Digital World (CA168/CA468)

Prof Alan F. Smeaton & Dr Cathal Gurrin

MODULE SCHEDULE

Summary:

· Tuesdays 14:00-15:00 - Guest Lecture (QG.21 - note room change!)

· Tuesdays 15:00-16:00 - Lab Session (LG.25/LG.26)

· Wednesdays 9:00-11:00 – Lecture (QG.22 - note room change!)

· Course Outline (PDF)

Week 1. Search Engines 1 (EC1 & MINT4) – Cathal Gurrin

· Lectures: overheads (2 per page, 6 per page)

· No Guest Lecture or Lab this week

Week 2. Introduction to and History of the Digital World (EC1 & MINT4) – Alan Smeaton

· Lectures: overheads (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Virtual Worlds : Colum Foley

· Lab: Virtual Worlds

Week 3. No lecture

· Guest Lecture: Blogging : Adam Bermingham

· Lab: Blogging

Week 4. No Lecture (rescheduled to week 5)

· Guest Lecture: The Environment : Edel O’Connor

· Lab: The Environment

Week 5. Data Storage (EC1 & MINT4) - Alan Smeaton (Colum Foley)

· Lectures: overheads (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Gaming : Eoin Hurrell

· Lab: Gaming

Week 6. Search Engines 2 (EC1 & MINT4) – Cathal Gurrin

· Lectures: overheads (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Social Networking : Owen Phelan

· Lab: Social Networking

Week 7. Digital Libraries (EC1 only) – Alan Smeaton

· Lectures: (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Human Computer Interaction : Niamh Caprani

· Lab: Human Computer Interaction

Week 8. Search Engines 3 (EC1 & MINT4) – Cathal Gurrin

· Lectures: overheads (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Human Digital Memory : Aiden Doherty

· Lab: Human Digital Memory

Week 9. The Digital Environment (EC1 only)– Alan Smeaton

· Lectures: overheads (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Personal Media : Neil O’Hare

· Lab: Personal Media

Week 10. The Digital Economy (EC1 only) – Alan Smeaton

· Lectures: overheads (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Collaborative Search : Kevin McNally

· Lab: Collaborative Search

Week 11. Personal Media 1 (EC1 & MINT4) – Cathal Gurrin

· Lectures: overheads (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Digital TV : Paul Ferguson

· Lab: Digital TV

Week 12. Personal Media 2 (EC1 & MINT4) – Cathal Gurrin

· Lectures: overheads given on the previous week. Also, exam review overheads (2 per page, 6 per page).

· No Guest Lecture or Lab this week

LAB Sessions

For CA168 and CA468, the number of labs that are marked differ:

• CA168 : The best 8 lab results from the 10 labs will be used in calculating your final grade
• CA468 : The best 5 lab results from the 10 labs will be used in calculating your final grade

The lab results will be released a few weeks after the lab session is complete:

• The preliminary results of all the labs  are available. If you have any question about these results, please let Cathal or Alan know.

LINKS TO READING MATERIAL

• How a Search Engine Works
• YouTube: Search, Google, and Life, by Sergey Brin, founder of Google.
• Search Engine Ranking Factors, from a Search Engine Optimisation Site
• Google Zeitgeist for information on what the world is searching for
• Google Trends, how popular is your query over the past five years?

Cathal Gurrin (2010)  -  last updated 31st  December 2010