William B Cochran

As Instructor

 

Wake Forest University (2020-2021; 2023-present)

• AI & Humanity: Foundations for Our Future (First Year Seminar) 

• Ethical Computer Science

• Ethics of Emerging Technologies                                                                          

• Flourishing in the Future (First Year Seminar)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Harvard University (2021-2023)

• Embedded EthiCS Teaching Lab (Co-Facilitator)                                                                                 

• Ethics of Emerging Technologies (Harvard Summer School)                                                                                                                   

Northwestern University (2016-2018)

• Future Tense: The Ethics of What Will Be (First Year Seminar)    

• The Civically Engaged Life (Co-Facilitator, Brady Scholars Senior)

• Philosophy and the City (Co-Facilitator, Brady Scholars Senior Seminar)              

    

The University of Illinois at Chicago (2018)

• Aristotle and His Successors (University of Illinois at Chicago)                                                                                                                          

Saint Mary's University   (2012)

•  Introduction to Ancient Civilizations
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Ethics Modules for CS Courses

 

At Wake Forest University

Spring 2025

• “Ethics of AI Technologies: The THRIVE Framework” (CSC 371: Artificial Intelligence)       

• “Ethics of AI Technologies: The THRIVE Framework” (CSC 374: Machine Learning)           

• “Ethics of a ‘Smart Forest’ System: The THRIVE Framework” (CSC 332: Mobile and Pervasive Computing)                                                              

• “Trust & Trustworthiness in CS” (CSC 111: Introduction to CS)                                                       

• “Programming Languages & Practical Wisdom” (CSC 231: Programming Languages)
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Fall 2024                                                                      

• “From Competence to Care” (CSC 201: Data Structures & Algorithms)                                    

• “The Limitations of Optimization” (CSC 301: Algorithm Design & Analysis)                              

• “Trust & Trustworthiness in CS” (CSC 111: Introduction to CS)                                                       

• “Programming Languages & Practical Wisdom” (CSC 231: Programming Languages)

 

Spring 2021

• “Machine Learning & Justice” (CS 374: Machine Learning)                                                            

• “Programming Languages & Practical Wisdom” (CS 231: Programming Languages)                                                            

At Harvard University 

Spring 2023

• “Cultivating Moral Imagination with Value Sensitive Design (CS50: Introduction to Computer Science)

  • “Trust & Trustworthiness in Computer Science” (CS50 "mini-module", Week 2)   
                 

Spring 2022

• “Cultivating Moral Imagination with Value-Sensitive Design” (CS50: Introduction to Computer Science)  

  •  “Facial Recognition Software and Justice” (CS50 "mini-module", Week 7)                    

  •  “Technical and Ethical Value Trade-offs” (CS50 "mini-module", Week 5)                        

  •  “Trust & Trustworthiness in Computer Science” (CS50 "mini-module", Week 2)           

  •   “Ethics as the Fourth Axis of Good Code” (CS50 "mini-module", Week 0)