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B019588 - ICT POLICIES
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Course program
Academic Year 2016-17
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Political and Social Sciences (DSPS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
SPS/04 - POLITICAL SCIENCE
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
27/02/2017 ⇒ 01/06/2017
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course Content
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B019588 - ICT POLICIES
Second Cycle Degree in PUBLIC AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
B019588 - ICT POLICIES
Second Cycle Degree in PUBLIC AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
Teaching Language
english
Course Content
(a) The ICT Sector. Technologies. Markets. Regulation. (b) Specific Dimensions. Cyber Security. The EU Digital Agenda.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
ICT 2016-2017. Readings
UGARKAR, Jayraj, The Essentials of Telecommunications Management. A Simple Guide to Understanding a Complex Industry, AuthorHouse™ UK Ltd., 2010. Available in the Social Sciences Library. (a) Section 1: Chpts.1 & 2. Section 2: Chpts.3 & 5. Section 4: Chpt.14, are required for all students. Non attending students should (and attending students can if they want to) “also” read: Section 5: Chpts.16, 17, 18, and 19].
VARIAN, Hal, FARREL, Joseph, SHAPIRO, Carl., The Economics of Information Technology. An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2008. Available in the Social Sciences Library. Required for attending students: Part 1: Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 [pp. 01-24]. Required for non attending students: Part 1 Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 [pp. 01-24]. Part 2: Sections 13, 14, 17[pp. 49-81]
PELKMANS, Jacques. European Integration: Methods and Economic Analysis, Pearson Education Limited, UK, 2006. Suggested for all students, but Required for non attending students are Sections 8.1, 8.3, 8.4 of chapter 8. The Internal Market for Network Industries. If the book is not available in the library, Prof. Natalicchi will place a scanned version of those sections on Moodle.
NATALICCHI Giorgio. Wiring Europe: Reshaping the European Telecommunications Regime, Series on Governance in Europe (Ed. Gary Marks). Rowman & Littlefied, 2001. Required for all students Chap. 2: European Telecoms Policy from the 1800s to the Millennium. Available in the Social Sciences Library
GORI, Umberto, MARTINO Luigi (a cura di), Intelligence e Interesse Nazionale, Only the part from p.63 to p.133 _Required for all students. [available in the social sciences library]
KRAMER, J.F. & MULLER Benedikt. Cyberspace and International Relations, Theory Prospects and Challenges, Springer, 2014. (a) in Part 1: Chapter by H.S. KASSAB: In Search of Cyber Stability, pp. 59-76. (b) In Part 2: McDOWELL S.S., NENSEY Z., & STEINBERG: Cooperative International Approaches to Network Security, pp 231-252. Required for all students. These sections will be placed on MOODLE.
The Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications [from ec.europa.eu]
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/telecoms-rules
- Required for all students = “Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications in the European Union _ Situation in December 2009”. To download it -- in the “telecoms rules” page above indicated -- click on the hypertext link and download it.
- Optional for all students = the legal instruments that set the rules. To download it - in the “telecoms rules” page indicated above - go to the section “The Relevant Laws”. The framework is made of a package of 5 Directives (unofficialy consolidated versions) and 2 Regulations
The European Digital Agenda.
DE LONGIS, Fabrizio, L’agenda digitale Europea. Mercato, Tecnologia e Regolamentazione, GueriniNEXT, 2016. Cap. 2: L’Agenda Digitale. Required for all students [available in the Social Science Library]
From the EU website ec.europa.eu
The Digital Single Market (DSM) – The Digital Agenda. Optional for all students. Visit: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/sites/digital-agenda/files/digital_single_market_factsheet_final_20150504.pdf
On the Current Status of the Digital Agenda. Required for all students.
Visit the Digital Scoreboard, and see the European Digital Progress Report
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/european-digital-progress-report
[for a Summary, download the “European Digital Progress Report” (.pdf)]
[for the Details, download the 2016 report “The EU ICT Sector and its R&D Performance”(.ppt)]
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UGARKAR, Jayraj, The Essentials of Telecommunications Management. A Simple Guide to Understanding a Complex Industry, AuthorHouse™ UK Ltd., 2010. Available in the Social Sciences Library. (a) Section 1: Chpts.1 & 2. Section 2: Chpts.3 & 5. Section 4: Chpt.14, are required for all students. Non attending students should (and attending students can if they want to) “also” read: Section 5: Chpts.16, 17, 18, and 19].
VARIAN, Hal, FARREL, Joseph, SHAPIRO, Carl., The Economics of Information Technology. An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2008. Available in the Social Sciences Library. Required for attending students: Part 1: Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 [pp. 01-24]. Required for non attending students: Part 1 Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 [pp. 01-24]. Part 2: Sections 13, 14, 17[pp. 49-81]
PELKMANS, Jacques. European Integration: Methods and Economic Analysis, Pearson Education Limited, UK, 2006. Suggested for all students, but Required for non attending students are Sections 8.1, 8.3, 8.4 of chapter 8. The Internal Market for Network Industries. If the book is not available in the library, Prof. Natalicchi will place a scanned version of those sections on Moodle.
NATALICCHI Giorgio. Wiring Europe: Reshaping the European Telecommunications Regime, Series on Governance in Europe (Ed. Gary Marks). Rowman & Littlefied, 2001. Required for all students Chap. 2: European Telecoms Policy from the 1800s to the Millennium. Available in the Social Sciences Library
GORI, Umberto, MARTINO Luigi (a cura di), Intelligence e Interesse Nazionale, Only the part from p.63 to p.133 _Required for all students. [available in the social sciences library]
KRAMER, J.F. & MULLER Benedikt. Cyberspace and International Relations, Theory Prospects and Challenges, Springer, 2014. (a) in Part 1: Chapter by H.S. KASSAB: In Search of Cyber Stability, pp. 59-76. (b) In Part 2: McDOWELL S.S., NENSEY Z., & STEINBERG: Cooperative International Approaches to Network Security, pp 231-252. Required for all students. These sections will be placed on MOODLE.
The Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications [from ec.europa.eu]
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/telecoms-rules
- Required for all students = “Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications in the European Union _ Situation in December 2009”. To download it -- in the “telecoms rules” page above indicated -- click on the hypertext link and download it.
- Optional for all students = the legal instruments that set the rules. To download it - in the “telecoms rules” page indicated above - go to the section “The Relevant Laws”. The framework is made of a package of 5 Directives (unofficialy consolidated versions) and 2 Regulations
The European Digital Agenda.
DE LONGIS, Fabrizio, L’agenda digitale Europea. Mercato, Tecnologia e Regolamentazione, GueriniNEXT, 2016. Cap. 2: L’Agenda Digitale. Required for all students [available in the Social Science Library]
From the EU website ec.europa.eu
The Digital Single Market (DSM) – The Digital Agenda. Optional for all students. Visit: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/sites/digital-agenda/files/digital_single_market_factsheet_final_20150504.pdf
On the Current Status of the Digital Agenda. Required for all students.
Visit the Digital Scoreboard, and see the European Digital Progress Report
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/european-digital-progress-report
[for a Summary, download the “European Digital Progress Report” (.pdf)]
[for the Details, download the 2016 report “The EU ICT Sector and its R&D Performance”(.ppt)]
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Learning Objectives
To achieve a basic but good comprehension of modern ICTs technologies, markets, and regulation.
Prerequisites
except having at least received an undergraduate degree from a recognized educational institutions.
Teaching Methods
Regular Class Lectures. Host Speakers. Computer Imaging. Charts, Figures, and Texts, saved on the UniFi MOODLE System for direct access by the Students.
Further information
Students should regularly attend classe
Type of Assessment
Performance Evaluation
Attendance.
To qualify as “attending”, a student must attend half or more of the classes (12 or more). Absences due to stage, scholarships, or overlaps with other courses are considered “absences”.
Final Evaluation.
For attending students
Presentation of a “paper” on a theme covered in the course and agreed upon with the professor and possibly with a “very brief” discussion on some of the main topics of the course (100% of the grade). Special consideration with reference to the grade will be given to class attendance and participation.
For non-attending students
A final oral exam on ALL the readings indicated in the program (100% of the grade).
NOTE. Just once more - to make it clear ! Only attending students are allowed to present papers at the exam.
Attendance.
To qualify as “attending”, a student must attend half or more of the classes (12 or more). Absences due to stage, scholarships, or overlaps with other courses are considered “absences”.
Final Evaluation.
For attending students
Presentation of a “paper” on a theme covered in the course and agreed upon with the professor and possibly with a “very brief” discussion on some of the main topics of the course (100% of the grade). Special consideration with reference to the grade will be given to class attendance and participation.
For non-attending students
A final oral exam on ALL the readings indicated in the program (100% of the grade).
NOTE. Just once more - to make it clear ! Only attending students are allowed to present papers at the exam.
Course program
ICT Policies. aa 2016-2017. spring sem. modules 1 e 2.
Tue.Wed.Thu. 10.00–12.00
Prof. Giorgio Natalicchi.
Syllabus [V.3. 06.03.17]
[Final]
Part 1. ICT Technology, Markets and Regulation
• Technology.
UGARKAR, Jayraj, The Essentials of Telecommunications Management. A Simple Guide to Understanding a Complex Industry, AuthorHouse™ UK Ltd., 2010. Available in the Social Sciences Library. (a) Section 1: Chpts.1 & 2. Section 2: Chpts.3 & 5. Section 4: Chpt.14, are required for all students. Non attending students should (and attending students can if they want to) “also” read: Section 5: Chpts.16, 17, 18, and 19].
• Markets
VARIAN, Hal, FARREL, Joseph, SHAPIRO, Carl., The Economics of Information Technology. An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2008. Available in the Social Sciences Library. Required for attending students: Part 1: Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 [pp. 01-24]. Required for non attending students: Part 1 Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 [pp. 01-24]. Part 2: Sections 13, 14, 17[pp. 49-81]
PELKMANS, Jacques. European Integration: Methods and Economic Analysis, Pearson Education Limited, UK, 2006. Suggested for all students, but Required for non attending students are Sections 8.1, 8.3, 8.4 of chapter 8. The Internal Market for Network Industries. If the book is not available in the library, Prof. Natalicchi will place a scanned version of those sections on Moodle.
• Regulation.
NATALICCHI Giorgio. Wiring Europe: Reshaping the European Telecommunications Regime, Series on Governance in Europe (Ed. Gary Marks). Rowman & Littlefied, 2001. Required for all students Chap. 2: European Telecoms Policy from the 1800s to the Millennium. Available in the Social Sciences Library
PART 2. Some Current Trends and “Problematiques” in ICT.
• It is planned a Guest Lecture by Dr. Lorenzo Brunetti, of TIM Telecom Italia. The subject of the lecture will be decided in the second part of the course. No compulsory readings are required.
• Cyber Security & International Relations with Dott. Luigi Martino, Sector Expert.
GORI, Umberto, MARTINO Luigi (a cura di), Intelligence e Interesse Nazionale, Only the part from p.63 to p.133 _Required for all students. [available in the social sciences library]
KRAMER, J.F. & MULLER Benedikt. Cyberspace and International Relations, Theory Prospects and Challenges, Springer, 2014. (a) in Part 1: Chapter by H.S. KASSAB: In Search of Cyber Stability, pp. 59-76. (b) In Part 2: McDOWELL S.S., NENSEY Z., & STEINBERG: Cooperative International Approaches to Network Security, pp 231-252. Required for all students. These sections will be placed on MOODLE.
• Europe’s Response to Growing World-Wide Competition: the European Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications and the European Digital Agenda.
(a) The Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications [from ec.europa.eu]
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/telecoms-rules
- Required for all students = “Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications in the European Union _ Situation in December 2009”. To download it -- in the “telecoms rules” page above indicated -- click on the hypertext link and download it.
- Optional for all students = the legal instruments that set the rules. To download it - in the “telecoms rules” page indicated above - go to the section “The Relevant Laws”. The framework is made of a package of 5 Directives (unofficialy consolidated versions) and 2 Regulations
(b) The European Digital Agenda.
(b1) DE LONGIS, Fabrizio, L’agenda digitale Europea. Mercato, Tecnologia e Regolamentazione, GueriniNEXT, 2016. Cap. 2: L’Agenda Digitale. Required for all students [available in the Social Science Library]
(b2) From ec.europa.eu
The Digital Single Market (DSM) – The Digital Agenda. Optional for all students. Visit: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/sites/digital-agenda/files/digital_single_market_factsheet_final_20150504.pdf
On the Current Status of the Digital Agenda. Required for all students.
Visit the Digital Scoreboard, and see the European Digital Progress Report
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/european-digital-progress-report
. [for a Summary, download the “European Digital Progress Report” (.pdf)]
. [for the Details, download the 2016 report “The EU ICT Sector and its R&D Performance”(.ppt)]
• If, and only if, some time is left we’ll discuss some current and future trends in ICT, such as the Cloud(s), Big Data, the Internet of Things, and, if the school robot can visit us, also some Artificial Intelligence (AI). Simply a discussion and no required readings.
Performance Evaluation
Attendance.
To qualify as “attending”, a student must attend half or more of the classes (12 or more). Absences due to stage, scholarships, or overlaps with other courses are considered “absences”.
Final Evaluation.
For attending students
Presentation of a “paper” on a theme covered in the course and agreed upon with the professor and possibly with a “very brief” discussion on some of the main topics of the course (100% of the grade). Special consideration with reference to the grade will be given to class attendance and participation.
For non-attending students
A final oral exam on ALL the readings indicated in the program (100% of the grade).
NOTE. Just once more - to make it clear ! Only attending students are allowed to present papers at the exam.
Tue.Wed.Thu. 10.00–12.00
Prof. Giorgio Natalicchi.
Syllabus [V.3. 06.03.17]
[Final]
Part 1. ICT Technology, Markets and Regulation
• Technology.
UGARKAR, Jayraj, The Essentials of Telecommunications Management. A Simple Guide to Understanding a Complex Industry, AuthorHouse™ UK Ltd., 2010. Available in the Social Sciences Library. (a) Section 1: Chpts.1 & 2. Section 2: Chpts.3 & 5. Section 4: Chpt.14, are required for all students. Non attending students should (and attending students can if they want to) “also” read: Section 5: Chpts.16, 17, 18, and 19].
• Markets
VARIAN, Hal, FARREL, Joseph, SHAPIRO, Carl., The Economics of Information Technology. An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2008. Available in the Social Sciences Library. Required for attending students: Part 1: Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 [pp. 01-24]. Required for non attending students: Part 1 Sects. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 [pp. 01-24]. Part 2: Sections 13, 14, 17[pp. 49-81]
PELKMANS, Jacques. European Integration: Methods and Economic Analysis, Pearson Education Limited, UK, 2006. Suggested for all students, but Required for non attending students are Sections 8.1, 8.3, 8.4 of chapter 8. The Internal Market for Network Industries. If the book is not available in the library, Prof. Natalicchi will place a scanned version of those sections on Moodle.
• Regulation.
NATALICCHI Giorgio. Wiring Europe: Reshaping the European Telecommunications Regime, Series on Governance in Europe (Ed. Gary Marks). Rowman & Littlefied, 2001. Required for all students Chap. 2: European Telecoms Policy from the 1800s to the Millennium. Available in the Social Sciences Library
PART 2. Some Current Trends and “Problematiques” in ICT.
• It is planned a Guest Lecture by Dr. Lorenzo Brunetti, of TIM Telecom Italia. The subject of the lecture will be decided in the second part of the course. No compulsory readings are required.
• Cyber Security & International Relations with Dott. Luigi Martino, Sector Expert.
GORI, Umberto, MARTINO Luigi (a cura di), Intelligence e Interesse Nazionale, Only the part from p.63 to p.133 _Required for all students. [available in the social sciences library]
KRAMER, J.F. & MULLER Benedikt. Cyberspace and International Relations, Theory Prospects and Challenges, Springer, 2014. (a) in Part 1: Chapter by H.S. KASSAB: In Search of Cyber Stability, pp. 59-76. (b) In Part 2: McDOWELL S.S., NENSEY Z., & STEINBERG: Cooperative International Approaches to Network Security, pp 231-252. Required for all students. These sections will be placed on MOODLE.
• Europe’s Response to Growing World-Wide Competition: the European Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications and the European Digital Agenda.
(a) The Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications [from ec.europa.eu]
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/telecoms-rules
- Required for all students = “Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications in the European Union _ Situation in December 2009”. To download it -- in the “telecoms rules” page above indicated -- click on the hypertext link and download it.
- Optional for all students = the legal instruments that set the rules. To download it - in the “telecoms rules” page indicated above - go to the section “The Relevant Laws”. The framework is made of a package of 5 Directives (unofficialy consolidated versions) and 2 Regulations
(b) The European Digital Agenda.
(b1) DE LONGIS, Fabrizio, L’agenda digitale Europea. Mercato, Tecnologia e Regolamentazione, GueriniNEXT, 2016. Cap. 2: L’Agenda Digitale. Required for all students [available in the Social Science Library]
(b2) From ec.europa.eu
The Digital Single Market (DSM) – The Digital Agenda. Optional for all students. Visit: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/sites/digital-agenda/files/digital_single_market_factsheet_final_20150504.pdf
On the Current Status of the Digital Agenda. Required for all students.
Visit the Digital Scoreboard, and see the European Digital Progress Report
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/european-digital-progress-report
. [for a Summary, download the “European Digital Progress Report” (.pdf)]
. [for the Details, download the 2016 report “The EU ICT Sector and its R&D Performance”(.ppt)]
• If, and only if, some time is left we’ll discuss some current and future trends in ICT, such as the Cloud(s), Big Data, the Internet of Things, and, if the school robot can visit us, also some Artificial Intelligence (AI). Simply a discussion and no required readings.
Performance Evaluation
Attendance.
To qualify as “attending”, a student must attend half or more of the classes (12 or more). Absences due to stage, scholarships, or overlaps with other courses are considered “absences”.
Final Evaluation.
For attending students
Presentation of a “paper” on a theme covered in the course and agreed upon with the professor and possibly with a “very brief” discussion on some of the main topics of the course (100% of the grade). Special consideration with reference to the grade will be given to class attendance and participation.
For non-attending students
A final oral exam on ALL the readings indicated in the program (100% of the grade).
NOTE. Just once more - to make it clear ! Only attending students are allowed to present papers at the exam.