1. Lecture 23: Future of IT Intro to IT COSC1078 Introduction to Information Technology Lecture 23 Future of IT James Harland james.harland@rmit.edu.au

2. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Introduction to IT 1-4 Introduction, Images, Audio, Video 5-6 Computer Fundamentals Assignment 1, WebLearn Test 1 7 Review 8 Operating Systems WebLearn Test 2 9 Operating Systems Assignment 2 10 Internet 11 Internet Security WebLearn Test 3 12 Future of ITAssignment 3 Peer and Self Assessment

3. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Overview  Questions?  Assignment 3  Mock Exam  Future of IT  Questions?

4. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Intro to IT Schedule WeekLecture 1Lecture 2 12Future of IT Review by request Various topics requested 13Mock Exam Wednesday 2 nd June

5. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Next Lecture Requests  Logic gates  Hexadecimal to/from binary conversions  Process vs. program  Floating point  Network layers  Encryption  Internet architecture  Machine cycle

6. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Mock Exam  10.30-1.00 on Wednesday 2 rd June in 12.08.02  Bring your own paper, pens, etc.  No calculators allowed  Answers will be available from me when you leave Schedule:  10.30 Access to room  10.45 Reading time commences  11.00 Writing time commences  1.00 Exam concludes

7. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Assignment 3 Review (re-) answer What is IT? questions from Tutorial 1 Identify difficult parts of the course Suggest new questions Include favourites from Assignments 1 and 2 Reflect Answer reflection questions from tutorials Research Write about a particular IT topic of your choice (5-6 paragraphs)

8. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT What is IT?

9. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Future of IT RMIT School of CS & IT Four main research areas  Distributed Systems and Networking  Distributed Software Engineering Architecture  Information Storage, Analysis and Retrieval  Intelligent Systems

10. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Distributed SE Architecture  Component-based software architecture  Verification of safety-critical systems  Adaptive distributed software systems and configuration  Concurrent and parallel programming languages  Grid and cloud architecture and platforms

11. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Distributed Systems and Networking  Supply chains, middleware, web servers, load balancing  Service-oriented architectures, web services  SCADA systems (infrastructure)  Security protocols, fingerprint identification  Mobile computing, especially mobile phones

12. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Information Storage, Analysis and Retrieval  Search engines (zettair – google it! )  Genomic databases  Compression  Image retrieval  Music retrieval  Pattern matching  Document management

13. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Intelligent Systems  Agent-oriented programming and design  Agent reasoning  Modelling complex systems (climate change)  Reasoning and logics  Evolutionary computation  Machine learning  Data mining  Evolutionary Art

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15. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Robot Mine Clearance in Vietnam  UNICEF: up to 70 million unexploded land mines in the world  42,000 Vietnamese killed in past 35 years  One district: 300 children killed, 58 lost limbs or blinded  RMIT has two campuses in Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)  What can robots do to help?

16. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Robot Mine Clearance in Vietnam iRobot www.irobot.com  US-based company  Make robot vacuum cleaners  Extensive experience with US military robots  1 Australian employee (based in Sydney)  Reviewing proposal about Vietnam mines

17. Lecture 23: Future of ITIntro to IT Conclusion  Work on Assignment 3  Don’t forget the mock exam!