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Additional Topics
Lecturer: Professor A. Hopper and others
(hopper@eng.cam.ac.uk)
No. of lectures: 16 (Continued into Lent Term)
Aims
The aim of this course is to broaden the experience of students by asking
expert guest lecturers to discuss real-world issues which are of
current interest to the computer community.
Lectures
- Networked Multimedia, Location and Personalisation, Sentient
Computing [3 lectures]
Professor A. Hopper
- Hiding: anonymous communication on the Internet [1 lecture]
Mr R. Clayton
- Finding: traceability on the Internet [1 lecture]
Mr R. Clayton
- Regulating: abuse, bulk email, cryptography, defamation and everything else [1 lecture]
Mr R. Clayton
- The Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) [1 lecture]
Dr A. Jones
- Broadband fixed wireless access [1 lecture]
Dr I. Wassell
- Cryptography, Security, and Ubiquitous Computing [3 lectures]
Dr F. Stajano
- Wireless data services [1 lecture]
Dr S. Garth
- Intellectual Property [3 lectures]
Dr D. Rainford
- Company Law [1 lecture]
Dr P. Yam
Objectives
At the end of the course students should
- realise that the range of issues affecting the computer community is
very broad
- be able to take part in discussions on several subjects at the
frontier of modern computer engineering
- appreciate some of the areas of computer and communications research
which are currently firing people's imagination and understand the key
issues in Intellectual Property ownership and protection
Recommended books
Lecture notes.
Global Positioning System Overview:
http://www.colorado.Edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html
Brown, C.M. & Terzopoulos, D. (ed.) (1995). Real-time Computer Vision.
Cambridge University Press.
Webb, W. Introduction to Wireless Local Loop. Second Edition:
Broadband and Narrowband Systems.
Broadband Wireless Association:
http://www.broadband-wireless.org/
Coulouris, G.F., Dollimore, J. & Kindberg, T. (2001). Distributed
Systems: Concepts and Design: Chapter 15 (Distributed Multimedia Systems).
Addison-Wesley (3rd ed.).
Schneier, B. (1996). Applied Cryptography. Wiley (2nd ed.).
Jacob, R. & Alexander, D. (1993). A Guidebook to Intellectual
Property Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs. London: Sweet
& Maxwell (4th ed.).
Patents Information Services at the British Library:
http://www.bl.uk/services/stb/patents/home.html
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