Instructor:
Varol
Akman
Lectures:
Tue
10:40; Thu 10:40, 11:40 (EA502)
Office
Hours: Thu 13:40, 14:40
Another difficult problem posed by the Internet is that it is tricky to foresee the trends in technology that will make the Net of say, the upcoming decade a very different activity from what we experience today. For example, is adaptive web sites which improve themselves in light of visitor access patterns a feasible idea? How can we learn to build knowledge bases understandable by computers from the web pages which are normally consumed only by humans? How can we contextualize our queries in order to access the most relevant items in a general search?
This course will thus examine on one side the technical and technological, and on the other side, the social, legal, and economical implications of the Internet. It will be based on readings from recent books and papers written by experts.
You must be a graduate student.
You should be willing to read, write, and present technical (or even popular)
material.
Documents and talks should be prepared using professional tools on a computer.
Plagiarism and variants will be punished with extreme prejudice.
Attendance (10%)
Class presentation (10%) + Short essay (10%)
Book review (20%) **Can be done in groups of two** due:
Jan 3, min length: 3000-4000 words, hardcopy output required
Term project (20%) [web page design] **Can be done in groups of two** due:
Jan 8, no report required (just give me - in hardcopy - the URL of your
web page)
Research paper (30%) **Can be done in groups of two** due:
Jan 14, min length: 4000-5000 words, hardcopy output required
Do not forget to state the number of words on the first page of your book reviews & research papers!
Internet Dreams: Archetypes, Myths, and Metaphors (edited by Mark Stefik)
The Internet Edge: Social, Technical, and Legal Challenges for a Networked
World (by Mark Stefik)
Inventing the Internet (by Janet Abbate)
WIRED Columns (by Nicholas Negroponte)
Cerf's Up (by Vinton Cerf)
First Monday
The first book in the above list will be
used for our class presentations. (Basically, each chapter = a talk.) The
second book is more like a text and good for inspiration for term papers.
(It features a good bibliography.) The third book is critical to understanding
the historical forces contributing to the evolution of the Internet. I
suggest that you buy all three books.
| Berk Bacakoglu & Boke Bacakoglu |
Digital Copyright: Protecting Intellectual Property on the Internet (by Jessica Litman) |
| Aylin Koca & Sinan Ussakli |
The Internet and Society (by James Slevin) |
| Emre Sahin |
Strategic Warfare in Cyberspace (by Gregory J. Rattray) |
| Caner Ozger & Caglar Evren Ozdemir |
The Digital Divide: Facing a Crisis or Creating a Myth? (by Benjamin M. Compaine, ed.) |
| Eda Alp & Sevcan Bilir |
Online Communities: Designing Usability, Supporting Sociability (by Jenny Preece) |
| Yasemin Satiroglu & Inanc Kahramankaptan |
The Ethics of Cyberspace (by Cees J. Hamelink) |
| Anil Oztuncer & Ismail Burak Erkek |
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society (by Manuel Castells) |
| Yildiz Balaturk & Serkan Bal |
Virtual States: The Internet and the Boundaries of the Nation-State (by Jerry Everard) |
| Duygu Ucar & Emre Keskin |
On the Internet (by Hubert Dreyfus) |
| Burkay Genc & Aytul Catal |
Human Rights and the Internet (by Steven Hick, Edward F. Halpin, and Eric Hoskins, eds.) |
| Ismail Uzun & Armagan Durusal |
Computer and Internet Use on Campus (by Constance S. Hawke) |
| Emin Keles & Caglar Bagci |
The Psychology of the Internet (by Patricia M. Wallace) |
| Umut Kahramankaptan & Funda Durupinar |
The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice (by the Web-Based Education Commission of the U.S. Congress) |
| Seda Babur & Gorken Pamuk |
Digital Evidence and Computer Crime: Forensic Science, Computers, and the Internet (by Eoghan Casey) |
| Serkan Bayraktar & Can Sezer |
Release 2.1 (by Esther Dyson) **1998** |
| Armagan Durusal | Excerpt from "As We May Think" (by Vannevar Bush) | Thu Oct 10th |
| Ismail Uzun | Excerpt from Libraries of the Future (by J. C. R. Licklider) | Thu Oct 10th |
| Umut Kahramankaptan | Excerpt from The Digital Library Project, volume 1: The World of Knowbots (by Robert E. Kahn and Vinton G. Cerf) | Tue Oct 15th |
| Funda Durupinar | Excerpt from "Communication as the Root of Scientific Progress" (by Joshua Lederberg) | Tue Oct 15th |
| Inanc Kahramankaptan | Excerpt from "What is the Role of Libraries in the Information Economy?" (by John Browning) | Tue Oct 22nd |
| Anil Oztuncer | Technological Revolutions and the Gutenberg Myth (by Scott D. N. Cook) | Tue Oct 22nd |
| Emin Keles | Excerpt from "Libraries are More than Information: Situational Aspects of Electronic Libraries" (by Vicky Reich and Mark Weiser) | Thu Oct 31st |
| Aytul Catal | Excerpt from "The Electronic Capture and Dissemination of the Cultural Practice of Tibetan Thangka Painting" (by Ranjit Makkuni) | Thu Oct 31st |
| Boke Bacakoglu | Part 1: The Digital Library Metaphor: The I-Way as Publishing and Community Memory (by Mark Stefik) | Tue Nov 5th |
| Burkay Genc | Some Consequences of Electronic Groups (by Lee Sproull and Samer Faraj) | Tue Nov 5th |
| Duygu Ucar | Netiquette 101 (by Jay Machado) | Tue Nov 12th |
| Caner Ozger | Excerpt from "The MPC Adventures: Experiences with the Generation of VLSI Design and Implementation Tools" (by Lynn Conway) | Tue Nov 12th |
| Berk Bacakoglu | Excerpt from "Digital Communications and the Conduct of Science: The New Literacy" (by Joshua Lederberg) | Tue Nov 19th |
| Emre Keskin | Part 2: The Electronic Mail Metaphor: The I-Way As a Communications Medium | Tue Nov 19th |
| Gorken Pamuk | Excerpt from "Electronic Commerce on the Internet" (from the CommerceNet Home Page) | Tue Nov 26th |
| Emre Sahin | Excerpt from "Electronic Markets and Electronic Hierarchies" (by Thomas W. Malone, Joanna Yates, and Robert I. Benjamin) | Tue Nov 26th |
| Yasemin Satiroglu | Slaves of a New Machine: Exploring the For-Free/For-Pay Conundrum (Laura Fillmore) | Tue Dec 3rd |
| Seda Babur | Letting Loose the Light: Igniting Commerce in Electronic Publication (by Mark Stefik) | Tue Dec 3rd |
| Caglar Bagci | Part 3: The Electronic Marketplace Metaphor: Selling Goods and Services on the I-Way (by Mark Stefik) | Tue Dec 10th |
| Caglar Evren Ozdemir | Excerpt from "Mudding: Social Phenomena in Text-Based Virtual Realities" (by Pavel Curtis) | Tue Dec 10th |
| Yildiz Balaturk | A Rape in Cyberspace: How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trikster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database into a Society (by Julian Dibbell) | Tue Dec 17th |
| Serkan Bal | Interaction Without Society?: What Avatars Can't Do (by Harry M. Collins) | Tue Dec 17th |
| Eda Alp | Excerpt from "Toward Portable Ideas" (by Mark Stefik and John Seely Brown) | Tue Dec 24th |
| Sevcan Bilir | The National Collaboratory--A White Paper (by William A. Wulf) | Tue Dec 24th |
| Sinan Ussakli | Internet Dreams: First Encounters of an On-line Dream Group (by Barbara Viglizzo) | Tue Dec 31st |
| Ismail Burak Erkek | Part 4: The Digital Worlds Metaphor: The I-Way As a Gateway to Experience (by Mark Stefik) | Tue Dec 31st |
| Aylin Koca | Epilogue: Choices and Dreams (by Mark Stefik) | Thu Jan 2nd |
| Emre Can Sezer | The Digital Wallet and the Copyright Box: The Coming Arms Race in Trusted Systems (by Mark Stefik) [from THE INTERNET EDGE] | Thu Jan 2nd |
| Serkan Bayraktar | The Bit and the Pendelum: Balancing the Interests of Stakeholders in Digital Publishing (by Mark Stefik) [from THE INTERNET EDGE] | Thu Jan 2nd |
| Emin Keles & Caglar Bagci | Psychological Aspects |
| Ismail Uzun & Armagan Durusal | Internet Use on Campus |
| Berk Bacakoglu & Boke Bacakoglu | Copyright Issues |
| Umut Kahramankaptan & Funda Durupinar | User-Adaptive Education |
| Serkan Bal & Yildiz Balaturk | E-Voting, E-Bidding, E-Citizen |
| Duygu Ucar & Emre Keskin | Philosophical Aspects |
| Inanc Kahramankaptan & Yasemin Satiroglu | E-Learning |
| Seda Babur & Gorken Pamuk | Hacking |
| Serkan Bayraktar & Can Sezer | DES and the Public Debate |
| Emre Sahin | Information Warfare |
| Burkay Genc & Aytul Catal | MUDs |
| Caner Ozger & Caglar Evren Ozdemir | The Digital Divide |
| Sinan Ussakli & Aylin Koca | The Future CS513 Web Site |
| Anil Oztuncer & Ismail Burak Erkek | E-Commerce |
| Eda Alp & Sevcan Bilir | E-Books |
| Duygu Ucar | How the Internet Affects the Social and Emotional Aspects of Human Life |
| Aylin Koca | Online and Offline Living |
| Eda Alp | What Aspects of Privacy are Threatened on the Internet |
| Caner Ozger & Caglar Evren Ozdemir | Can the Digital Divide be Digital Opportunity for Turkey? |
| Berk Bacakoglu & Boke Bacakoglu | Censorship on the Internet |
| Seda Babur & Gorken Pamuk | Can Turkey be an Information Society? |
| Armagan Durusal & Ismail Uzun | Effects of the Internet on the New Generations |
| Funda Durupinar & Umut Kahramankaptan | Safety vs. Liberation in Web-Based Education |
| Emin Keles & Caglar Bagci | How Information Technologies are Being Used in Education in Turkey |
| Anil Oztuncer & Ismail Burak Erkek | Hackers and Crackers: Assessing the Importance of the Threat |
| Emre Keskin | Effects of the Internet on the Structure of Civilized Communities |
| Sevcan Bilir | Intellectual Property Rights for E-Books |
| Sinan Ussakli | XML in Healthcare |
| Yildiz Balaturk & Serkan Bal | Online Voting in Turkey |
| Yasemin Satiroglu & Inanc Kahramankaptan | Online Crime |
| Serkan Bayraktar & Can Sezer | Large Scale Free Software: Threat or Opportunity? |
| Burkay Genc & Aytul Catal | Spam |
| Emre Sahin | E-Deputy (= E-Arzuhalci) |