CSC 2500: Survey of Information Science

Spring 2008



Date

Topic:
 readings and other resources

Speaker and Email
Manager
Jan 15
Course overview
Concept maps as information organization
Basics of information representation and storage.

The cmap tool for Concept Maps.  Note that there are links on the sample map,
including one to the theory behind concept maps and how to use them. 
The download link is in the center bottom of the page. The tool has a lot of features
that we did not talk about, including the ability to insert links in nodes.  Explore and
see what suits you and helps you summarize your reading.
Dr. Cassel
Dr. Cassel
Jan 22
Forensics
Read and map:
Computer Forensics - The New Fingerprinting
Challenges in Forensic Computing
Jury views bomb information from the defendant's hard drive
Just look at these handouts to forensics investigators
Forensics handout - 1
Forensics handout - 2
Mr. D. Justin Price

Slides
Krishna Veeravalli
Jan 29
Special session - note
We will go to the department colloquium on Monday afternoon
January 28.  This will substitute for our Tuesday evening class.
If you are able to stay for a little while after the talk, we will have
an opportunity for interaction with the guest speaker.  If you have a
Monday evening class, that will not work for you.


Jonathan Anderson
Slides

Dr. Cassel
Feb 5
Geographic Information Systems
Georgraphy Returns to Harvard
Intro to Geographic Information Systems
Note - this class will meet in Mendel G83
Dr. Bangbo Hu
Callie Stezar
Feb 12
Web-based Information Retrieval

Web Search Engines Part 1
Web Search Engines Part 2

Dr. Cassel
Slides

Feb 19
Falvey Library presentation on Quality of Information Sources

1.  Internet encyclopaedias go head to head: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html
(Just the article, not the linked pages)

2. A Stand Against Wikipedia: http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/26/wiki
(Just the main article)
Alfred Fry
Falvey Memorial Library
John Staples
Feb 26
Legal Informatics

* Wikipedia on legal research - http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_research (Students should explore some of the linked articles, particularly the one to the Free Access to Law Movement).

*  If You Can't Beat Em Train Em- How Lawyer's Conduct Legal Research .  This brief article summarizes lawyer use of information technology from the 2005 ABA Technology Survey on Online Research.

*Brief 2007 Aba Technology Survey Online research summary ("How do practicing attorneys use information technology" . What are the current trends in how attorneys are making use of information technology?

* Bing, J. (2007). Computers and Law: Some beginnings. IT-MUNCHEN-, 49(2), 71.
Note that Pennsylvania played a prominant role in the development of early electronic legal information repositories.

*Let's Get Relevant (article on ediscovery).
Yolanda Jones
Villanova Law Library
John Staples
Mar 4
Spring Break

Mar 11

Information Visualization
Text Reading
Dr. Norman Soong
Jigisha Hasan
Mar 18
Business Information Systems
IT doesn't matter
Management MISinformation Systems
Dr. William Wagner
Robert Taylor
Mar 25
Copyright -- CSC Department Colloquium and Discussion



Apr 1
Information security: encryption and digital signatures
Secret Writing
Credit Card Checking
Dr. Cassel
Apr 8
Data Mining
Dr. James Dullea

Apr 15
Medical Informatics

Medical Image Management in Healthcare Enterprise

Integrating the healthcare enterprise (IHE): the radiological perspective
Dr. David Mayer

Apr 30
Presentation of student projects

May 7
Presentation of student projects


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