CSC 379

Formatting Resources

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IEEE Xplore

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Professional Codes of Ethics

National Academy of Engineering

Debate Arguments Pyramid

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http://blog.createdebate.com/2008/04/07/writing-strong-arguments/

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Research Assignment: CSC 379:Research Assignment Sample

Research Assignment Topics

Research Topics

Week 1 pages

• Week 1 Debate Topic

• Netiquette Best Practices: Online Communities (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 1, Group 1)
• Political Uses of Spam for Special Interests and Influencing Elections (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 1, Group 2)
• Spam (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 1, Group 3)
• The Effects of Spam-Countermeasures (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 1, Group 4)

Week 2 pages

• Week 2 Debate Topic

• Turn-it-in and MOSS (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 2, Group 1)
• Alternative Intellectual Property Models (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 2, Group 2)
• Search Engines (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 2, Group 3)
• File Sharing Countermeasures (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 2, Group 4)

Week 3 pages

• Week 3 Debate Topic

• Markets for Bug Reports (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 3, Group 1)
• Costs and Benefits of Malware Countermeasures (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 3, Group 2)
• Costs and Benefits Password Regulations (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 3, Group 3)
• Bundling Malware (CSC 379 SUM2008:Week 3, Group 4)

Week 4 pages

TBD

Week 5 pages

TBD