创新背景

计算机科学的发展和兴起带来新的系统类型出现，科学家和工程师也通过新的计算机系统为特定需求开发新的解决方案。计算机技术的发展创造新的工具方式和新形式的数据，但其产生的广泛影响往往不能和技术发展同步，带来的影响总是滞后凸显，规范、规则和法律也总是无法及时健全。

创新过程

麻省理工学院斯蒂芬·A·苏世民计算学院一直以来都将计算的社会和伦理责任作为研究的重要组成部分，在精进计算技术的同时通过案例系列研究探索计算发展带来的社会、伦理和政策挑战，促使计算机科学家和工程师培养负责人的思想和行动习惯。

案例系列是通过设计形成的模块化系统，用户可以根据自己的需求混合匹配内容。结构化、模块化的案例系列为教师提供了一种无缝的方式，将案例整合到现有关于计算的社会和道德责任主题的课程中，适应一系列课程和研究领域的教学。

案例没有固定的格式，可以以各种形式存在，如杂志的专题文章、苏格拉底的对话、冒险故事或角色扮演游戏。每个简短的案例都附有注释和参考资料，令教师和学生以及研究者可以更深入地探索给定的主题。研究人员表示，模块化的案例是为了引人关注后激发计算领域人才思考，向广泛的非专业人士展示基于原创研究的重要材料。

案例研究由学者特别委托和撰写，在一系列主题上引入各种不同的声音，有的侧重于特定技术或跨平台的趋势，有的则评估与批判性思考当前计算和数据科学工作相关的社会、历史、哲学、法律和文化。在首期杂志上发表的案例将读者置于各种环境中，挑战他们考虑计算技术的社会和道德影响。

计算技术的发展是为了社会利益，但其中的好处在哪？被优先考虑的需求、价值观是谁？谁被忽略了？·······系列中由D'Ignazio与埃默里大学英语和定量理论与方法系副教授Lauren Klein合著的案例表达了一种观点：数据是有用的，但它并不总是中立的。案例系列研究有助于相关领域人员了解技术系统的历史，其中涉及的社会、伦理、法律、文化等，并研究其不同的结果和影响。

创新关键点

利用模块化案例系列的研究帮助计算技术相关人才在培养过程中了解计算机发展带来的社会、法律、道德影响。

创新价值

帮助学生和研究人员能够以整体方式追求跨领域的技术发展，解决计算机技术和社会、经济、道德之间存在的问题，自然科学进步的同时人文科学也不断进步革新。
 

Modular case series of studies help to place emphasis on the social and ethical responsibilities of computing

MIT Stephen M. The Schwarzman School of Computing has always regarded the social and ethical responsibilities of computing as an important part of its research, and while refining computing technology, it explores the social, ethical and policy challenges brought about by the development of computing through a series of case studies, prompting computer scientists and engineers to cultivate the thinking and action habits of those responsible.

The case series is a modular system formed by design, allowing users to mix and match content according to their own needs. The structured, modular case series provide a seamless way for faculty to integrate case studies into existing curricula on the topic of social and ethical responsibility in computing, adapting the teaching of a range of courses and research areas.

Cases do not have a fixed format and can exist in various forms, such as magazine feature articles, Dialogues by Socrates, adventure stories, or role-playing games. Each short case is accompanied by annotations and references, allowing teachers and students, as well as researchers, to explore a given topic in greater depth. The researchers say the modular cases are meant to spark thinking in computing after attracting attention, showing a wide range of non-professionals important materials based on original research.

Specially commissioned and authored by academics, case studies introduce a variety of different voices on a range of topics, from focusing on specific technology or cross-platform trends to assessing the social, historical, philosophical, legal, and cultural aspects of critical thinking about current computational and data science work. The cases published in the inaugural issue of the magazine place readers in a variety of contexts, challenging them to consider the social and ethical implications of computing technology.

Computing technology is developing for the benefit of society, but what are the benefits? Who are the priorities and values? Who is being ignored? The case in the series, co-authored by D'Ignazio and Lauren Klein, associate professor of English and quantitative theory and methodology at Emory University, expresses the idea that data is useful, but it is not always neutral. Case series of studies help people in the field understand the history of technological systems, which involve social, ethical, legal, cultural, etc., and study their different outcomes and implications.