Instructor: Dr. Marie desJardins
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| 9/2 | Introduction to UNIX | ECS 104 | Emacs tutorial | Instructor: Mr. MacGlashan (Dr. desJardins out of town)
| 9/9 | Introduction to Python | ECS 104
| Python tutorial; write a program that prints the numbers
from 1 to 10.
| python.org | Python tutorial (work at least through section 4.4; skip sections 2, 3.1.3) Python Quick Reference 10 Privacy Settings... Discussion questions 9/16 | Discussion topic: Facebook and Privacy | Sondheim 207
| Find two possible papers; post links and one-paragraph summaries
on Blackboard
| Emacs
reference card
| 9/23 | Lab: Guessing Game | ECS 104
| Read assigned paper for next week; write "find the mode of a
sorted list of numbers" Python program before our next lab class
| --Vivek Wadhwa, Why
We Need to Abolish Software Patents,
TechCrunch.com
| Position statement on software patents (famous computer scientist) Richard Stallman -- R. R. Tucci, In Defense of Software Patents. 9/30 | Software Patents (Discussion leader: Tina)
| Sondheim 207
| Read about Mastermind
| Dr. desJardins out of town; Mr. MacGlashan will lead the
discussion. | Wikipedia page on Mastermind Play Mastermind! Starter file for writing "mode" program 10/7 | Lab: Getting Started with MasterMind | ECS 104
| Read assigned paper for next week
| --Benjamin Svetkey,
James Cameron on Avatar technology,
Entertainment Weekly
| -- What is CGI Animation?, Ryan Dube, makeuseof.com 10/14 | CGI Technology (Discussion leader: Kimberly) | Sondheim 207
| 10/21 | Lab: MasterMind Chooser | ECS 104
| Read assigned paper for next week
| --Wikipedia overview of different types of auctions (read as
needed for background)
| --Benjamin Edelman et al., Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second-Price Auction, The American Economic Review, 2007 10/28 | Google Ads (Discussion leader: David) | Sondheim 207
| 11/4 | Lab: MasterMind Guesser Design | ECS 104
| Read assigned paper for next week
| -- Background on
Net Neutrality, wikipedia
| -- Net Neutrality, New York Times, September 23, 2008 -- Matthew Lasar, Net Neutrality Protesters Lay Siege to Google, arstechnica.com, August 2010 11/11 | Net neutrality (Discussion leader: Katrina) | Sondheim 207
| 11/18 | Lab: MasterMind Guesser | ECS 104
| Read assigned paper for next time
| -- Wikipedia entry
on cloud computing
| -- CSA Congress: Building trust in the cloud is key to widespread adoption, InfoSecurity, November 17, 2010 -- Cloud Consortium Releases Security Compliance Tools, InformationWeek, November 17, 2010 -- Don't fight cloud computing technology, says Symantec's Thompson, SearchSecurity, November 17, 2010 11/25
| No class - Thanksgiving!
| 12/2 | Cloud computing (Discussion leader: Kellie) | Sondheim 207
| 12/9 | Lab: MasterMind Guesser II | ECS 104
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