UIT2201: CS and the IT Revolution

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UIT2201 CS and the IT Revolution

• Course Web-Site
• http//www.comp.nus.edu.sg/leonghw/uit2201/Sp2007
  /
• Lecturer A/P Leong Hon Wai
• leonghw_at_comp.nus.edu.sg
• http//www.comp.nus.edu.sg/leonghw/
• Contact
• Office S16, 06-01
• Tel [phone]
• Dept of Computer Science, SoC
• Consultation
• Office Hours Thu, 2-4pm (in SoC)

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UIT2201 CS IT Revolution

• What this course is NOT
• Not a Practice-Oriented Course
• Not to do programming
• Not to train a computer scientist/engineer
• Not an IT literacy course
• Not to teach IT/computer skills
• Each faculty has its own already IT literacy
  course
• However, you need to have
• Open, Logical mind Keen to learn
• Basic IT skills (word processing)
• Internet surfing, web-search, email, etc

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UIT2201 CS IT Revolution

• What this course is about
• Learn about fundamental ideas in CS IT
• Learn what drives CS IT revolution
• Not in great depth, but the key ideas
• With lots of examples and analogies
• from anywhere and everywhere
• Textbook, Internet, newspapers,
• Magazines, Journals, bus/MRT, anywhere
• Learn to view things from the CS angle

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UIT2201 CS IT Revolution

• Learn how to leverage on IT
• Whats possible, whats not.
• Develop an IT-enabled frame of mind
• Be able to apply IT knowledge
• Singapore Examples
• NLB Success Story
• More recent eg MOH

If you know what is possible, you can always
find the people to do it.
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UIT2201 CS and the IT Revolution

• COURSE OUTLINE
• Introduction to CSIT Revolution (2L)
• Algorithms (6L)
• Database (2L)
• Hardware (4L)
• Network / Internet / WWW (2L)
• Artificial Intelligence (2L)
• Theory (2L)
• Cryptography, Security, e-Commerce (2L)
• Computers and Society (1L)
• Past, Present and Future Trends (1L)

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UIT2201 CS and the IT Revolution

• Assessment
• Participation 5
• Tutorials 20 (about 10 sets)
• Project 15
• Mid-Terms 1515 (closed book)
• Final Exam 30 (OPEN BOOK) 27-April (Fri)
  AM
• Dates for Quizzes (closed books)
• 15 Feb (Thu) 7-8pm Quiz 1 (tentative)
• 05 Apr (Thu) 7-8pm Quiz 2 (tentative)