User:Swp930

I am a student of De Anza class CIS 2. I will be pursuing my undergraduate studies in computer science in the fall.

Grand Challenge: Secure Cyberspace
Cyberspace as defined by this article is "the electronic web of internet-sharing". It's security is important to us because of the importance of keeping the integrity and confidentiality of very sensitive information that grants access to property, money, and even identity. The rising rate of crimes has been linked with a rising rate in identity theft, making it easier for law breakers to bypass the justice system just by assuming the identity of another innocent individual. Historically the solutions to these kinds of problems has been to establish routers and firewalls. Now there is a challenge for providing better security for the flow of data.

Final Project: Links and Descriptions
1 Introductions

http://www.youthatwork.org/volunteering.php

This volunteering website is very useful in helping youth students reach out and find opportunities to give back to their communities. Youthatwork takes various different volunteering pools from sites like VolunteerMatch, GoVoluntr, and Points of Light, and helps connect young individuals seeking to provide service with the volunteer opportunity they would like to pursue. There are many e-volunteer options for those volunteers that qualify where they give brief tutorials to others on how to safely  and securely use computers and the internet.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/computers-and-society/

This article talks about how Canadian societies use computers to regulate various devices and appliances and perform different functions. For example computers regulate the lighting around in houses or computers are thoroughly put in use in banks.

http://computerandthesociety.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-does-computer-affect-society.html

I found this article the most interesting because it most directly relates to our course. The author of the article states that the connectivity and the applications that the computer provides to us changes our lives and the way we handle situations. The article goes on to show how the computer can be both beneficial and detrimental to us; it can be beneficial of course because of the various amenities it provides to us and the vast of amount of informational resource laid out for us only a few finger strokes away. The computer however can be detrimental as we may misuse our newfound freedom and get lost in the unbounded maze computers and the internet creates for us. Take the example in the article to elucidate this point, there were many Filipinos who were, I assume, very successful and scholarly capable. However after they were given computers, many failed to graduate because they got addicted to violent games which they spent a lot of time in. In a broader scope this is important to us because it addresses some of the topics mentioned in the study questions, those being the benefits of computers, how our lives have been affected by computers, and where we see the biggest impact of computers in our society.

2

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/09/the-fourth-amendment-and-new-technologies

This article goes through how the Fourth Amendment has been applied through the development of technology. It cites several different cases where new technology was used to listen in on, see heat signatures, and global positioning satellite and the different rulings. The advance of technology has changed how the Fourth Amendment was applied. Judges focused more on property rights before all the advances in technology and now they focusing on a person’s privacy.

https://support.google.com/android/answer/6215472?hl=en

I would definitely recommend this page mainly because so many people are starting to use Android devices and also because I have personally used this page myself. People keep so many passwords and account information on their phones and they could be severely exploited if this information is misused by intruders. This website gives a lot of good tips on how to keep your device safe and secure.

Encryption

http://www.scienceclarified.com/dispute/Vol-2/Does-private-strong-encryption-pose-a-threat-to-society.html

This is an awesome article for someone who is unfamiliar about encryption. It goes over what encryption is and two different viewpoints of it. It also talks about how the courts have ruled that computer code is protected under the First Amendment, Freedom of Speech. There are also references on how it also infringes on our Fourth and Fifth Amendment. This is a topic that is being battled over with private companies and the United States Federal Government. It will be interesting seeing where it all ends.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19683_6-terrifying-user-agreements-youve-probably-accepted.html

3

https://learning.mozilla.org/activities

This is an article that I found pretty useful for those individuals who would be looking to extend their literacy levels in web development. I think in today's world where so much of our interaction involves the use of computers, internet and websites, we should have some knowledge of what is going on underneath, and having such kind of literacy guarantees that. This suggestion would work for me because one day I will be looking into creating a website of my own, maybe for personal purposes, or maybe for corporate ones, I am not sure. However I am sure that I will be looking into this because I am interested about the makeup and the creation of websites so this suggestion is relevant to me.

http://www.elon.edu/e-web/imagining/surveys/2014_survey/2025_Internet_Security_Privacy.xhtml

This topic essentially concerns itself with the waning privacy of those who actively use and maintain a public profile on the internet, and states that privacy was a "bygone aspect of the industrial age "(Elon University). People are now expected to have a public profile and lead public lives, and in a way are forced to because of the need to enrich friendships, create connections and maintain a social life.

http://www.midanmasr.com/en/article.aspx?ArticleID=200

This article talks about the effect of computers and digital technology on modern day art and how modern day art has adapted to this change. The article starts out by describing why the arts are so essential to a society, which is mainly because they constitute the culture of the society and the culture is merely an image of the art that is present. Through the use of computers and digital technology, artist are able to more efficiently produce art with more effective and calculated methods and also use materials of higher quality and durability. The negative effects are that with the wide array of options available to the experimenting artist, he or she may end up being overwhelmed and may lose that personal spirit or inspiration. Also the actual manner of creating the art pieces will have been taken away. Art is usually used in coalition with pencils and paintbrushes in which the artists were in control of the density of color and precise placement of strokes, now they would rely on the abilities and technology of the computer, over which the artists had no control. So overall the biggest impact it would have is that it may take away from the artist's original opinion and thought, and as stated in the article, their art would "gradually transform into a shallow abstract translation of a constellation of enormous technological capabilities, devoid of any creative substance."(Mohamed)

Zaher, Mohamed. "The Impact of Digital Technology on Art and Artists." Midan Masr, n.d. Web. 07 July 2016.

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http://www.idiagram.com/CP/process.html]

This article is about the art of complex problem solving. This website was sort of like an interactive website that thoroughly went through the elements of complex problem solving. It will go through the different kinds of problems, it will characterize and describe the problems, and it will describe the overall nature of the nature after which it will describe how to break the problem down. It is important to learn skills like these because although in different fields the skill set may be different the basic idea and requirement of being able to solve problems and have critical thinking remains the same.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hacking

I went on the social bookmarking website reddit.com and searched up hacking which took me to the directory r/Hacking and there was a list of all the articles that documented the new hacks and malware that were present in the software world. I ended up spending a lot of time and found that there were a large amount of articles on the subject and I also was able to see the discussion that was going around the subjects themselves, which I might not have seen from a search engine.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2454554,00.asp

What you're next steps would be mostly is dependent on the kind of hack that has happened to you. A credit card impersonation would be easy to clear up but something like an email account would be difficult since you would have to prove to the email provider your identity. However the first steps would be to contact the provider or the company that is supplying the service to you.

5

https://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/online_courses/NGSS2.aspx

This course teaches children the basics of engineering providing them an early exposure to engineering that they would previously miss in their regular course of studies in school because such education would not be included in their studies. This course shows to children how to apply STEM in engineering and how professionals apply it in their everyday lives.

http://www.tenstakonsthall.se/uploads/73-ArtContemporaryCriticalPracticeGeraldRaunigGeneRayeds.pdf

The textbook I went through was Art and Contemporary Critical Practice. I found the book very thorough and interesting and gave a wide variety in the different kinds of art and contemporary practices. I personally would use this book mainly because it is so easily accessible and I was able to go through the book quickly and also because the book was free. For me it is really convenient that these books are free since I would not have to worry if the books were appropriate or not. I think the difference in cost is pretty significant, since I don't have to decide between an opportunity cost. Some of my other instructors in my Data Structures class are using an open textbook.

http://webaim.org/intro/

This website is about how many people who are disabled have difficulty accessing one of the most valuable resource available and the importance of making websites accessible. The article goes on to outline the implementation of making the website accessible, stating that it requires commitment, technical support, and the appropriate laws and standards to have some urgency to enforce accessibility. The article also talks about the principles of accessible design, providing guidelines for alternate text and document structures.

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http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/9042.aspx

https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/publications/cyberspace_strategy.pdf

https://www.mitre.org/centers/homeland-security-systems-engineering-and-development-institute/where-we-focus/safeguard-and

Cyberspace is essentially the network that allows the sharing and distribution of information through the use of the internet. It is very important to us because it provides access to materials like property, money, and even identity. It's protection has been enforced through the use of routers, firewalls, and the joint efforts of the DHS and HSSEDI.

7

https://www.codecademy.com/learn

Codecademy is a website where one can learn a variety of different important programming languages that are in use today, and takes a step-by-step approach in their teaching methods, starting from very simple and easy at first but rising up sharply in difficulty with more lessons. These languages are those kinds of languages that are very popular today and are in use in many of the systems, apps and websites in use right now.

https://github.com

Github is a online project hosting site. This has greatly simplified group projects as code can be pushed or pulled from a common repository, so code will remain updated on all systems. I have personally used this on my own for a variety of different projects and have found it very useful because it offers the convenience of having synced code and being able to track all changes.

http://www.wired.com/insights/2014/11/the-internet-of-things-bigger/

This link serves to effectively describe the Internet of Things, and goes on to talk about how the Internet of Things actually has a bigger scope that many people believe it to have. The article goes on to give an example of how a sensor is not by definition a machine since it only gathers data, it does not do anything with that data, it is the Internet of Things that brings all this data together and gives it some meaning, some purpose turning these individual data gatherers into machines. The articles cites another situation, the specific one about the bridge that collapsed in Minnesota in 2007, and suggests that smart cement can be used instead, in which sensors are imbedded to measure cracks and warpage. Overall Internet of Things can be used to solve issues like these and possibly even safe lives and because it can apply to almost any data receiver it has a wide ranging scope. That example the article mentioned the one about smart cement can be extended to make a smart city grid and is something I would like to have implemented in the real world.

8

https://www.codecademy.com/learn

Codecademy is a website where people can go to for learning various different programming courses and skills which are in use and are popular in the programming world today. It employs a step-by-step process, starting out very simple but gradually increasing in difficult to effectively and comprehensively give an introduction to the language trying to be taught.

It is very important for us to have some knowledge of coding since so many of us use computers and phones and devices that depend so much on these programs, it is simply another form of literacy, and we would be technologically illiterate if we did not get this kind of knowledge. This would help us appreciate a product or a device or a program more and would make it easier to understand the technological realm better.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/importance-of-computers-in-medicine.html

This article talks about the categories that computers are involved in, those being: data storage, surgical procedures, diagnostic tests, and knowledge sharing. Maintaining the data for patients is very important as it is necessary to keep in mind the specific conditions and events that took place in the patients past life because if they are not considered this can result in unwanted complexities. Surgery is often performed using a surgical robot to provide more precision. In diagnostic tests, computers play a large role in analyzing samples like blood for example. Finally computers are important in passing on data and sharing knowledge and allow a greater ability of collaboration.

However, even though computers do help doctors and surgeons a lot, there is fear that we are becoming too dependent on computers and that they have too much say on the course of our lives.

https://ist.mit.edu/security/tips

This link is about important steps and tips that can be taken in order to ensure safety and security for our computers and to ensure the safe traversal through the internet. Some safety measures and tips in this article that can be followed are installing protective software, choosing strong protective software, using secure connections, establishing a desktop firewall and various other measures

9

http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-Power-of-Social-Innovation

Jeff Snell talks about the extent to which social innovation can be used in our everyday lives. He also goes on to talk about how the problem is not about that there are not enough charitable sectors its that there isn't enough awareness and social innovation can make this extensive and provide this kind of depth. Social innovation allows us to apply the knowledge of shared wisdom to our own human conditions and better the world.

http://www.ted.com/talks/suzana_herculano_houzel_what_is_so_special_about_the_human_brain

This video is about the why the brain is so special and what differentiates it by herself. She had counted, along with a research team the number of neurons in the brain and had come up with the number 86 billion neurons fewer than the previously assumed 100 billion neurons but regardless much greater than the animal brain. She attributes this gap in brain size and complexity due to the fact that primates had discovered cooking and that this was what separated them from the animals, that the cooking had allowed them to develop a more complex brain.

http://www.govtech.com/products/How-Smartphones-Revolutionized-Society-in-Less-than-a-Decade.html

According to this article smartphones have helped by making information transfer efficient and rapid and that before information transfer did not always happen so quickly and efficiently and this has in a way changed the way we operate we know about in almost a light-speed fashion. Information is now managed more efficiently and presented to us in a very relatable format, like we can check the weather easily on our phones using websites like weather.com and we have access to so many new resources that without the smartphone we would not have.

10

http://www.thetech.org/tech-awards-presented-applied-materials/2015-laureates

The honoree I thought who should win the tech award was NextLeaf who made ColdTrace. There are many issues relating to people's health such as children's health and vaccines are the only way to protect children.This system helps ensure that by creating a system that gives doctors a way monitor their systems. This is now helping millions of people worldwide and disease is a real issue that we must control and is why I believe NextLeaf should win this award.

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21694528-era-predictable-improvement-computer-hardware-ending-what-comes-next-future

This article talks about the evolution of the computer and how technology has rapidly increased in degree over the years. It mentions how technology has been following the Moore's law which essentially states that processing doubles every 2 years. However over the past few years there has been more emphasis on the building of smart software to rely on efficiency rather than on brute force techniques. There has been a rapid shift to cloud software and this movement of software can effectively end the extent of Moore's law. This will ensure that computers will not solely be built just to be faster but also smarter.

The author here is writing in a balance manner of the representation of facts because it lays out facts clearly and all the arguments are backed by evidence that makes sense.This is important because it shows the shift of the importance of technology and the priority of technology. Interaction with society will greatly change, and products will stop becoming better and society will have to cope with a lack of increasing quality products. This has good aspects since this will change the face of technology and open up new opportunities, but this will be bad because this will slow down progress. I hope the outcome will be that more opportunities will come up and that we are able to find a way to cope with the slow down in technology progress.

Best Choices
1

http://www.youthatwork.org/volunteering.php

This volunteering website is very useful in helping youth students reach out and find opportunities to give back to their communities. Youthatwork takes various different volunteering pools from sites like VolunteerMatch, GoVoluntr, and Points of Light, and helps connect young individuals seeking to provide service with the volunteer opportunity they would like to pursue. There are many e-volunteer options for those volunteers that qualify where they give brief tutorials to others on how to safely and securely use computers and the internet.

2

http://www.scienceclarified.com/dispute/Vol-2/Does-private-strong-encryption-pose-a-threat-to-society.html

This is an awesome article for someone who is unfamiliar about encryption. It goes over what encryption is and two different viewpoints of it. It also talks about how the courts have ruled that computer code is protected under the First Amendment, Freedom of Speech. There are also references on how it also infringes on our Fourth and Fifth Amendment. This is a topic that is being battled over with private companies and the United States Federal Government. It will be interesting seeing where it all ends.

3

http://www.midanmasr.com/en/article.aspx?ArticleID=200

This article talks about the effect of computers and digital technology on modern day art and how modern day art has adapted to this change. The article starts out by describing why the arts are so essential to a society, which is mainly because they constitute the culture of the society and the culture is merely an image of the art that is present. Through the use of computers and digital technology, artist are able to more efficiently produce art with more effective and calculated methods and also use materials of higher quality and durability. The negative effects are that with the wide array of options available to the experimenting artist, he or she may end up being overwhelmed and may lose that personal spirit or inspiration. Also the actual manner of creating the art pieces will have been taken away. Art is usually used in coalition with pencils and paintbrushes in which the artists were in control of the density of color and precise placement of strokes, now they would rely on the abilities and technology of the computer, over which the artists had no control. So overall the biggest impact it would have is that it may take away from the artist's original opinion and thought, and as stated in the article, their art would "gradually transform into a shallow abstract translation of a constellation of enormous technological capabilities, devoid of any creative substance."(Mohamed)

4

https://www.reddit.com/r/hacking

I went on the social bookmarking website reddit.com and searched up hacking which took me to the directory r/Hacking and there was a list of all the articles that documented the new hacks and malware that were present in the software world. I ended up spending a lot of time and found that there were a large amount of articles on the subject and I also was able to see the discussion that was going around the subjects themselves, which I might not have seen from a search engine.

5

https://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/online_courses/NGSS2.aspx

This course teaches children the basics of engineering providing them an early exposure to engineering that they would previously miss in their regular course of studies in school because such education would not be included in their studies. This course shows to children how to apply STEM in engineering and how professionals apply it in their everyday lives.

6

https://www.mitre.org/centers/homeland-security-systems-engineering-and-development-institute/where-we-focus/safeguard-and

Cyberspace is essentially the network that allows the sharing and distribution of information through the use of the internet. It is very important to us because it provides access to materials like property, money, and even identity. It's protection has been enforced through the use of routers, firewalls, and the joint efforts of the DHS and HSSEDI.

7

https://www.codecademy.com/learn

Codecademy is a website where one can learn a variety of different important programming languages that are in use today, and takes a step-by-step approach in their teaching methods, starting from very simple and easy at first but rising up sharply in difficulty with more lessons. These languages are those kinds of languages that are very popular today and are in use in many of the systems, apps and websites in use right now.

8

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/importance-of-computers-in-medicine.html

This article talks about the categories that computers are involved in, those being: data storage, surgical procedures, diagnostic tests, and knowledge sharing. Maintaining the data for patients is very important as it is necessary to keep in mind the specific conditions and events that took place in the patients past life because if they are not considered this can result in unwanted complexities. Surgery is often performed using a surgical robot to provide more precision. In diagnostic tests, computers play a large role in analyzing samples like blood for example. Finally computers are important in passing on data and sharing knowledge and allow a greater ability of collaboration.

9

http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-Power-of-Social-Innovation

Jeff Snell talks about the extent to which social innovation can be used in our everyday lives. He also goes on to talk about how the problem is not about that there are not enough charitable sectors its that there isn't enough awareness and social innovation can make this extensive and provide this kind of depth. Social innovation allows us to apply the knowledge of shared wisdom to our own human conditions and better the world.

10

http://www.thetech.org/tech-awards-presented-applied-materials/2015-laureates

The honoree I thought who should win the tech award was NextLeaf who made ColdTrace. There are many issues relating to people's health such as children's health and vaccines are the only way to protect children.This system helps ensure that by creating a system that gives doctors a way monitor their systems. This is now helping millions of people worldwide and disease is a real issue that we must control and is why I believe NextLeaf should win this award.