Course Description
The goal of IS2000 is explore the scope
of the field of information science. The course is thematically divided
into three parts that reflect the three components of the department's
curriculum: Foundations, Cognition, and Systems & Technology.
Each week will consist of a lecture on a topic in information science
and a discussion session that will focus around an issue or issues drawn
from the press.
In the first half of the course, we will
explore theoretical principles and concepts that underly information processing,
including information theory, models of information storage and retrieval,
and human cognition. The rest of the course will concern itself with
application of the theory to the design of information systems, from
database applications to telecommunications to GIS systems.
Assignments
0. One page essay (What is Information
Science?)
1. Probability Homework
2. Create a web page
3. News Synopsis
4. Final Paper
Schedule (subject to change)
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| Foundations | January 5 | Paul Munro | Welcome
The UNIX operating system |
UNIX tutorial
In-class essay Read As we may Think |
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| January 12 | Paul Munro | Math Foundations: Probability, Logic
Making a web page |
Probability Handout
Postscript
Word
HTML tutorial Read HMC Chapter 1 (Quiz) |
Paul Arezina | |
| January 19 |
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| January 26 | Paul Munro | Information Theory
Coding |
Probability Handout
Information Theory Handout Read HMC Chapter 2 (Quiz) | Eriko Iwatai Riad Mahmood |
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| February 2 | Paul Munro | Classification of Information
Information Retrieval |
Powerpoint Handout
Web Page Due Read HMC Chapter 3 (Quiz) |
Kim Buccigrossi Guoliang Xiang |
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| Cognitive | February 9 | Paul Munro | Language | Probability Homework Due
Read HMC Chapter 4 (Quiz) |
Susan Fineman Julie McLean |
| February 16 | TBA | Spatial Information Processing | Read HMC Chapter 5 (Quiz) | Tim Grady Dana King |
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| February 23 | TBA | Decisions and Decision Support | Encoding Homework Due
Read HMC Chapter 6 (Quiz) |
Sarah Garno Mita Lovalekar |
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| March 1 | Paul Munro | Neural Network Models
Genetic Algorithms |
Handout
Read HMC Chapter 7 (Quiz) |
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| March 15 | Paul Munro | Human Computer Interaction | Handout
Read HMC Chapter 8 (Quiz) |
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Technology |
March 22 | TBA | Telecommunications | Read HMC Chapter 9 (Quiz) | Eric Garcia Unnamalai Narayanan |
| March 29 | TBA | WWW | Read HMC Chapter 10 (Quiz) | Partha Ghosh Kristin Bailey Wendy Hoch |
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| April 5 | TBA | more WWW | |||
| April 12 | Paul Munro | Computer Security & Information Privacy | Cuckoo's Egg
PKA Handout |
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| April 19 | TBA | Integrated System Design | |||