LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 1 © Leong Hon Wai, UIT2201: CS & IT Revolution  Course Web-Site: (Spring 2010)   Lecturer: A/P Leong Hon Wai  , MSN, FB:  Homepage:  Contact:  Office: COM1,  Tel:  Dept of Computer Science, SOC  Consultation:  Office Hours: Thursdays, 3-5pm (& by -appt)

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 2 © Leong Hon Wai, “NUS-USP UIT2201 Alum” FB-Group  See what the UIT2201 alums says…

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 3 © Leong Hon Wai, UIT2201: CS & IT Revolution  What this course is NOT  Not a Practice-Oriented Course  Not to teach 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  YES, it’s TRUE.  You do NOT need any background in computing.  However, you need to have  Open, Logical mind; Keen to learn  Basic IT skills (word processing)  Internet surfing, web-search, , etc

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 4 © Leong Hon Wai, 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  From different disciplines  Textbook, Internet, newspapers,  Magazines, Journals, bus/MRT, anywhere  To view things from the CS&IT angle

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 5 © Leong Hon Wai, UIT2201: CS & IT Revolution  Learn how to leverage on IT  What’s possible, what’s not.  Develop an “IT-enabled mindset”  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 right people to do it.”

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 6 © Leong Hon Wai, Some Recurring Principles Recurring principles (themes) in CS & IT. 1.Multiple Levels of Abstraction  from very high level to very low level 2.Divide and Conquer  also called “Decomposition” 3.One data, multiple views  Different “interfaces” 4.Defining set of primitives (building blocks)  Or basic-operations, mini langugages 5.Power of Iteration  doing something multiple times “These recurring principles also apply to other disciplines”

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 7 © Leong Hon Wai, UIT2201: CS & IT Revolution  Textbook:  Invitation to Computer Science, Java Version, (3 rd edition), 2007 G. Michael Schneider & Judith L. Gersting  Chapter covered: (roughly)  Chapters 1-5, 7, 11,  Lecture Materials:  Powerpoint files  Related reading materials on course-site  Assigned reading materials (not so much)

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 8 © Leong Hon Wai, UIT2201: Other fun things…  Good jokes, fun jokes…  Designing your own web-pages…  It’s easy and FUN!  Contributing to UIT2201 module-blog  Hear what the instructor say…  And also have your own say…  Fun Project: (some past ones…)  Fun with Google Maps and Mashups  3D animated story board with Alice

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 9 © Leong Hon Wai, Figure 1.9 Organization of the Text into a Six-Layer Hierarchy

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 10 © Leong Hon Wai, UIT2201: CS & IT Revolution  Assessment:  Participation: 05 %  Tutorials:20 % (about 10 sets)  Project:15 %  Quizzes: 15%+15 % (closed book)  Final Exam:30 %(OPEN BOOK) 27-April (Tue) 1:00 PM  Two 1-hour Quizzes: (closed books)  02-Mar-10 (Tue) 7-8pm Quiz 1 (tentative)  06-Apr-10 (Tue) 7-8pm Quiz 2 (tentative)

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 11 © Leong Hon Wai, UIT2201: CS & IT Revolution COURSE OUTLINE  Introduction to CS & IT Revolution (2L)  Algorithms (6L)  Database (2L)  Hardware (4L)  Network / Internet / WWW (2L)  Artificial Intelligence (2L)  Theory (2L)  e-Commerce, Security (2L)  Computers and Society (1L)  Past, Present and Future Trends (1L)

LeongHW, SoC, NUS (UTT2201: Introduction) Page 12 © Leong Hon Wai, A few word about Revolution  Revolution: many meanings…   Scientific Revolution   Digital Revolution 