University of California at Berkeley Information Systems 106 and Engineering 111 Introduction to Networked Applications and Computing Introduction to course by David G. Messerschmitt

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E111 2 Role of the Computer Number cruncher Information management Communication Time….

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E111 3 Scope Application perspective on networked computing –Major applications –Capabilities and limitations of the technology –Concepts and terminology of the technology –Policy and social context

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E111 4 Premise Networked applications and computing will be pervasive in your personal and especially your professional life End-users can conceptualize better ways to use the technology (and this is the only way to make major progress), but To participate, you need a basic understanding of the technology and how it can be used

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E111 5 Goals Conceptualize and analyze realistic new networked computing applications Work effectively with implementers to realize those ideas Be able to track current and future industry developments Understand related policy and social issues

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E111 6 Goals (con’t) This course emphasizes concepts (habits of the mind) It is not a skills course –Future added laboratory is likely

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E111 7 Goals (con’t) If this is your first course on computing: –You will develop a good idea of where to go next If this is your only course on computing: –You will be well positioned to follow and understand developments for some time

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E111 8 Limitations Survey course, broad set of topics like Econ 101 Modern approach, but –Most deployed applications are legacy –Today’s modern approach is tomorrow’s legacy Broad coverage requires simplification and abstraction of many issues –Programming not emphasized –“The devil is in the details”

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E111 9 Limitations (con’t) “Alphabet soup” of acronyms avoided –But you should develop the background to “slurp the soup” if you want Narrowed choice of technical topics: relevance from an application perspective

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E Approach Top-down Emphasis on integrative concepts Application perspective Plentiful analogies Non-technical and well as technical

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E Concepts Applications: group and organizational Complexity Architecture Infrastructure Legal, economics, and policy

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E Concepts (Con’t) Algorithms, protocols and interoperability Trustworthiness Processing, bitrate, delay Concurrency Scalability

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E In class Rely on your having read notes in advance, so class can focus on: –Buttress most challenging concepts –Answer your questions –Discussion of controversial issues –In-class mini-projects

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E Outside class Discussion forum Readings Explorations –Experience in gaining topical knowledge –Appreciate better those unfathomable details Homework –Weekly –Can be turned in by groups of one, two, or three students (you will all get the same grade)

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E Grading Class discussion (10%) Online discussion (15%) Homework (15%) First exam (25%) Second exam (35%)

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E Reader Networked Applications: A First Course on the New Computing Infrastructure, by D.G. Messerschmitt Textbook to be published summer 1999 by Morgan Kaufmann Manuscript will be sold through Copy Central Your feedback welcomed: obfuscations, omissions, errors, etc.

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E Class will gain experience with groupware and collaborative tools by using them –WWW server – –Online discussion forum –See particularly the announcements page several times per week Communication

Berkeley SIMS and COE IS106 and E Before Friday’s class Send instructor information about yourself to –Name – address –A bit about your background Subscribe to class listserv