The MIT Press.
- Rheingold, H. (2000) The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the
Digital Frontier (Revised Edition). The MIT Press.
- Rheingold, H. (2012) Net Smart: How to Thrive Online. The MIT Press.
- Segaller, S. (1998) Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet.
TV Books.
- Shea, V. (1994) Netiquette. Albion Books: San Francisco, CA.
- Turkle, S. (1984) The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit.
The MIT Press.
- Turkle, S. (1997) Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the
Internet. Simon & Schuster.
- Turkle, S. (2011) Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and
Less from Each Other. Basic Books.
- Williams, M.R. (1997) A History of Computing Technology (2nd Edition). IEEE Press:
Los Alamitos, CA.
- Zuckerberg, R. (2013) Dot.Complicated: Untangling our Wired Lives.
Harperone.
Created: November 20, 2014
Last Modified: January 5, 2015