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CSMN 616 Distributed Computing (3)
Topics central to the design and management of distributed
computing systems, including distributed synchronization and
resource sharing, concurrency control in distributed databases,
distributed simulation languages for distributed computing,
management proof techniques for distributed systems, and distributed
operating systems are covered.
CSMN 617 Principles of Programming
Languages (3)
The course explores the theory and implementation of modern
p rogramming languages. Topics include the attributes of a good
language, programming environments (for example, batch, intera
c t i ve, real-time, network, and embedded systems), language syntax,
various grammar types, data types, object-oriented stru c t u re s ,
sequence control, subprogram control, and parallel pro g r a m m i n g .
The pro p e rties of programming languages are illustrated using
examples from current languages such as Fo rtran, COBOL, C,
C++, Pascal, Ada, PRO LOG, and Ja va.
CSMN 618 Knowledge-Based Systems (3)
This course covers the identification, creation, and use of
knowledge-based systems from an applied approach. Cognitive
science, formal logic, and finite automata are highlighted
throughout. This course starts with an overview of intelligent
systems and concludes with a hands-on intelligent system cre a t e d
as a class product. Using the case-study approach, the course
e x p l o res the art of knowledge acquisition and crafting of domainspecific,
knowledge-based applications using various processing
technologies with representation methods.
CSMN 635 Systems Development and Project Control (3)
The purpose of this course is to provide a thorough understanding
of the systems development life cycle as it applies to large
hardware and software systems. The course discusses various
approaches to system development, including the traditional
waterfall model (system analysis, system design, system implementation,
and system use and evaluation), spiral model, and
prototyping. Computer-aided software engineering is also examined.
An important aspect of this course is the integration of the
principles of project management (time, money, and quality)
with the discussion of the system development life cycle.
CSMN 636 Telecommunications and Connectivity (3)
The fundamentals of data communication systems and technologies
are examined. Students explore these technologies
from the perspective of the current and future public-switched
network, wide area networks, and local area networks. Also
addressed are network architectures, networking standards,
digital and analog signals, and the various transmission media.
Future trends in data communication concepts, equipment,
applications, and services, including the open systems interconnection
(OSI) model, T-1/T-3 multiplexers, fiber optics, integrated
voice/data equipment, “intelligent networks,” and the
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), are also discussed.
CSMN 639 Multimedia and the Internet (3)
(Cannot be completed using UMUC computer laboratory facilities;
requires a current multimedia PC with ample hard disk
capacity and Internet connectivity.) Prerequisite: CSMN 601 or
TLMN 602; CSMN 636, TLMN 610, or TLMN 620 recommended.
Multimedia presentations are regarded as essential,
strategic components of an organization’s competitive advantage
via its World Wide Web presence. Established principles of software
development life cycles, aesthetics of typography and layout,
benchmarking, and human factors research are applied to
analyzing and critiquing Web sites as well as writing successful
Web site development plans. Site management issues and consumer
research methods are surveyed. The course’s technical
component emphasizes information theory, basic Web page
design techniques, standards for representing common media
formats in data files, compression algorithms, file format translation
tools, transmission protocols, hardware requirements and
standards, and system constraints. Java, CGI scripts, virtual reality,
and other ancillary methods are touched upon, but no programming
is required.
CSMN 655 Information Risk Assessment and Security
Management (3)
The proliferation of corporate databases and the development of
telecommunication network technology are examined as gateways
or invitations to intrusion. Ways of investigating the management
of the risk and security of data and data systems are
presented as a function of design through recovery and protection.
Issues of risk and security, as they relate to specific industries
and government, are major topics in the course. Examples
of how major technological advances in computer and operating
systems have placed data, as tangible corporate assets, at risk
are presented. Quantitative sampling techniques for risk assessment
and for qualitative decision making under uncertainty
are explored.
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