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"Star Wars" - A Continuing Case Study in Ethics and
Safety-Critical Software

Kevin W. Bowyer
Professor and Department Chair
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Notre Dame

Copyright, Kevin W. Bowyer, all rights reserved.
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This directory contains the files for a curriculum module
on safety-critical software and ethical issues in computing.
It should be suitable for use in an ethics and computing,
social impact of computing, or software engineering course.

This material is made available for academic, non-profit use,
with appropriate attribution.  It may NOT be incorporated
into any other product, sold, or modified and redistributed.
Copying to distribute to another faculty member for use in
their classroom teaching is encouraged.

The material is organized as two powerpoint files, several
video clips that can be played from within the powerpoint,
and several background documents.

For convenience of distribution, the material is arranged to
fit on two CDs.  If you do not intend to run the material 
from the CDs, the two powerpoint files can be merged together 
and all the files copied onto hard disk.

STARWARS_A.PPT
This file contains the powerpoint for the first part of the 
module, including the video clip by Reagan, the clip by 
Dertouzous and the first clip by Parnas.

STARWARS_B.PPT
This file contains the powerpoint for the second part of the
module, including the remaining video clips.

reagan.mpeg
This is the video clip from Reagan's "star wars" speech.

dertouszos.mpeg
This is the video clip of Dertouzos' overview of SDI.

parnas.mpeg
This is the video clip of Parnas' presentation.

seitz.mpeg
This is the video clip of Seitz' presentation.

parnas_rebut.mpeg
This is the video clip of Parnas' rebuttal statement.

seitz_rebut.mpeg
This is the video clip of Seitz' rebuttal statement.

Ionson_quote.mpeg
This is the video clip of of quote from James Ionson,
of the SDIO at the time of the Reagan program, dealing
with error-free versus fault-tolerant software.

EastportStudyGroup.doc
ota_bmd_tech_1985.pdf
These are government documents created during the Reagan-era
"star wars" program.  (And so the copyright is not held by
any individual.)  They are included here as general background
for the ballistic missile defense problem.  Thanks to Chuck
Seitz for the suggestion that these documents be included.  The
Eastport Study Group report has been scanned from a printed
original and proofread, but there may still be a few minor typos.

StarWarsOverview.doc*
This is an updated version of a paper presented by Kevin Bowyer
at the 2001 International Symposion on Technology and Society.
It discusses the purpose and structure of this curriculum module,
and offers some suggestions for how to use it in the classroom.
This paper would be an appropriate citation for this material.