Professional Issues and Ethics in Information Technology - Ethics of Computer Science COMP4920/COMP9920 26T1

Tutorial Exercises start this week (Week 2)

Posted by Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson Monday 23 February 2026, 01:16:59 PM.

Hi everyone,

Your Tutorial Exercises start this week : ) Your tutor will supply paper. Please do remember to put your full name and zID on your answers.

Your tutor will give you 30 minutes at the and of the second half of your tutorial in which to complete your answers.

Importantly - please do bring a pen!

All best,

Seb

Group Project Brief

Posted by Edward Norman Monday 23 February 2026, 09:48:37 AM.

Good Morning All,

We have just uploaded the group project brief on webCMS, accessible via the sidebar under the Assessment header. Please read through the brief carefully, as we will begin this Applied Ethics: AI Case Study during tutorials this week (wk2 - group formation). Flora's lecture content over the next few weeks is integral to the group project so please do attend, or catch up asynchronously, as we will begin venturing into the exciting ( and very topical ) world of applied ethics in IT.

The group project gives you all an opportunity to explore an AI technology that is of interest to your group, looking at its impact on society by performing a conceptual Value-Sensitive Design analysis, and using this to make a verdict as to whether or not your team believe this technology should be deployed, or not. You will use the skills you have learned over the course to deliver this verdict in a way that would be compelling to your hypothetical product owner, offering them much needed guidance in this problematic ethical space.

Best of luck!
COMP4920

New snacks!

Posted by Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson Wednesday 18 February 2026, 09:46:58 PM.

Thanks for all of your great questions in the first lecture today : ) See you tomorrow!