CSE3000.03 Professional Practice in ComputingMichael Jenkin (jenkin@cse.yorku.ca)

Office: CSEB 3032 M/W 12:00-13:00

www.cse.yorku.ca/~jenkin

Administrivia

Test next Tuesday, in class, closed book, 80 minutes

Multiple choice

Covers material from the week of October 19th on.

Lecture material (October 19-on)

Guest lectures (Peter Rowley-on)

Textbook (Chapters 6-9)

Essays should be marked by Dec. 11.

Getting your ISP

Education, Experience, Sponsor

Getting your PEng

Education (typically graduate from an accredited university program)

Registration as an Engineer in Training

Internship (2-4 years)

Professional practice exam

Sponsor (good moral character)

Sample question from the PPE exam

Professional bodies

Self-regulating

Empowered by provincial (for the examples considered here) or other government bodies

Have codes of conduct and enforcement mechanisms backed up by legal powers

Professional bodies have discipline committees

As, of course, do universities...

And now...a quick review...

The course....Professional, legal and ethical issues in the development, deployment and use of computer systems and their impact on society. Topics include: the impact of computing technology on society, privacy and security, computer crime, malware, intellectual property, legal issues, professional ethics and responsibilities. One third of the course will consist of guest lecturers from industry, government and the university who will typically discuss a broad range of topics related to professional issues (entrepreneurialism, small business start-up, human resources, infrastructure planning and development, research and development in industry, project management, etc.).

Rapid Pace of Change

Harvard Mark I, 1944 27” iMac2.77 Ghz Quad Core

<$2K cdn

Given the fast pace of change, how do we adapt policies, behaviours, rules, laws, etc., with the changing technology?

Issues

Privacy

Freedom of speech

Intellectual property

Crime

Managing & evaluating technology

Work

Privacy and Computer Technology

Key Aspects of Privacy:

Freedom from intrusion (being left alone)

Control of information about oneself

Freedom from surveillance (being tracked, followed, watched)

Privacy (Canada)

Section 184 of the Criminal Code (Canada)

Freedom of speech

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Not an absolute right

Controlling Offensive Speech (cont.)

Criminal Code of Canada 318

Intellectual property

Copyright, Patents, Trade Marks, Trade Secrets, integrated circuit design

Allow creators of IP to be able to protect (and profit!) from their inventions.

Crime

Hacking

Identity theft and credit card fraud

Scams and forgery

Crime fighting versus privacy

Laws that rule the web

Crime

Hacking

Phishing

Pharming

Credit card scam

Interestingly many of these are old scam made new by technology

Managing & evaluating technology

If its on the computer, it must be true.

If its on wikipedia it, must be true.

If you can google it, it must be true.

Managing & evaluating technology

Large complex systems exist

Often tied to human safety, financial networks

It is a complex task to manage and control these systems

How do we define best practices in order to construct and operate these systems safely?

Work

Professionalism

Telecommuting

Networking

Any questions?