University of L'Aquila
Department of Information Engineering Computer Science and Mathematics
Academic Year 2012/2013
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Information Systems and Network Security (6 CREDITS).
Link to the Computer Science Degree official website (click here).
Timetable:
Second semester (March 4, 2013 - June 14, 2013), Monday: 9.15–11.15 (Room A1.5) and Tuesday: 16.00–18.00 (Room A.1.4)
Students’ reception:
Wednesday: 11.00 – 13.00. Office: Coppito 0, second floor, room 217.
However, given that I could be out of the office due to academic or research commitments, students are invited to arrange the meeting by e-mail
and therefore to send an e-mail preventively.
Textbook:
Efraim Turban, Linda Volonino: “Information Technology Management, 8th Edition”. Wiley 2011.
Extra didactic material (that students must study!):
M. Armbrust, A. Fox, R. Griffith, A. D. Joseph, R. H. Katz,
A. Konwinski, G. Lee, D. A. Patterson, A. Rabkin, I. Stoica, M. Zaharia:
A view of cloud computing. Commun. ACM 53(4): 50-58 (2010).
The paper can be found (here) or (here)
Goal:
It has become nearly impossible to live in today's society and to be not dependent on information systems of one type or another.
The goal for students in this course is to learn the fundamentals of Information Systems and Security.
Syllabus:
- Introduction to information systems.
- Information Technology infrastructure and Support: business issues, challenges and information technology solutions, Cloud computing, Business transactions in real time.
- Data and network infrastructure: network management.
- Information Systems Security: - Information technology security, crime, Compliance, Continuity. - Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risk Exposure. - Defense: Information technology Defense.
- Social impacts of technology.
- Algorithmic issues arising in information systems.
Examination:
Final written and oral examination.
Important Dates: Final exams semester #2 A.Y. 2012/2013: (Period June 17, 2013 - July 31, 2013)
1° Written examination. June 24, 2013: 15.00 --- 1° Oral examination. June 27, 2013: 10.00
2° Written examination. July 8, 2013: 10.30 --- 2° Oral examination. July 10, 2013: 10.30
3° Written examination. July 22, 2013: 10.30 --- 3° Oral examination. July 24, 2013: 10.30
Important Dates: Final exams, A.Y. 2012/2013: (Period September 2, 2013 - September 27, 2013)
4° Written examination. September 12, 2013: 10.30 --- 4° Oral examination. September 16, 2013: 10.30
5° Written examination. September 26, 2013: 10.30 --- 5° Oral examination. September 27, 2013: 14.30
Course Program:
March 4, 2013: Presentation of the course.
March 5, 2013: Information systems nowadays.
March 11, 2013: IT infrastructure and support systems. .
Exercises chapter 1.
March 12, 2013: Data, text, and document management.
March 18, 2013: Exercises chapter 2. Exercises chapter 3.
March 19, 2013: Network Management and Mobility.
March 25-26, 2013: Exercises chapter 4.
Information Technology Security, Crime, Compliance, and Continuity.
April 8, 2013: E-Business and E-Commerce.
April 9, 2013: Mobile Computing and Commerce.
April 15-16, 2013: Web 2.0 and Social Media.
May 6, 2013: Operational Planning and Control Systems.
May 7, 2013: Enterprise Information Systems (first part).
May 13, 2013: Enterprise Information Systems (second part).
May 14, 2013: Global Ecology, Ethics, and Social Responsibility.
May 15, 2013 (3 hours): Impacts of IT on Individuals, Organizations, and Society.
Exercises chapters 5,6,7,8,9,10.
May 20-21, 2013: Cloud Computing (first and second parts).
May 27, 2013: Cloud Computing (third part).
May 28-29, 2013 (5 hours overall): Scheduling Algorithms (Part I).
June 3-4-5, 2013: Scheduling Algorithms (Part II).
June 11-12, 2013 (5 hours overall): Online Scheduling Algorithms.
News:
April 24, 2013: Next class will be on May 6, 2013
April 24, 2013: Given the stop due to Midterm exams, we will have the following extra classes:
- May 15, 2013: 14.00-17.00 (3 hours), Room C 1.12 (Coppito 2);
- May 29, 2013: 14.00-17.00 (3 hours), Room C 1.12 (Coppito 2);
- June 5, 2013: 14.00-16.00 (2 hours), Room 0.4 (Coppito 1);
May 14, 2013: Students are invited to attend a seminar on "Environmental Informatics". Today at 12.00 in the Aula Seminari, Blocco 0.
Further information click here
May 27, 2013: Monday June 10 there will be no lesson due the S. Massimo holiday in L'Aquila. We will have the following extra class:
- June 12, 2013: 14.00-16.00 (2 hours), Room 0.4 (Coppito 1); and 16.00-17.00 (1 hour), Room 1.4 (Coppito 1).
June 12, 2013: Students' reception day is changed.
June 25, 2013: Available the results of the exam of June 24, 2013. (Click here)
July 8, 2013: Available the results of the exam of July 8, 2013. (Click here)
July 22, 2013: Available the results of the exam of July 22, 2013. (Click here)
September 11, 2013: Written examinations of September 12, 2013: 10.30 and September 16, 2013: 10.30 will be at A 1.2 Blocco 0
September 14, 2013: Available the results of the exam of September 12, 2013. (Click here)
November 7, 2013: Next written examination: November 27, 2013: 14:30, lecture hall: 1.6 (Coppito 1).
November 26, 2013: Due to bad weather conditions, the written examination of November 27 is postponed to a date to be defined.
November 27, 2013: The written examination is postponed to Friday November 29, 2013: 10:00, lecture hall: C 1.10 (Coppito 2).
November 30, 2013: Available the results of the exam of November 29, 2013. (Click here)