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Reflection submission deadline: see "Submission and seminar dates..."¶

Seminar date and time: see  "Submission and seminar dates..."¶

Engineering Ethics deals with the ethical issues of developing and implementing new technologies as well as with the guiding principles of engineering practice. In this seminar we will cover both of these aspects.¶

Reading before the seminar Ethical issues of designing new technologies¶

1. Elin Palm, Sven Ove Hansson, The case for ethical technology assessment (eTA), Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 73, Issue 5, June 2006. (Concentrate on section 5) (pdf)¶

2. Autonomous Systems: social, legal and ethical issues, The Royal Academy of Engineering. (pdf)¶

Professional code of ethics¶

3. IEEE Code of Ethics http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html¶

Written reflection General advices:¶


* Read the reading assignment thoroughly, use the material extensively in your reflection text.
* In your reflection text, be specific. Give arguments, and support your arguments with references or examples.
* Write a continuous text, use the questions ans guidelines.
Write a reflecting text of at least 500-600 words (about a page), with two parts.¶

1. Ethical issues of networked services and systems¶

Select an emerging system or service in the area of networked services and systems, like civilian drones, large datacenters or bitcoin. Select something that you are interested in.  Analyse it from ethical point of view, building on the check list in [1]. In your analysis:¶


* Describe the considered technology
* Identify the stakeholders, that is, all the actors that are connected to this technology, including for example designers, equipment and service providers and users
* Identify a few ethical issues related to this technology and analyze them
* Identify and evaluate alternative solutions or actions to avoid possible ethical problems.
2.  Ethical issues of engineering practice¶

What parts of the IEEE Code of Ethics [3] is most relevant to the ethical issues you identified in the specific technology application that you have considered? What is missing? Propose an extension (one or several items) to [3] so that it better covers the issues you identified.¶

Write your name at the top of the page. Save the document in PDF format (there are several free PDF converters available, for example PrimoPDF if your word processing software does not support PDF).¶

If you are in group A: name the document seminar1-groupA-firstname-familyname.pdf. If you are in group B: name the document seminar1-groupB-firstname-familyname.pdf.¶

Send the single pdf file to vfodor@kth.se, with subject: seminar1-groupA (or B)¶

Before the seminar Read all the reflecting documents of your group mates. Mark the sentences that you find particularly interesting or important. Make some notes.¶

During the seminar Take your notes with you! Take active part in the discussions!¶

Hi,

Finally I have scheduled the seminars for the fall term. Here it goes, together with the reflection submission deadlines. The dates shold show up in KTH Schema soon.

Seminar 1

Submission deadline for both gorups: 2013 September 26 midnight.

Group A:2013 Oct 1, 12:30-14Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

Group B:2013 Oct 2, 12:30-14Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

Seminar 2

Submission deadline for both gorups: 2013 November 13 midnight.

Group A: 2013 Nov 20, 10:15-12 Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

Group B: 2013 Nov 20, 15:15-17 Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

 Seminar 3¶

Submission deadline for both gorups: 2014 February 17 midnight.¶

Group A: 2014 Feb 24, 10:15-12 Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.¶

Group B: 2014 Feb 24, 15:15-15 Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

Hi,

Finally I have scheduled the seminars for the fall term. Here it goes, together with the reflection submission deadlines. The dates shold show up in KTH Schema soon.

Seminar 1

Submission deadline for both gorups: 2013 September 26 midnight.

Group A:2013 Oct 1, 12:30-14Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

Group B:2013 Oct 2, 12:30-14Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

Seminar 2

Submission deadline for both gorups: 2013 November 13 midnight.

Group A: 2013 Nov 20, 10:15-12 Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

Group B: 2013 Nov 20, 15:15-17 Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

Seminar 3

Submission deadline for both gorups: 2014 February 17 midnight.

Group A: 2014 Feb 24, 10:15-12 Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

Group B: 2014 Feb 24, 153:15-15 Laboratory of Communication Networks Seminar Room, Osquldas vag 10, floor 5.

Reflection submission deadline: to come¶ Seminar date and time: to comesee "Submission and seminar dates..."¶

Seminar date and time: see  "Submission and seminar dates..."

The first seminar will be related to why you choose this particular master programme, what your expectations are/were and how these are matched by our programme.

Reading before the seminar Please read the programme objectives http://www.kth.se/student/kurser/program/TNSSM/HT13/mal?l=en and the marketing text at http://www.kth.se/en/studies/programmes/master/programmes/ee/network-services-systems.

Written reflection For 1st year students: Write a reflecting text of 500-600 words (about a page) answering the following questions

* Why did you choose this particular programme?
* What are your life time goals (career related)?
* What are your goals for the next 3-5 years?
* What are your goals for the ongoing academic year?
* How do the programme, as described in the programme descriptions, match your expectations and goals?
* Now that you have prepared your study plan and spent a number of weeks here at KTH, what has surprised you the most (positively or negatively)?
For 2nd year students: Write a reflecting text of 500-600 words (about a page) answering the following questions

* Why did you choose this particular programme?
* How has your studies so far matched your expectations? What was the biggest surprise?
* What are your life time goals (career related)?
* What are your goals for the next 3-5 years?
* What are your goals for the ongoing academic year?
* What do you recognize and what do you not recognize in the programme descriptions?
Write your name at the top of the page. Save the document in PDF format (there are several free PDF converters available, for example PrimoPDF if your word processing software does not support PDF). N¶

If you are in group A: name the document seminar1-groupA-firstname-familyname.pdf.¶ Submission instructions: to come¶ Submission deadline: to come¶ Before the seminarIf you are in group B: name the document  seminar1-groupB-firstname-familyname.pdf.¶

Send the single pdf file to vfodor@kth.se, with subject: seminar1-groupA (or B)¶

Before the seminar You will find the reflection texts in the course wiki the day after the submission deadline.¶

Read all the reflecting documents of your group mates. Mark the sentences that you find particularly interesting or important.

During the seminar Take active part in the discussions!