Computer Science 1401, Fall '17
Course Diary
Copyright 2017 by H.T. Wareham
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Week 1,
Week 2,
Week 3,
Week 4,
(In-class Exam #1 Notes),
Week 5,
Week 6,
Week 7,
Week 8,
Week 9,
Week 10,
(In-class Exam #2 Notes),
Week 11,
Week 12,
(end of diary)
Tuesday, September 12 (Lecture #1)
[Class Notes]
- Went over course outline.
- Computing and Hollywood v1.0 (Slides)
- Presented Viewing: Westworld (1973) (CI1)
[88 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Crichton, M. (2017)
- Telotte (1995)
- Utterson (2011), Chapter 7: "To See Ourselves as Androids
See Us: The Pixel Perspective of Westworld (1973)"
- Suggested Reading (Online News):
Tuesday, September 19 (Lecture #2)
[Class Notes]
- Inside the Dream Machine (Slides)
[See also COMP 1400 (Winter 2017), Lectures #1-18 (Course diary)]
- Presented Viewing: Tron (1982) (CI2)
[96 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Youtube):
- Suggested Viewing (Documentaries):
- American Experience: Silicon Valley (2013)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- Hidden Figures (2016)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Brooks Jr (1995)
- Campbell-Kelly et al (2014)
- Gries (2005)
- Holt (2017)
- Shetterly (2016)
- Williams (1997)
- Suggested Reading (Online News):
Tuesday, September 26 (Lecture #3)
[Class Notes]
- Computing and the Workplace (Slides)
- Presented Viewing: Desk Set (1957) (CS1)
[103 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Youtube):
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- Suggested Viewing (TV):
- Humans (2015-)
[IMDB]
- Real Humans (2012)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Brynjolfsson and McAfee (2014)
- Colatrella (2001)
- Ensmenger (2010), Chapter 6: "The Cosa Nostra of the Data Processing Industry"
- Ford (2015)
- Freeman (2002)
- Malone (2002)
- Markoff (2015)
- McCorduck (2004)
- Moshiri and Simpson (2011)
- Powell and Snellman (2004)
- Utterson (2011), Chapter 1: "IBM and the Electronic Brain of
Desk Set (1957)"
- Vonnegut Jr., K. (1952)
- Suggested Reading (Online News):
- Links of interest:
Tuesday, October 3 (Lecture #4)
[Class Notes]
- Computing and the Military (Slides)
- Presented Viewing: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) (CI3)
[100 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Documentaries):
- NOVA: Cyberwar Threat (TV) (2015)
[IMDB]
- Zerodays (2016)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
[IMDB]
- Eye in the Sky (2015)
[IMDB]
- Fail Safe (1964)
[IMDB]
- Good Kill (2014)
[IMDB]
- Short Circuit (1986)
[IMDB]
- Stealth (2005)
[IMDB]
- The Terminator (1984)
[IMDB]
- Terminator II: Judgment Day (1991)
[IMDB]
- WarGames (1983)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Harris (2014)
- Jacobsen (2015), Chapter 24: "Drone Wars"
- Kaplan (2016)
- Lucas (2011)
- Zetter (2016)
- Suggested Reading (Online News):
Thursday, October 5
Tuesday, October 10
- Midterm break; no lecture
Thursday, October 12 (Lecture #5)
[Class Notes]
- Computing and Medicine (Slides)
- Presented Viewing: The Terminal Man (1974) (CS2)
[107 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Youtube):
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- Lawnmower Man (1992)
[IMDB]
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
[IMDB]
- Robot and Frank (2012)
[IMDB]
- The Stepford Wives (2003)
[IMDB]
- Transcendence (2014)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Jacobsen (2015), Chapter 25: "Brain Wars"
- Marks, Shaw, and Perkin (1998)
- Suggested Reading (Online News):
- Links of interest:
Tuesday, October 17 (Lecture #6)
[Class Notes]
- In-class Exam #1
- The Personal Computer Revolution (Slides)
[See also COMP 1400 (Winter 2017), Lectures #15-18 (Course diary)]
- Presented Viewing: Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) (CP1)
[95 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Youtube):
- Suggested Viewing (Documentaries):
- Triumph of the Nerds (1996)
[IMDB]
- Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (2012)
[IMDB]
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- Electric Dreams (1984)
[IMDB]
- WarGames (1983)
[IMDB]
- Jobs (2013)
[IMDB]
- Steve Jobs (2015)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (TV):
- Halt and Catch Fire (2014-)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Cringely (1996)
- Freiburger and Swaine (2000)
- Markoff (2005)
Tuesday, October 24 (Lecture #7)
[Class Notes]
- Handed back / went over In-class Exam #1
- Computing and Privacy (Slides)
[See also COMP 1400 (Winter 2017), Lectures #23-24 (Course diary)]
- Presented Viewing: The Net (1995) (CS3)
[114 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Vimeo)
- Suggested Viewing (Documentaries):
- Citizenfour (2014)
[IMDB]
- Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet (1998)
[IMDB]
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (2013)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- Sneakers (1992)
[IMDB]
- Enemy of the State (1998)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (TV):
- The Last Enemy (2008)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Colatrella (2001)
- Grollmann (2010)
- Kaplan (2016)
- Segaller (1999)
- Levy (2001)
- Wash (2010)
- Suggested Reading (Online News):
- Links of interest:
Tuesday, October 31 (Lecture #8)
[Class Notes]
- The Hacker Mystique (Slides)
- Presented Viewing: Hackers (1995) (CP2)
[107 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Documentaries):
- NOVA: Rise of the Hackers (TV) (2013)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- Blackhat (2015)
[IMDB]
- Sneakers (1992)
[IMDB]
- The Imitation Game (2014)
[IMDB]
- WarGames (1983)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (TV):
- The IT Crowd (2006-2013)
[IMDB]
- Mr. Robot (2015-)
[IMDB]
- Silicon Valley (2014-)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Beyer (2009)
- Colatrella (2001)
- Jordan and Taylor (1998)
- Levy (2010)
- Ullman (1997, 2017)
- Suggested Reading (Online News):
Tuesday, November 7 (Lecture #9)
[Class Notes]
- The Business of Computing (Slides)
[See also COMP 1400 (Winter 2017), Lectures #5-22 (Course diary)]
- Presented Viewing: The Social Network (2010) (CP3)
[120 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Documentaries):
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- Office Space (1999)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (TV):
- The IT Crowd (2006-2013)
[IMDB]
- Mr. Robot (2015-)
[IMDB]
- Silicon Valley (2014-)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Campbell-Kelly (2003)
- Campbell-Kelly et al (2014)
- Cringely (1996)
- Freiburger and Swaine (2000)
- Mezrich (2009)
- Raymond (1999)
- Ullman (1997, 2017)
- Vargas (2010)
- Suggested Reading (Online News):
Tuesday, November 14
Tuesday, November 14 (Lecture #10)
[Class Notes]
- The Wired World (Slides)
[See also COMP 1400 (Winter 2017), Lecture #22 (Course diary)]
- Presented Viewing: Men, Women, and Children (2014) (CS4)
[119 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Documentaries):
- Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- Surrogates (2009)
[IMDB]
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
[IMDB]
- Pulse (2001)
[IMDB]
- The Matrix (1999)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Baym and boyd (2012)
- boyd (2014)
- Ito et al (2010)
- Rheingold (2000, 2012)
- Shea (1994)
- Turkle (1984, 1997, 2011, 2015)
- Zuckerberg (2013)
- Suggested Reading (Online News):
- Links of interest:
Tuesday, November 21 (Lecture #11)
[Class Notes]
- Artificial Intelligence (Slides)
[See also COMP 1400 (Winter 2017), Lecture #25 (Course diary)]
- Presented Viewing: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) (CI4)
[146 minutes / IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (Youtube):
- Suggested Viewing (Movies):
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
[IMDB]
- Bicentennial Man (1999)
[IMDB]
- Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
[IMDB]
- D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
[IMDB]
- Demon Seed (1977)
[IMDB]
- Electric Dreams (1984)
[IMDB]
- Ex Machina (2015)
[IMDB]
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
[IMDB]
- Her (2013)
[IMDB]
- I, Robot (2004)
[IMDB]
- Short Circuit (1986)
[IMDB]
- Silent Running (1972)
[IMDB]
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
[IMDB]
- Stealth (2005)
[IMDB]
- The Matrix (1998)
[IMDB]
- The Stepford Wives (1975)
[IMDB]
- The Terminator (1984)
[IMDB]
- Terminator II: Judgment Day (1991)
[IMDB]
- WALL-E (2008)
[IMDB]
- WarGames (1983)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Viewing (TV):
- Futurama (1999-2013)
[IMDB]
- Humans (2015-)
[IMDB]
- Real Humans (2012)
[IMDB]
- Westworld (2016)
[IMDB]
- Suggested Reading (Articles / Books):
- Epstein (2007)
- Markoff (2015)
- McCorduck (2004)
- Turkle (1984, 2007, 2011)
- Utterson (2011), Chapter 5: "'I'm Sorry Dave, I'm Afraid I Can't Do
That': Artificial Intelligence in 2001: A Space Odyssey
(1968)"
- Suggested Reading (Online News):
- Links of interest:
Tuesday, November 28 (Lecture #12)
[Class Notes]
- In-class Exam #2 (Slides)
- People's Choice Viewing: The Matrix (1999)
[136 minutes / IMDB]
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Created: August 28, 2017
Last Modified: November 24, 2017
