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

在其存在的大部分时间里，计算领域的发展没有受到总体规律的影响;计算机科学（CS）教育反映了这一现实。然而，现在，我们的社会正在引入管理计算核心方面的法规，包括数据，应用程序和智能。突出的例子包括《通用数据保护条例》和《欧洲人工智能法》。这一趋势在计算机科学教育中造成了一个严重的差距，“把法律留给律师”的现状导致了一个未经培训的计算劳动力，他们对管理他们工作的法律一无所知。这个项目的新颖之处在于调查早期和持续接触计算相关的法律是否有助于CS学生发展合法的计算方法。该项目的更广泛的意义和重要性是在激励对CS课程的变化，以培训下一代CS劳动力是法律意识。该项目的目标是将新兴技术法律的原则和实践纳入CS课程。为了做到这一点，研究人员提出了一个分层的教育计划，（i）从无先决条件的基础讲座和研讨会课程开始;然后（ii）将法律融入核心CS课程，最后（iii）通过法律意识的CS研究和竞争实现实践培训。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CS本科生开发合法的计算方法。这项工作的结果，包括新颖的方法，教学，经验和教材，预计将发展计算机科学教育，纳入法律，管理计算systems.This奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得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的支持。

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.