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Welcome to i206!

i206: Distributed Computing Applications & Infrastructure http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i206/s12/ Spring 2012. Welcome to i206!. The Teaching Team: Marti Hearst < hearst@ischool > Alex Chung < achung@ischool > Monica Rosenberg < monica@ischool >

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Welcome to i206!

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  1. i206: Distributed Computing Applications & Infrastructurehttp://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i206/s12/ Spring 2012

  2. Welcome to i206! • The Teaching Team: • Marti Hearst <hearst@ischool> • Alex Chung <achung@ischool> • Monica Rosenberg <monica@ischool> • To reach all three of us: Let’s try using Piazza: http://piazza.com/class#spring2012/info206/

  3. Course Objectives • Learn key computer science concepts. • CS’s “greatest hits” • Jargon changes, first principles don’t • Be able to communicate with engineers. • Peer inside the “black box”. • Catch up on missing math background. • Prepare you for other technical courses.

  4. Distributed Systems Security 206Concept Map Cryptography Network Standards & Protocols Inter-process Communication Methodologies/ Tools Principles OperatingSystem Formal models Application Design Process I/O Algorithms Program Analysis Memory hierarchy Memory Compiler/ Interpreter Assembly Instructions Data Structures Machine Instructions CPU Data storage Circuits Gates Data compression Number Systems Data Boolean Logic Data Representation Binary Numbers Bits & Bytes

  5. Typical CS Topics Not Covered in 206 • Database, data management, info retrieval, … • Artificial intelligence: data mining, NLP, robotics, computer vision, … • Computer graphics • HCI • Languages and Compilers • Theory

  6. i206 Course History • One of the 3 original MIMS core courses • 202, 204 (now 203 and 205), 206 • Assumed deep knowledge of CS • Focused on security and networking • Programming in java • In 2001, i255 (Foundations of Software Design) introduced to help less technical students • Did not cover networking, security • In 2005, i255 merged with i206 • This explains why the course title doesn’t really fit • The slides and assignments will be a blend of mine from i255 and John Chuang’s from i206.

  7. Learning Opportunities • Lectures • Do readings in advance • Discussion encouraged in lecture • Readings • Brookshear,Computer Science: An Overview, 10th Edition • Wikipedia and other readings as needed • Labs • Lead by the TAs • Practice concepts from lecture or programming exercises • Get your questions answered • Homework • Deepen your understanding of the ideas covered in class.

  8. Learning Opportunities • We will all learn from one another! • There are no ‘stupid questions’ in this course • Let’s try the Piazza tool for asking and answering questions online. • http://piazza.com/class#spring2012/info206/

  9. Administrivia • Grading Criteria • Assignments 60% (~7 assignments) • Must be turned in on time (or points reduced) • Tests 30% (three in-class tests) • Class participation 10% • Refer to website for important policies: • Academic integrity • Grading policy (including early/late submissions) • Instructors’ availability • Classroom technology etiquette

  10. Computer architecture Software: Software design Algorithms Data structures Communications: Distributed systems Networking Security Life after 206MIMS Technology Requirement 206 (4 units) 2nd Course electives • 290TA. Information Organization Lab • 219. Privacy, Security, and Cryptography • 240. Principles of Information Retrieval • 242. XML Foundations • 250. Computer-Based Communications Systems and Networks • 256. Applied Natural Language Processing • 257. Database Management • 290. Web Architecture • 290. Mixing and Remixing Information • 290. Social Computing • 290A. XML and Databases • Selected EECS courses • Additional courses (of at least 2 units), on approval by the faculty See Masters Student Manual for updates

  11. Life after MIMS Source: John Sargent, US Department of Commerce

  12. CS Career Advice • Join the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) • and one or more SIGs (e.g., SIGCHI, SIGCOMM, SIGecom) • Read the monthly CACM • Attend ACM conferences

  13. An i206 Tradition • xkcd.com/rss.xml

  14. Upcoming Reading Assignments • For hyperlinked readings, see course website • http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i206/s12/ • For Lab tomorrow: • Python exercise • For Thursday: • Brookshear 0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9 • For next week: • Brookshear 1.1, 2.1 – 2.4

  15. Next time …How Do Computers Work?

  16. Let’s get to know one another…

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