Information Technology and the Labor Market

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Setting the Stage - Incomes, Occupations and Wages
2-3	Two Early Views of Computers’ Impacts
4-5	Does Technology Complement “Skill”?
6-7	Cognition I - Perceiving What Task is to be Done
8	IT and Tasks I: Rules Based Applications Including Expert Systems
9-10	IT and Tasks II: Pattern Recognition and Computer Learning
11	Computer Vision Guest Lecture - Prof. Todd Zickler, Harvard University	Two-person paper proposal due
12	Computer Speech Recognition Guest Lecture - Dr. T. J. Hazen, CSAIL, MIT
13	Implementing Computers and the Reorganization of Work
14	Radiology Imaging Guest Lecture - Dr. Polina Golland, CSAIL, MIT (Subject to Change)
15	Implementing Computers and the Reorganization of Work (cont.)
16	Midterm Exam
17-19	Cognition II - What People Get Paid For: Expert Thinking and Complex Communication
20-21	IT and Markets
22	IT and Outsourcing
23	How Can Computers Substitute for/Complement Classroom Teachers? Guest Lecture - Dr. Jill Burstein, Educational Testing Service
24-25	IT and Productivity
26	Wrap-up