Education DCL: EAGER: Taking Law into Our Own Hands: Infusing Law into CS Education, Early and Often

教育 DCL：EAGER：将法律掌握在我们自己手中：尽早且经常地将法律融入计算机科学教育

• 批准号: 2335659
• 负责人: Rishab Nithyanand
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2335659&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Education; DCL; EAGER; Taking; Law

For much of its existence, the field of computing has evolved without the influence of overarching laws; and computer science (CS) education has mirrored this reality. However, now, our society is in the midst of introducing regulations that govern core aspects of computing including data, applications, and intelligence. Prominent examples include the General Data Protection Regulation and the AI Act of Europe. This trend has created a critical gap in CS education, where the status quo of “leave the law to the lawyers” is resulting in a computing workforce that is untrained about the laws that govern their work. This project’s novelties lie in investigating if early and continuous exposure to computing-related laws helps CS students develop a lawful approach to computing. The project's broader significance and importance are in motivating changes to the CS curriculum towards training the next generation CS workforce to be law-aware. The objective of this project is to integrate the principles and practices of emerging technology laws into the CS curriculum. To do so, the researchers propose a layered educational plan that (i) starts with prerequisite-free foundation lectures and seminar course; then (ii) infuses law into core CS coursework, and finally (iii) enables hands-on training via law-aware CS research and competition. The project team will measure students' performance as well as collect their feedback across all the coursework. This data will help answer the key research question: does early and continuous exposure to technology laws help CS undergraduates develop a lawful approach to computing. Findings from this work including novel approaches to pedagogy, experiences, and teaching materials are expected to evolve CS education to incorporate laws that govern computing systems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在其存在的大部分时间里，计算领域的发展并没有受到总体法律的影响；计算机科学（CS）教育也反映了这一现实，但是现在，我们的社会正在引入管理计算核心方面的法规。突出的例子包括《通用数据保护条例》和《欧洲人工智能法案》，这一趋势在计算机科学教育中造成了严重的差距，“把法律留给律师”的现状是。导致计算人员未受过法律培训该项目的新颖之处在于调查早期和持续接触计算机相关法律是否有助于计算机科学学生制定合法的计算机方法该项目的更广泛意义和重要性在于推动计算机科学课程的变革以培训下一代。该项目的目标是将新兴技术法律的原则和实践融入到计算机科学课程中，研究人员提出了一个分层的教育计划，该计划从无先决条件的基础开始。讲座和研讨会课程；然后 (ii) 将法律融入核心计算机科学课程，最后 (iii) 通过法律意识计算机科学研究和竞赛进行实践培训。项目团队将衡量学生的表现并收集他们对所有课程的反馈。这些数据将有助于回答关键的研究问题：早期和持续接触技术法律是否有助于计算机科学本科生开发合法的计算方法。这项工作的结果包括新颖的教学方法、经验和教材，预计将推动计算机科学教育的发展。纳入计算法律该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。