Schedule: CSC 100-001
Orientation to Computer Science

Introduction

This is an anticipated schedule for the course and may change without notice elsewhere. Please refer to the schedule frequently for assignment specifics, due dates, and comparative results.

Week of	Topic(s) and key dates	Activities and Projects
13 January	Gene Tagliarini, course overview and “An Introduction to Markov Models”
20 January	Eric Patterson “Digital Arts”	1) An article on the visual effects for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: http://www.fxguide.com/featured/the_curious_case_of_aging_visual_effects/     2) An accompanying TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/ed_ulbrich_shows_how_benjamin_button_got_his_face.html     3) And a link to a page on ICT’s Lightstage Device, one of the pieces of technology used in the process:  http://gl.ict.usc.edu/LightStages/ Link to presentation slides: http://compsci.cis.uncw.edu/~pattersone/presentations/Patterson_CSC100_Spring2012.pdf
27 January	Devon Simmonds “Discovering the Modeler in You! – Using Models to Engineer Software”	Reference: Bran Selic, The Pragmatics of Model-Driven Development, IEEE Software, SEP/OCT 2003 (Vol.  20, No. 5) pp. 19-25 LINK Link to presentation slides: http://people.uncw.edu/simmondsd/research/presentations/csc100-03-04-11_currrent.ppt
3 February	Curry Guinn “Natural Language Processing”	Four web links and some explorations Link to presentation slides: http://people.uncw.edu/guinnc/courses/Spring12/NLP2012.ppt
10 February	David Berman “Combinatorial Designs and Tournaments”	No preparatory reading required. Link to presentation slides: http://people.uncw.edu/bermand/CSC100.ppt
17 February	Clayton Ferner “Compilers, Parallel, Grid, and Cloud Computing”	No preparatory reading required. Link to presentation slides: http://people.uncw.edu/cferner/papers/CSC10012S.pdf
24 February	(Larry McAdams and) Josh Wright “Marketplace Perspectives”	Link to presentation slides: Construction Imaging
2 March	Ron Vetter “Building Mobile Phone Applications”	Please read this article prior to coming to the presentation: http://www.uncw.edu/itsd/documents/Computer-SMS_pdf.pdf Link to presentation slides:
9 March	Jack Tompkins “Flash Action Script and Mobile Computing”	Mid-term, Mini-essay Due by 11:59 PM, 8 March 2012
16 March	SPRING BREAK
23 March	Leslie Wright “The Benefits and Pitfalls of Social Media”	Please review these web sites: LinkedIn - http://university.linkedin.com/node/42 Twitter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_HwymeU63c
30 March	Rob Kermon and Shawn Chivers (Corning), James Fredley (Triumph Interactive), and Ryan Wilkins (PPD) “Alumni Perspectives”	Link to presentation slides: · R. Kermon and S. Chivers at Corning · PPT · J Fredley at Triumph Interactive · PPT · PDF · R. Wilkins at PPD · PPT
6 April	No classes
13 April	Various students (coordinated by Ralph Bradley) “Internship Experiences”	Michelle Fogwell and Trent Jernigan
20 April	Laurie Patterson “Emotional Well-being and Text Message Interpretation”	Presentation pre-empted by installation ceremonies for Chancellor Gary Miller. Please consider participating in the installation activities.
27 April	Sridhar Narayan—“Etoys”	www.squeakland.org
Monday, 30 April 2012	Last day of classes for the semester
Tuesday, 1 May	Reading Day
Wednesday, 2 May 2012	Final Mini-essay Due	Final, Mini-essay Due by 2:30 PM, 2 May 2012