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CS 19000 (crn: 54356) • Spring 2012 • Mon/Wed 3:30-4:20 • Room TBD
Details:
Instructor:
Teaching Assistant:
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Blog Post (Due Fri by 5pm) | Blog Comments (Due Mon by noon) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Feb 20 | Introductions, Course Organization, Overview | Chris Mayfield | Initial Doc & Pre-Survey | |
| Wed, Feb 22 | Social Networking: History and Applications | Aman Yadav | ||
| Mon, Feb 27 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No Classes) | Blog: Social Networking | ||
| Wed, Feb 29 | Social Networking: Privacy and Censorship | |||
| Mon, Mar 5 | Cybersecurity: Defending Against Cyber Attacks | Eric Dietz | Blog: Cybersecurity | |
| Wed, Mar 7 | Cybersecurity: Network Security and Forensics | Scott Ksander | ||
| Mon, Mar 12 | Spring break - no class | Blog: The Internet | ||
| Wed, Mar 14 | Spring break - no class | |||
| Mon, Mar 19 | The Internet: Powerful, Pervasive, and Perilous | Doug Comer | Blog: The Internet | |
| Wed, Mar 21 | The Internet: Innovation and Challenges | |||
| Mon, Mar 26 | Info Assurance: Processing Info w/o Learning It | Mike Atallah | Blog: Info Assurance | |
| Wed, Mar 28 | Info Assurance: Will Your Vote Be Counted? | Gene Spafford | ||
| Mon, Apr 2 | Digital Divide: Access, Education, and Control | Jim Lehman | Blog: Digital Divide | |
| Wed, Apr 4 | Digital Divide: Bridging the International Gap | |||
| Mon, Apr 9 | History: Computers and Play (and Gaming) | Chris Hoffmann | Blog: Gaming / History | |
| Wed, Apr 11 | History: A Very Brief History of Computing | Chris Mayfield | ||
| Mon, Apr 16 | Education: Limits and Future of Computation | Blog: Future Education | ||
| Wed, Apr 18 | 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:
