Lehrinhalte
During the course of this seminar advanced theories and subjects from the field of "Science and Technology for Peace and Security" (PEASEC) will be developed. Based on the introduction and repetition of the principles in scientific research, contemporary project topics will be offered. Part of the seminar is also a peer-review process, where students will review each other’s work and will be able to make adjustments.
• Basics: Peace, conflict and security research
o Peace and conflict studies
o Security studies and information security
• Computer science in military, war and conflict
o Military use of information technology and dual use
o Cyberwar: conflict in cyberspace concerning information warfare, fake news and social bots
o Terrorism and propaganda in social media
• Computer Science for peace
o Human-computer interaction for cyber peace and conflict and peacebuilding
o IT in the realm of political activism
o Containment of terrorist propaganda in social media
• Safety critical Human-Computer Interaction
o Usable-safety engineering in safety critical interactive systems
o Law, ethics and culture
o Operational information systems
o Crisis management systems and medical engineering
o Warning and assistant systems
o Social media
o Cooperation systems for crisis situations
o IT for voluntary work

Topics for the current semester are available at [url=http://www.peasec.de/lehre]www.peasec.de/lehre[/url]

Literatur
Altmann, J., Bernhardt, U., Nixdorff, K., Ruhmann, I., & Wöhrle, D. (2016) Naturwissenschaft - Rüstung - Frieden - Basiswissen für die Friedensforschung (Vol. 49), Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg.
Reuter, C. (2018) Sicherheitskritische Mensch-Computer-Interaktion: Interaktive Technologien und Soziale Medien im Krisen- und Sicherheitsmanagement, 645 S., Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg. [url=http://www.buch-sec-mci.chreu.de]www.buch-sec-mci.chreu.de[/url]
 

Voraussetzungen
- Principles in Computer Science or Peace and Conflict Studies

Semester: ST 2018