CS99I Freshman Seminar:
Traveling the Information Highways

Tentative Topic Schedule

1. Friday 9 Jan 1998: Historical Background, Communication Technology
2. Tuesday 13 Jan 1998: WEb page review
3. Friday 15 Jan 1998: Computer Systems Organization
4. Tuesday 20 Jan 1998: Computer Technology and experiments
5. Fr1day 22 Jan 1998: Digital libraries
6. Tuesday 27 Jan 1998: Web facilities, Alternative search engines [Louis Perrochon].
7. Friday 30 Jan 1998: Concepts: Data, Information, knowledge, decision-making using Web resources
8. Tuesday 3 Feb 1998: Catalog of current resources. Pitfalls
9. Friday 6 Feb 1998: Educational importance, Expected changes
10. Tuesday 10 Feb 1998: Research for class work
11. Friday 13 Feb 1998: Healthcare and the Internet
12. Tuesday 17 Feb 1998: Case studies
13. Fr1day 20 Feb 1998: Business opportunities for information services
14. Tuesday 24 Feb 1998: Case studies
15. Fr1day 27 Feb 1998: Value of services. Payment mechanisms
16. Tuesday 3 March 1998: Copyright, legal protection
17. Fr1day 6 March 1998: Open
18. Tuesday 3 March 1998: Review of Web=book outline
19. Fr1day 6 March 1998: Security and protection of privacy
20. Tuesday 10 March 1998: Case histories
21. Fr1day 13 March 1998: Open
22. Tuesday 17 March 1998: Final reading of Web-book
23. Fr1day 20 March 1998: Review