Good technology policy is difficult to formulate for many reasons, among them, that technologists are often unaware of the policy implications of technologies they develop and policymakers are often unfamiliar with technologies they are asked to regulate. This course will consider several different types of information technologies and specific policy issues they raise. The principal goal of the course will be to facilitate cross-disciplinary communications and collaborations between policymakers and technologists so that technologists can embed good policies in the technologies they build and policymakers can regulate technology more appropriately and effectively.
(version 1.22 last modified 2 December 2003)
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC | LEAD DISCUSSANTS |
| August 27 | Pam Samuelson & Bob Glushko | Overview of Course and Technology Policy | |
| September 3 | Tom Kalil | Inside the IT Policy Process Slides Reading1 Reading2 Reading3 | |
| September 10 | Joe Hellerstein | Cross-Linking Databases Slides Reading | |
| September 17 | Mitch Kapor | Sustaining Open Source Development Reading1 Reading2 | Avrekh, M., Butler S., Hall J., Levis, P. |
| September 24 | Brewster Kahle | Free Wireless Service for San Francisco | Holmquist, K., Qu, H., Sastry N., Thompson, P. |
| October 1 | Eric Brewer | Building IT Infrastructure for Developing Countries Reading1 Reading2 Reading3 | Danley, J., Gustafs, M., Han, J., Scott, J. |
| October 8 | Deirdre Mulligan | Ubiquitous Computing and Privacy Slides Reading1 Reading2 Reading3 | Beaumont, J., Maury, B., Raiwa, I., Solomin, J., Towle, J. |
| October 15 | Howard Shelanski | Wireless Networks and Spectrum Policy Lawrence Lessig Yochai Benkler Tom Hazlett Stuart Benjamin | Ahern, S.,Huang, T., Jacobs, S., Kam, S., Russell, S. |
| October 22 | Les Vadasz | Broadband Technologies Slides Reading1 Reading2 | Groenevelt, D., Grossklags, J., Halkett R., Ronald, R., Wahl, B. |
| October 29 | Lawrence Lessig | Creative Commons Movie Reading1 Reading2 Reading3 Reading4 | Rosenfield, A., Schlossberg, D., Schmieder, S., Tandon N. |
| November 5 | Barbara Simons | Electronic Voting Technologies Slides (ppt) Slides (pdf) Reading1 Reading2 | Filak, K., Hall, V., Ho, K., Hurst, A., Spring, M. |
| November 12 | Fred von Lohmann | Peer to Peer Technologies Reading1 Reading2 Reading3 Reading4 Reading5 | French, B., Gu, G., Lopez, M., Yang, J. |
| November 19 | David Wagner | Internet Voting Slides Reading1 Reading2 Reading3 | Daly, B., Hodder, M., Ruiz M. |
| November 26 | NONE | TERM PAPER DUE | NONE |
| December 3 | Hal Varian | Rethinking the Domain Name System Reading1 Reading2 Reading3 | Angier, M., Eschet, G., Kimura T, Mahad, I., Walther, A. |
Students will be expected to write one paper on a technology and policy issue, as well as to actively engage in class discussion. Each student will be asked to sign up to be lead discussant(s) for one session.