SC 212 Tentative Schedule

 

Date

Topic

Readings for class

 

W  e  e  k      1

 

Mon

Introduction, Overview, Syllabus

 

Wed

Computer Network fundamentals

Internet big picture - http://navigators.com/internet_architecture.html

Internet physical layer - http://navigators.com/sessphys.html

North American exchange points - http://www.ep.net/naps_na.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_area_network

Th

Bandwidth / Throughput / Lab 1 - Networks

Today we will use the first half hour or so for lecture and the last hour for lab.

Fri

No class

Pete singing with the SOU chamber choir in Eugene

W  e  e  k      2

Mon

No class

Martin Luther King Day

Mon

Population Studies - AIDS

http://ccl.northwestern.edu/papers/starpeople/

http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/RabbitsGrassWeeds

http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/AIDS

Wed

Resource Usage

Fireflies: http://www.burger.com/fflink16.htm, http://www.burger.com/fffacts.htm,

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3059390&dopt=Abstract

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_anticommons

Th

Lab 2

 

Fri

Exam 1

The exam will be a take-home exam due Monday night.  I will send email when it is ready.

 

 

W  e  e  k      3

 

Mon

Intro to Linguistics and ACORNS

http://cs.sou.edu/~harveyd/ -- click through Teaching Activities | cs582b and look at the first few powerpoint slides for each week’s lecture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet_for_English

Wed

Linguistics Fundamentals

Dan Harvey – guest lecturer

Th

Lab 3

Creating language learning modules

Fri

 

Linguistics - HMMs

 

W  e  e  k      4

Mon

Introduction to Computer Controlled Circuits

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/generaltechnology/4793358d355d9010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/QRIO/videoclip/

 

Wed

Ohm’s law and resistor codes

resistor color codes - http://xtronics.com/kits/rcode.htm

Ohms law applied to LEDs - http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/components/led.htm

            Slightly different than the original class notes

 

Th

Lab 4

Parallel port measurements and proof of concept test

http://neil.fraser.name/software/lpt/

Fri

Intro to programming

 

 

W  e  e  k      5

Mon

Exam 2

Study guide for exam 2

Wed

Programming Constructs

http://eric_rollins.home.mindspring.com/introProgramming/ch1.html - read chapter sections 1, 1.2, 1.3 (and its subsections), 1.4, 1.5

Th

Lab 5

Writing to parallel port under program control

Fri

If statements

binary numbers - http://freesoft.org/CIE/Topics/19.htm

 

 

W  e  e  k      6

Mon

Practice writing a procedure

 

Wed

if statements

http://www.csidata.com/custserv/onlinehelp/VBSdocs/vbs587.htm

Th

Lab 6

Reading from parallel port and taking action based on values read

Fri

Programming practice

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk1.htm

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question362.htm

W  e  e  k      7

Mon

Intro to Forensics

Study guide for exam 3

Wed

Exam 3

 

Th

Forensics part 2

 

Fri

Lab 7

Lab day on Friday this week

W  e  e  k      8

Mon

Intro to Minerals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuboctahedron

http://www.ontariogeoscience.net/lessonplans/mineral-properties.html

Wed

Intro to XRD techniques

Book chapter hard copy handed out in class.

Th

Lab 8

XRay Diffraction

Fri

Finish Forensics and Minerals

Study guide for exam 4

W  e  e  k      9

Mon

L-systems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindenmayer_System

fibonnacci sequence in nature: http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html

Wed

Exam 4

 

Th

Lab 9

Make up lab day – last chance to makeup labs

Fri

L-systems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_graphics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_algorithms

W  e  e  k      1 0

Mon

Finish L-systems

 

Wed

Review – first half of term

 

Th

Lab 10

L-systems lab

Fri

Review – last half of term