CSCE 190 Spring 2011: Syllabus (subject to change)

There is no textbook for this course.

The last day to withdraw without failure is Monday, February 28, 2010. The final exam for the course will take place on Thursday, April 28, 2011, at 9am in the classroom (300 Main B213). This is the regularly scheduled time for courses taught from 1530 to 1620 on Tuesdays. ( See the university exam schedule.)

Topics Covered

  1. The curricula in computing at USC (1 hour)
  2. The job market and employment trends in computing and IT (1 hour)
  3. Trends in computing—hardware, devices, HCI, software, and the web (5 hours)
  4. Research methodology in computing (1 hour)
  5. Research topics in computing at USC (2 hours)
  6. Lectures from the real world (3 hours)
The syllabus in the table below is subject to change.

DayTopic Homework
(1) January 11Canceled due to Inclement Weather TBD
(1) January 18Computing curricula at USC TBD
(2) January 25 Presentation by Ms. Jennifer Whetston of the USC Career Center (Confirmed) TBD
(3) February 1 Presentation by Dr. Jason Bakos on Trends in the Infrastructure of Computing TBD
(4) February 8 Artificial Intelligence TBD
(5) February 15 The IBM Watson Jeopardy playing program and computer system. TBD
(6) February 22 Presentation by Professor Duncan Buell on Electronic Voting Machines TBD
(7) March 1 30 Talk by Dr. Jason O'Kane on Computing Challenges in Robotics TBD
March 8 Spring Break NA
(8) March 15 Colloquium talk by Dr. Csilla Farkas on computer security and information assurance TBD
(9) March 22 Lecture by Dr. Homayoun Valafar on Computational Biology and Computational Medicine TBD
(10) March 29 Guest Talk by Mr. Lonnie Emard of IT-oLogy, at the IT-oLogy facility. (See directions on the main web page for the course.) TBD
(11) April 5 Guest Talk by Mr. Ben Francis of the National Guard, president of ColaLUG (Columbia Linux User Group) on Open Source Software (TBC) TBD
(12) April 12 TBD TBD
(13) April 19 Lecture from the real world: Steve Dryden (details to follow) (TBC) TBD
(14) April 26 Lecture from the real world: David Dunn (details to follow) TBD