Resources for COMP492
Class 1: January 25
Discussion of syllabus. Course highlights.
Cloud computing lab (see the assignments web page).
Class 2: February 1
Project work day.
Class 3: February 8
Design pattern lab (see the assignments web page).
Class 4: February 15
Danni's discussion on privacy and data encryption.
Don't forget that you can provide some anonymous suggestions about
any potential improvements to the clarity and fairness of grading in
the course: go
to http://mail.yahoo.com/, log in
as SenSemAnonFeedback@yahoo.com (password: 123456) and send me mail
(to jmac@dickinson.edu) from there.
Class 5: February 22
Russell's discussion, "From Science Fiction to Reality: the Implications and Morality of Modern AI and Robotics in Today's Society." Reading list and discussion questions are available.
Class 6: March 1
George's
discussion on cloud computing.
Class 7: March 8
John's discussion, "Practical applications of tablet and mobile computing."
Class 8: March 22
Project work day.
Class 9: March 29
Fabio's discussion, "Information flow in the Internet and government regulation."
Class 10: April 5
Stephen's discussion
Class 11: April 12
In preparation for next week's visit to MapQuest, spend some time
familiarizing yourself with MapQuest's technology. In particular,
please work through the following exercises. Make written notes as
you work, especially noting questions that you may want to ask during
the visit next week.
- Plan our driving route from Carlisle to MapQuest (their address
is 300 Granite Run Dr, Lancaster, PA 17601) using all three of the
major online mapping services (Google, Bing, MapQuest). In each
case, prepare two alternative routes: one that uses the turnpike
(I76) and one that does not. Make a note of any significant
differences between the three services.
- Read a little bit about the techniques for writing software that
uses MapQuest technology,
at developer.mapquest.com.
- In particular, read about the very interesting open-source-like
approach MapQuest is using for some of their mapping data, known
as OpenStreetMap.
We will have a class discussion based on the above. Any remaining time will be devoted to ongoing work on your senior project.
Class 12: April 19
Field trip: visit MapQuest in Lancaster, PA. Meet at 12:15 PM in the
parking lot behind Tome. Our visit at MapQuest is scheduled to start
at 1:30 PM. The visit will mostly comprise meeting with some MapQuest
developers and asking them questions. If possible, think of some
questions you would like to ask them.
Class 13: Monday, April 25
Present posters at Dickinson Science Symposium, 4:30pm. Note this
takes place on a Monday. There is no class in our regular Tuesday
timeslot this week.
Class 14: May 3
Project work day.
Wednesday, May 11
Computer Science Senior Symposium, 2:30pm.