CS 19000 (crn: 54356) • Spring 2011 • Mon/Wed 2:30-3:20 • LWSN B134
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Date | Topic | Speaker | HW Due (Fri @ 5pm) |
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Mon, Jan 10 | Introductions, Course Organization, Overview | Chris Mayfield | Initial Doc & Pre-Survey |
Wed, Jan 12 | Social Networking: History and Applications | Aman Yadav | |
Mon, Jan 17 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No Classes) | Blog: Social Networking | |
Wed, Jan 19 | Social Networking: Privacy and Censorship | ||
Mon, Jan 24 | Cybersecurity: Defending Against Cyber Attacks | Eric Dietz | Blog: Cybersecurity |
Wed, Jan 26 | Cybersecurity: Network Security and Forensics | Scott Ksander | |
Mon, Jan 31 | The Internet: Powerful, Pervasive, and Perilous | Doug Comer | Blog: The Internet |
Wed, Feb 02 | The Internet: Innovation and Challenges | ||
Mon, Feb 07 | Info Assurance: Processing Info w/o Learning It | Mike Atallah | Blog: Info Assurance |
Wed, Feb 09 | Info Assurance: Will Your Vote Be Counted? | Gene Spafford | |
Mon, Feb 14 | Digital Divide: Access, Education, and Control | Jim Lehman | Blog: Digital Divide |
Wed, Feb 16 | Digital Divide: Bridging the International Gap | ||
Mon, Feb 21 | History: Computers and Play (and Gaming) | Chris Hoffmann | Blog: Gaming / History |
Wed, Feb 23 | History: A Very Brief History of Computing | Chris Mayfield | |
Mon, Feb 28 | Education: Limits and Future of Computation | Blog: Future Education | |
Wed, Mar 02 | Education: Learning in Virtual Environments | Bill Watson |
One take-home message of the course is that the Internet and social computing have significantly altered the way new content is generated and distributed. To experience this first-hand, students will use several collaborative technologies (Google Docs, Blogger, and DokuWiki) for completing homework assignments.
The course work consists of three components: