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    Information Technology lecture 1

    Roman Putanowicz
    [email protected]

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    Presentation overview

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    Course aim and scope.


    Computer as a work, research and study tool.
    Limitations of computing.

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    The aim of the course

    lectures general overview on computer science from


    computer system users perspective
    labs introduction to programming in Octave/Matlab

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    The scope of the course lectures


    1. Information technology overview. Course aim and scope. Computer as a work, research and
    study tool. Limitations of computing.
    2. Overview of compute operating systems. Basic introduction to GNU/Linux
    3. Introduction to Octave
    4. Elements of computer programming. Programming languages. Execution of computer
    programs. Compilers and interpreters.
    5. Major generic kinds of statements in imperative languages.
    6. Introduction to algorithmic problem solving. Basic algorithms for sequences of numbers:
    summation, extreme elements, sub-sequences.
    7. Plotting and 3D graphics in Octave
    8. Extension packages for Octave
    9. Representation of computer data. ASCII and UNICODE. Text files versus binary files.
    10. Number systems and representations. Computer arithmetic. The IEEE 754 standard for
    binary floating point arithmetic.
    11. Basic algorithms and data structures. Scalars, arrays and lists.
    12. More advanced algorithms. Recursion
    13. Sources of errors in computer programs
    14. Sources of errors in computer programs (cont.)
    15. Computer systems in scientific and engineering applications.
    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    The scope of the course labs

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    Introduction to GNU/Linux operating system


    Getting started with Octave
    Defining and using functions
    Control flow : loops and conditional statements
    More on control flow; Octave versus Matlab
    Solving problems; more on plotting
    Solving problems; operating on files
    Summary

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    Course organisation

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    lectures 15 hours
    labs 15 hours (every two weeks)

    Assessment method
    Students work will be evaluated on the basis of short tests
    (min 4 in term) and students engagement with the subject
    and activity during the lab.

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    On-line resources

    All course materials are available on-line:


    http://www.L5.pk.edu.pl/~putanowr/iten.html
    Besides HTML the course materials can be downloaded as
    PDF files:

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    On-line resources, cont.

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    Computing systems

    computing system computer hardware, software and data,


    which interact to solve problems,
    computer hardware the physical elements of a computing
    system,
    computer software the programs that provide the
    instructions that a computer executes.
    After [1].

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    Layers of computing systems

    After [1].
    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    Users of computing systems

    At the beginning of computer era all computer users were


    programmers. Now anybody is using computers. This is
    important shift in users characteristics.
    Ares to be mastered by practitioners in computer scientists:
    I algorithmic thinking,
    I storing data in appropriate form,
    I programming,
    I software design.

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    Why bother how it works?

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    Limitation of computing

    Hardware
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    Software
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    Arithmetic
    Components
    Communication
    Software errors (bugs)
    Software ergonomics

    Users
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    GIGO syndrome (Garbage-In, Garbage-Out)


    Refined GIGO (Garbage-In, Gospel-Out) [2].

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

    References

    Dale, Nell and Lewis, John. 2007. Computer Science


    Illuminated, Third Edition. Jones and Barlett.
    Michael R. Ault, Combating the Garbage-In, Gospel-Out
    Syndrome, Radiation Protection Management, vol. 20,
    No 6. http://www.radpro.com/GIGO-RPM.pdf

    Project The development of the didactic potential of Cracow University of Technology in the range of modern construction is co-financed by the European Union
    within the confines of the European Social Fund and realized under surveillance of Ministry of Science and Higher Education

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