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B019588 - ICT POLICIES
Principali informazioni
Lingua Insegnamento
Contenuto del corso
Libri di testo consigliati
Obiettivi Formativi
Prerequisiti
Metodi Didattici
Altre Informazioni
Modalità di verifica apprendimento
Programma del corso
Anno Accademico 2016-17
Anno di corso
Secondo Anno - Secondo Semestre
Dipartimento di Afferenza
Scienze Politiche e Sociali
Tipo insegnamento
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Settore Scientifico disciplinare
SPS/04 - SCIENZA POLITICA
Crediti Formativi
6
Ore Didattica
48
Periodo didattico
27/02/2017 ⇒ 01/06/2017
Frequenza Obbligatoria
No
Tipo Valutazione
Voto Finale
Contenuto del corso
mostra
Programma del corso
mostra
Docenza
Mutuazione
Insegnamento mutuato da:
B019588 - ICT POLICIES
Laurea Magistrale in STRATEGIE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE PUBBLICA E POLITICA
B019588 - ICT POLICIES
Laurea Magistrale in STRATEGIE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE PUBBLICA E POLITICA
Lingua Insegnamento
inglese
Contenuto del corso
(a) Il settore delle ICT. Tecnologia. Mercati. Regolazione. (b) Aspetti Specifici. Cyber Security. The EU Digital Agenda.
Libri di testo consigliati (Cerca nel catalogo della biblioteca)
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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Obiettivi Formativi
To achieve a basic but good comprehension of modern ICTs technologies, markets, and regulation.
Prerequisiti
No specific "obligatory" requisites except having at least received an undergraduate degree from a recognized educational institutions.
Metodi Didattici
Regular Class Lectures. Host Speakers. Computer Imaging. Charts, Figures, and Texts, saved on the UniFi MOODLE System for direct access by the Students.
Altre Informazioni
Students should regularly attend classes.
Modalità di verifica apprendimento
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.
Programma del corso
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.