CS 3983 - Resources

Introduction to the Social Context of Computing

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm

https://www.offgridweb.com/preparation/infographic-the-growth-of-computer-processing-power/

https://www.tigermobiles.com/evolution/

https://online.maryville.edu/blog/evolution-social-media/

https://www.roliedema.com/dangers-of-social-networking.html 

https://www.plytix.com/blog/evolution-of-ecommerce-timeline

https://blogs.coventry.ac.uk/discover/is-the-internet-good-or-bad/

https://www.guru99.com/iot-tutorial.html

https://explodingtopics.com/blog/number-of-iot-devices 

https://www.i-scoop.eu/internet-of-things-iot/iot-technology-stack-devices-gateways-platforms/ 

https://www.torontomu.ca/sciencerendezvous/SR2021/A_Brief_Introduction_To_AI.pdf

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2020/06/30/tech-causes-more-problems-than-it-solves/

The Digital Divide

The Wikipedia page on the digital divide (a bit long but very good and comprehensive)

A short article on technology in the workplace

IBM's recent report on the anticipated impacts of AI on the workforce

The elderly digital divide

Introduction to Latex

https://www.overleaf.com/project

https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes

https://wch.github.io/latexsheet/latexsheet.pdf

https://www.tablesgenerator.com/

A sample tex file with the set of packages I often use

Research Methods

(links provided by Alex Goudreau)

Open access sources 

https://www.mendeley.com/ 

https://doaj.org  (for article search or to search individual CS OA journals)

https://open-access.network/en/information/subject-specific-open-access/computer-science 

https://www.lens.org (scholarly works search > filters > open access > open access colour > green)

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/ 

https://www.semanticscholar.org/ 

https://www.base-search.net/ 

https://oaister.on.worldcat.org/discovery 

Pubmed central 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ 

Institutional repositories 

https://www.carl-abrc.ca/advancing-research/institutional-repositories/repos-in-canada/ 

Pre-print servers

https://arxiv.org/ https://www.techrxiv.org/  

Zotero

Using Zotero with LaTeX and Overleaf: https://subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca/c.php?g=730265&p=5291579 

UNB Libraries Zotero set up guide: https://lib.unb.ca/guides/zotero 

Ethics in Computing

Watch this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3KtDcAfI50 

https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics 

https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/ieee_code_of_conduct.pdf 

https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/case-study/therac-25  

https://theconversation.com/are-tomorrows-engineers-ready-to-face-ais-ethical-challenges-213826 

https://connect.comptia.org/blog/ethical-issues-in-technology 

https://www.moralmachine.net/ 

https://www.evilaicartoons.com/archive  (fun cartoons about AI and ethics) 

https://www.comptia.org/blog/ethical-problems-in-computing 

Optional good overview site with lots of information (don't worry, you are not responsible to know this content for the exam): https://ethics.csc.ncsu.edu/ 

Legal Aspects of Computing

Corporate Law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_corporate_law 

Taxation

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/educational-programs.html 

The Courts

https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/just/07.html 

https://ojen.ca/wp-content/uploads/In-Brief_Common-Law-and-Civil-Law.pdf  

https://oxoinnovation.com/legal-translation-in-canada-understanding-the-differences-between-civil-law-and-common-law/ 

Citizenship

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/canadian-citizenship/admininistration/decisions/administrative-law.html 

Civil Liberties

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/how-rights-protected/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html 

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/charter-of-rights-and-freedoms-anniversary-10-important-cases  

Intellectual Property

Copyright

https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-intellectual-property-office/en/what-intellectual-property/what-copyright 

Trademarks

https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-intellectual-property-office/en/trademarks/trademarks-guide  

Patents 

https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-intellectual-property-office/en/patents/what-patent 

Industrial Design

https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-intellectual-property-office/en/industrial-designs  

Privacy

https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/  

https://allaboutcookies.org/p3p-cookies#:~:text=A%20P3P%2Dcompliant%20website%20will,the%20previously%20set%20privacy%20level 

See how your unique browser configuration may uniquely identify you: 

https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ and https://amiunique.org/ 

Cybersecurity

Understanding cybersecurity risk management: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k36LmS_3bH0&ab_channel=SANSSecurityAwareness 

The future of cybersecurity in the age of quantum computers: 

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/14/11/335/pdf  

More resources (there is a lot here and the stuff here will not be on the exam)

Internal Controls

The WorldCom fraud:

https://internationalbanker.com/history-of-financial-crises/the-worldcom-scandal-2002/

COSO:

COSO Framework Executive Summary

COSO Internal Controls Framework

Project Management

Project Management Basics

Agile 101

What is Scrum?

What is Kanban?

AI and Society

Generative AI at Work (2023)

Waterloo U's AI Desired Properties

CIPS

https://cips.ca/ 

https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-8/responsibilities 

Software Design (UI/UX)

Some examples of bad UX

Some good guidelines for UI/UX design

Canada's federal accessibility standards

W3C's accessibility standards