Welcome to Centre for Society, Technology and Values
The Centre for Society, Technology and Values (CSTV) is a uniquely UWaterloo interdisciplinary centre that sets out to explain and examine social aspects of technology and technological change.
CSTV was established in 1984 as an interdisciplinary teaching and research unit. Since 1991, it has been connected with the Department of Systems Design Engineering.
SYDE 730: AI & Society with Dr. Cameron Shelley
A look inSYDE CSTV
A Look inSYDE with Dr. Scott Campbell
A look inSYDE with Dr. Cameron Shelley
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STV 205: Cybernetics and Society
Cybernetics is the study of the interfaces between humans and machines. This course will present an overview of cybernetics from automation and robotics to prosthetics and wearable computing. The roles of men and women in a post-human era will be discussed along with related themes dealing with gender, cyberspace, politics and popular culture.
Join your fellow students this Spring to discuss and explore!
Instructor: Mark Morley
STV 210: The Computing Society
Did Alan Turing really save the world? Why were women the first computers? How wig-makers inspired a revolution! Why was Grace Hopper "Man of the Year"? Did Charles Babbage invent computers? IBM and the Holocaust? WAT FOR ever or WAT Ever For?
Join your fellow students this Spring to discuss and explore these and other topics in computing history!
Instructor: Scott Campbell
STV 302: Information Technology and Society
What is information technology? How did it get this way? What is it doing for us, or not?
Join your fellow students this Spring to discuss and explore!
Instructor: Scott Campbell