CSIT285L

Are you registered? You can still register to vote as long as you do so by October 26.

Check your registration status here.

Don’t want to drive anywhere? Apply to vote by mail – it’s super easy and you have until October 29 to say you want a mail-in ballot. You can even email your application.

Here’s a link to all the early voting locations around Boston. You can vote as early as October 19.

In addition to voting for big offices like president, you’ll also be able to vote on important ballot questions regarding education, unionization, psychedelics, and more.

BIPOC and/or identify as female in computing? Professor Haehn and I are looking for undergraduate research collaborators and want to talk to you! The aim is for our group to create a research project*, apply for funding to publish it, and travel (expenses paid) to present it at a computing ethics conference in Illinois in early June 2025. Please email asap with this information if interested as the first deadline is approaching in mid-October.

*The topic is not defined yet! That’s where you come in. 😊

If your class meets on T/Th, you can safely disregard this message.

If your class meets on Friday:

Check your Canvas inbox for a link to the video you need to watch instead of coming to class this Friday. I’ll keep an eye out for your Day 7 homework submissions on Canvas by class time. See you October 4!

As mentioned on our syllabus and class calendar, we won’t meet for class on 9/26. Be sure to do your Day 8 homework, and submit and print it by class time on Tuesday, October 1. Friday class, your lecture video will be sent to you, and Day 7 homework is due as usual by 9/27 at 1pm.

Date & Time: Monday, 9/23 from 12:00-1:00 PM (EST)

Registration Link: https://umassboston.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nXHW0k6QS9ecdk6j8Yr2pA

Oracle Panelists: Chauncey Robinson, Mayank Shekhar, Gaurav Tiwari, Tanisha Garg

Moderator: Dr. Amanda Potasznik

Assistant: Chengjie Zheng, Velina Batchvarov

Webinar ID: 968 0767 2484

Hello! If like me you tried to join the AI Ethics talk this morning at 11:00am, you probably got an error message. Zoom and PEAAII had some tech difficulties. They assure me things will be ready at 11:30am. The new link is: https://umassboston.zoom.us/s/93786158722

I originally told you that any late submissions for homework or write-ups needed to be accompanied by an explanatory notification email so I would be aware to check Canvas for you. I found a way for Canvas to notify me automatically, so I no longer need this courtesy from you. If you have something that you think I need to know, such as extenuating circumstance, you can still email me (with section number/time). I will update the relevant website pages as soon as I can.

You can still let me know if you’re going to be late or not attend class as a courtesy so I don’t put you in a discussion group or call your name for homework checks.

Cheers,

AP

The first week of classes is in the books!

About homework grades…

I do my best to update homework discussion grades in Canvas within 24 hours of the discussion itself. This timeline does not apply at the beginning of the semester, when the flux of the add/drop period precludes me from having accurate enrollment documentation. Finalized grades for days 1, 2 and 3 will be delayed approximately 10 days; you can verbally check with me if you need to know these grades sooner. Late/emailed homework may take up to a week to be entered.

Still confused about getting your document from Google docs to Canvas correctly? You weren’t alone, so I made a video tutorial just for that.

Want to confirm your submission went through correctly? Here’s how to check for yourself without waiting for a response.

If you didn’t have a physical version of your homework answers in class, remember to just submit on Canvas and then email me to let me know you submitted online only. You should not include the document in the email (it’s just a notification for me to recheck Canvas specifically for you) and you should not print out the homework to bring the next day: When I am walking around or at the podium during scheduled class time, I’m only inputting grades for the answers due that day.

Pssst – stuff is moving and shaking at the AI Institute at UMB… and there might even be $50 in it for you to participate (just participate!) and $1,000 to the winning team. All teams get awesome guidance and networking opportunities from Paul English’s professional tech team.

Welcome to CS/IT285L: Social Issues and Ethics in Computing. The Fall 2024 semester begins on September 3, 2024. This class is conducted on campus. Please check Wiser for your course time and location.

Please familiarize yourself with this website, as along with Canvas it will be the main online resource for you throughout the semester. It is imperative that you click through all the links you see on the right side of the page (or at the bottom of the page on mobile) so you’ll know what’s expected in this class.

I’m looking forward to having you in class!

-Dr. P.