1. COMP 006: Computers Make It Possible 25 August 2004

2. Today’s Plan Introductions Surveys Class Logistics Projects Course introduction

3. Contact Information Diane Pozefsky Sitterson 327 962-1817 dpoz@us.ibm.com AIM: dianepozefsky www.cs.unc.edu/~pozefsky/comp006

4. Office Hours Feel free to come see me whenever I’m in my office Call or instant message to see if I’m in My schedule won’t finalize until next week Will post best hours on web site

5. Introductions Name School An interesting fact about yourself What you hope to learn in this seminar

6. Surveys

7. Class Logistics Seminars vs. classes Small groups Active participation Not 75 minute lectures Readings before the discussions Online or handed out Web site Assignments Readings Presentation materials

8. Software All software required is available through CCI Microsoft Office Access FrontPage PowerPoint Word Browser

9. Policies Regular attendance expected Late assignments Excused: speak to me when assignment given Emergencies: requires proof Unexcused: reduced credit based on length of assignment Missed tests Excused: to be taken in advance Emergencies: requires proof Unexcused: no make-up

10. Alternate Meeting Times Hold this slot on Fridays If I need to reschedule If I need to meet with project teams Hand in your schedules on Monday Allows me to schedule activities that won’t fit in regular times

11. What we’ll be doing Syllabus will be posted by Monday Adapted based on what I learn about you Assignments Group and individual Papers, presentations, projects Learning about being a student as well as about computers

12. Meet your neighbor Find something in common with your partner Not your age Not that you are freshman at UNC

13. Some of the Projects Computer influence on society Building a web site Computer security or privacy Building a database How computers can help address a particular problem Computer use in the arts Analysis of news reports

14. To solve a problem Understand the domain Understand the tools available Propose a solution Try it

15. Problems that YOU want to address I’m not going to hold you to these topics I am going to try to address them within the course Tell us What Why

16. Computers Make It Possible The good, the bad, and the ugly Computers allow us to do things that we never could have done before The power of computers can be misused Computers don’t always work right

17. The Eyes Have it NASA program develops a system that tracks eye movements for cursor control NASA is exploring new frontiers in accessibility with a program that could give disabled users line-of-sight control over their computer screens. The space agency has provided funding to create a system that tracks head and eye movements to register cursor movements and clicks. Developers plan to provide the system free to the public. Government Computer News, August 9

18. CAPPS II: Government Surveillance via Passenger Profiling The U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced plans to implement CAPPS II, a controversial passenger profiling and surveillance system that would require you to give your birth date, home phone number, and home address before you can board a U.S. flight. Under CAPPS II, travel authorities would check these and other personal details against the information collected in government and commercial databases, then "tag" you with a color-coded score indicating the level of security risk that you appear to pose.

19. CAPPS II: Government Surveillance via Passenger Profiling The U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced plans to implement CAPPS II, a controversial passenger profiling and surveillance system that would require you to give your birth date, home phone number, and home address before you can board a U.S. flight. Under CAPPS II, travel authorities would check these and other personal details against the information collected in government and commercial databases, then "tag" you with a color-coded score indicating the level of security risk that you appear to pose. SCRAPPED

20. November 20, 1985 Bug causes Financial crisis! BoNY: Nation’s largest clearer of Govt securities. Software to track Federal securities transactions wrote new information on top of old. Feds debited the bank for each transaction but bank did not know who owed it how much. 90 minutes => $32 Billion overdraft! With thanks to Mithun Arora

21. Cost of Bug Bank had to borrow $24 bill from federal reserves. Interest paid ~$5 mill for 1 day. (Annual earnings of bank ~120 mill) BoNY share prices dropped by 25c Federal funds rate dropped from 8.4% to 5.5% System down for 28 hours. Fear of financial crisis caused increase in price of platinum! With thanks to Mithun Arora

22. For Monday Make sure that you have the software installed Bring your schedules Enjoy the weekend: it’s probably the last time that you won’t have an assignment!