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Integrating Doctoral Seminar on Emerging Technologies
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- Instructors
- Prof. Daniel Hastings, Dr. Jason Black, Dr. Lawrence McCray
- Term
- Fall 2005
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 30 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare IDS.900 Integrating Doctoral Seminar on Emerging Technologies, Fall 2005, Prof. Daniel Hastings, Dr. Jason Black, Dr. Lawrence McCray — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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- A lecture sequence of 12 items is confirmed. Assignment and exam materials exist too, but MIT's own order for them could not be verified, so they're shown as materials below rather than a sequence.
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Readings
Lecture Notes
7 files
- Lecture 1 · Uncertainty The Engineer’s View On the Power and the Limits of Analysis Download
- Lecture 2 · On Handling Messy Complexity Download
- Technology Assessment Download
- Technological Forecasting (Courtesy of Prof. Chris Magee. Used with permission.) Download
- Lecture 6 · GPS for Selected Applications Download
- Lecture 9 · Supersonic Transport (SST) Download
- Lecture 11 · The National Airspace System Download
Assignments
17 files
- This resource contains the response paper by Kieran Downes on the book Rescuing Prometheus (prometheus_kd.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information about the response paper by Dietrich Falkenthal on the book… (prometheus_df.pdf) Download
- This resource contains the response paper by Spencer L. Lewis on the book Rescuing Prometheus (prometheus_sl.pdf) Download
- This resource contians information about the book review and discussion points of the book Rescuing… (prometheus_am.pdf) Download
- Ths resource contains information about the response paper by Christine Ng on the book Rescuing… (prometheus_cn.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information about the Columbia acident investigation by Kieran Downes (columbia_kd.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information on Columbia accident investigation by Dietrich Falkenthal (columbia_df.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information about Columbia accident investigation by Spencer L. Lewis (columbia_sl.pdf) Download
- This resource contains the responses to Columbia accident investigation by Aleksandra Mozdzanowska (columbia_am.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information about the Columbia accident investigation by Christine Ng (columbia_cn.pdf) Download
- Responses to Allison Reading Download
- Responses to Technology Assessment Readings Download
- Responses to Technology Assessment Readings · Student work Download
- KD: “Can we call it Failure? Digital Equipment Corporation and the Minicomputer as an Engineering Success Story” Download
- DF: “Policy on Emerging Technology: Roles of Individuals and Organizations Case Study Analysis” Download
- AM: “What is the Relationship between Technology and Social Values?” Download
- CN: “Making the Leap - Opportunities and Risks of Emerging Technologies” Download
Other materials from this course
- This resource contains information about packet switching chronology, packet switching vs. citcuit… (lec7_packets.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information about ballistic missile defense technologies and their… (ota_missile.pdf) Download
- This resource contains the response paper by Shirley Hung on the book Rescuing Prometheus (prometheus_sh.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information about the background and purpose of this study, information… (ota_nis.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information about the seven sides to the nuclear debate, the uncertain… (ota_nuclear.pdf) Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: On Handling Messy Complexity
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Lecture 3: The Engineering Mindset Analysis of the Columbia Disaster
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Lecture 4: Bureaucratic Politics Some Powerful Dumb Ideas about Politics and Policymaking
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Lecture 5: Technological Forecasting Methods for Forecasting; Predictions for the Future; How have they Actually Worked?
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Lecture 6: GPS for Selected Applications
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Lecture 7: Packet Switching for Data Communication
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Lecture 8: The Minicomputer
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Lecture 9: Supersonic Transport (SST)
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Lecture 10: Seldane to Allegra
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Lecture 11: The National Airspace System
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Lecture 12: Ubiquitous Computing: Analysis and Review of Collected Material from the Last Year
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