Digital World (CA168/CA468)

Prof Alan F. Smeaton & Dr Cathal Gurrin

MODULE SCHEDULE

Summary:

· Tuesdays 9:00-10:00 - Guest Lectures (X1.30)

· Tuesdays 10:00-11:00 - Lab Session (L1.01)

· Wednesdays 9:00-11:00 – Lecture (Q218)

Week 1 (beginning 28 September)

· Lectures: Introduction (2 per page, 6 per page) & History of Digital World (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Seminar: No Seminar this week

· Lab: No Lab this week

Week 2 (beginning 5 October)

· Lectures: Multimedia Storage (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Blogging (Adam Bermingham)

· Lab: Blogging

Week 3 (beginning 12 October)

· Lectures: Search Engines (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Digital TV (Dr Paul Ferguson)

· Lab: Digital TV

Week 4 (beginning 19 October)

· Lectures: No Lecture this week (for overheads, see week 3)

· Guest Lecture: Personal Media (Dr. Neil O’Hare)

· Lab: Personal Media

Week 5 (beginning 26 October)

· Lectures: Search Engines (for overheads, see week 3)

· Guest Lecture: Social Networking (Daragh Byrne)

· Lab: Social Networking

Week 6 (beginning 2 November)

· Lectures: Search Engines (for overheads, see week 3)

· Guest Lecture: Gaming (Dr Peter Wilkins)

· Lab: Gaming

Week 7 (beginning 9 November)

· Lectures: Digital Libraries (EC only) (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Human Digital Memories (Dr. Aiden Doherty) (EC only)

· Lab: Human Digital Memories (EC only)

Week 8 (beginning 16 November)

· Lectures: Personal Data Organisation (2 per page, 6 per page)

· Guest Lecture: Environment (Edel O’Connor) (EC only)

· Lab: Environment (EC only)

Week 9 (beginning 23 November)

· Lectures: Personal Data Organisation

· Guest Lecture: Collaborative Information Seeking (Prof Barry Smyth)

· Lab: Collaborative Information Seeking

Week 10 (beginning 30 November)

· Lectures: The Environment & The Digital World (EC only)

· Guest Lecture: Human Computer Interaction (Daragh Byrne)

· Lab: Human Computer Interaction

Week 11 (beginning 7 December)

· Lectures: The Information Economy (EC only)

· Guest Lecture: Virtual Worlds (Dr Colum Foley) (EC only)

· Lab: Virtual Worlds (EC only)

Week 12 (beginning 14 December)

· Lectures: Revision Lecture

· Guest Lecture: none this week

· Lab: none this week

LAB RESULTS

• The first three lab session results are available. They are password protected just like the notes and seminar presentations
• The first five lab session results are available. If there are any questions about the results please contact Cathal Gurrin (cgurrin@...).

COURSE BOOKS

• Digital Multimedia, N Chapman and J Chapman, J. Wiley & Sons, 2004, 2nd Ed. Cost ~ €50. Available in the library!

LINKS TO READING MATERIAL

• How a Search Engine Works
• YouTube: Search, Google, and Life, by Sergey Brin, founder of Google.
• The Inverted Index
• 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?
• Live.com xRank – searching celebrities

Cathal Gurrin (2009)  -  last updated 15^th Nov 2009