Computer Aided Mammograms And Trans Atlantic Data Transfer...

Issue Paper: Computer-Aided Mammograms and Trans-Atlantic Data Transfer Privacy Garrett Gutierrez CSE 485: Capstone I #80015 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Introduction: As new technologies emerge, they cause new and surprising impacts on the world, which shape how people experience life. Yet, these advancements in computing and engineering may have some negative consequences. Thus, they become controversial issues. Two recent issues in the computing and engineering field are the effectiveness of computer-aided mammograms in the United States and Facebook data being used for mass surveillance on European denizens. These issues affect the areas of national healthcare and global privacy, respectively. Not only do these topics have current ramifications, they also have potential long term consequences that will need to be addressed. Thus, current leaders are taking actions to address each of these issues in order to resolve them or mitigate their adverse effects. This paper will identify each issue, its source, the current and future impact of the respective issue, and how current leaders are addressing the issues based on the facts provided by the credible news sources. Issue 1 and Source: On the national level, a contemporary issue involving computing that has arisen is the use of computer-aided mammograms in the U.S. for women’s healthcare. The issue is that recent studies have shown that computer-aided mammograms are not effective at detecting more instances of breast cancer or tumors,