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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

Objectives

At the end of the course students should

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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