Computers and Society

Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk

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Formato:
Paperback
Editore:
Taylor & Francis Inc
Anno di pubblicazione
2012
Lingua:
Inglese
Pagine:
305
Dimensioni:
235 X 156
Codice EAN:
9781439810880
Generi:
Computers & Web, Computer Science
Altre informazioni:
71 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, 4 black & white tables
Prezzo di copertina:
£ 44,99

I contenuti

Since computer scientists make decisions every day that have societal context and influence, an understanding of society and computing together should be integrated into computer science education. Showing students what they can do with their computing degree, Computers and Society: Computing for Good uses concrete examples and case studies to highlight the positive work of real computing professionals and organizations from around the world. Each chapter profiles a corporation, nonprofit organization, or entrepreneur involved in computing-centric activities that clearly benefit society or the environment, including cultural adaptation in a developing country, cutting-edge medicine and healthcare, educational innovation, endangered species work, and help for overseas voters. The coverage of computing topics spans from social networking to high-performance computing. The diversity of people and activities in these profiles gives students a broad vision of what they can accomplish after graduation. Pedagogical Features Encouraging students to engage actively and critically with the material, the book offers a wealth of pedagogical sections at the end of each chapter. Questions of varying difficulty ask students to apply the material to themselves or their surroundings and to think critically about the material from the perspective of a future computing professional. The text also gives instructors the option to incorporate individual projects, team projects, short projects, and semester-long projects. Other resources for instructors and students are available at www.computers-and-society.com Visit the author's blog at http://computing4society.blogspot.com

Indice

Poverty Alleviation in the Remote Peruvian Andes Systemic poverty and health problems in the villages A software engineering project as a response to poverty The many challenges of requirements gathering in the Andes How was trust established and the requirements gathered? Organizing and itemizing final requirements Confirming the accuracy of the requirements with all stakeholders Non-traditional specification development in the Andes Specifications: social, cultural, technical implementation intertwined Requirements that led to customization Rapid results and concrete outcomes Problems and challenges Testimonials about the poverty alleviation project Lives changed: reports and assessment Future and global effects of the Andean project Improving Patient Care with Digital Image Management Developmental challenges for premies Problems for patients when digital images are not effectively managed The primary technical reason for the human problems -- single vendor systems A typical single vendor PACS system architecture Initial analysis of CHOP's single vendor system problem The solution is clear if you know your computing history What is a vendor-neutral archive? Chris Tomlinson advocates for a vendor-neutral archive Data input to the vendor-neutral archive Retrieving data from the vendor-neutral archive Data storage redundancy and a design to respond to system failure The project timeline and challenges Implementation: Initiation and design Implementation: VNA implementation Implementation: Migration and go-live The changes as viewed by stakeholders The current system status and plans for the future Internet Voting for Overseas Citizens Voting: A right guaranteed by the United States Constitution Disenfranchisement in the United States Outdated ideas and technologies? Internet voting: Why not? Security and privacy: Critical technical challenges for Internet voting Complexity and performance: Top-down and bottom-up challenges Political challenges Initial efforts to aid overseas voters Prototype Internet voting Strategy changes: Operation BRAVO foundation and Okaloosa project Design and architecture of Okaloosa voting project Special technical considerations Successful outcomes of human and technical measures Keeping pace with Internet voting progress Final thoughts Social Networking and Computer Modeling Aid Sea Turtles Limited resources and a seemingly limitless mission The challenge of gathering data and digesting it Computer assisted modeling supports informed decision making Tracking turtles by satellite to learn how they behave Getting the word out Social networking technology changes business as usual Developing effective web pages comes first Why STC websites are successful A blog on the scene YouTube! Who could ignore Facebook? Twitter -- A work in progress The overall impact of social networking on the cause of sea turtle protection What next? Challenges and new initiatives Best Practice Recommendations in Children's Medical Care Data is needed for pediatric best practice recommendations The Children's Hospitals neonatal consortium is formed The Child Health Care Corporation of America partners with the CHNC The CHCA development team Design and implementation strategy of the neonatal database Who are the CHND users? What is the CHND data? There are unique challenges to collecting medical record data The user data flow layer: The abstractor's perspective The application data flow layer: A level below The transport data flow layer: Additional security The rational for the architectural framework Special security and privacy concerns Beta release of the CHND A perspective from one of the application developers Nearing the end of phase 1 implementation of the CHND Gearing up for phase 2: Analytics development and quality improvement initiatives Longer range technical plans and challenges for the CHND Moving ahead and looking back Final thoughts from the system architect Protecting Lives Using the Results of Earthquake Modeling The techno-socio challenges of earthquake science Scientific computing is at the heart of earthquake science SCEC: A techno-socio response Computational projects to advance earthquake understanding Computational simulation projects and support platforms Education and outreach efforts Concrete results of SCEC supported research Future challenges and plans Concluding thoughts When Following Your Passion Means Forming Your Own Business Discovering the potential of the iPod in education Mobile devices leverage learning style preferences The first iPod touch application: 5 pumpkins Keeping up with the latest mobile devices Mobile devices support how people learn effectively Thinking like a business owner strategically Critical first business decisions Becoming an Apple developer First software application officially launches More applications follow DevelopEase: Behind the scenes at a start-up company The challenges of introducing new software into the public schools Concrete accomplishments for DevelopEase Future plans for DevelopEase Exercises and Activities appear at the end of each chapter.

L'Autore

Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk is currently an external evaluator on National Science Foundation-funded research projects. She has over 18 years of experience teaching and researching applied learning theory in computer science education. Dr. Kaczmarczyk is a member of the ACM Education Council and an associate editor of ACM Inroads. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, master's degrees from the University of Oregon and Northeastern University, and a B.A. from Tufts University. You can access her blog at http://computing4society.blogspot.com

Leggi la recensione

Computers and Society: Computing for Good contains in-depth case studies with extensive, thought-provoking end-of-chapter questions and is appropriate for a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate majors in areas such as Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Science, Information Technology, Health Information Science, Business Management, and Political Science as well as many other areas. The complex nature of the case studies allows them to be used in a stand-alone social and professional issues course, a capstone issues course, or as individual case studies that may be woven into a variety of computing or business courses. Kaczmarczyk's book contains a unique and fresh look at how people from a variety of disciplines use computing and how the use of computing impacts these individuals as well as society. Kaczmarczyk's book should be a 'must have' book for all college or university libraries. --Carol L. Spradling, PhD, Associate Professor, Northwest Missouri State University