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Technology of Cyberspace: ENGS 4

Web site: http://www.engineering.dartmouth.edu/academics/courses/engs4/

Offered: 12F, 13F: 10A

This course will cover some basic concepts underlying the 'information superhighway.' The technologies of high-speed networking have stimulated much activity within the federal government, the telecommunications and computer industries, and even social science and popular fiction writing. The technical focus will be on communications technologies, information theory, and the communications requirements of video (standard and ATV), speech (and other audio), text data. Social economic and policy issues will be an integral part of the course.

Instructor: Taylor

Technologies in Homeland Security: ENGS 11

Web site: http://www.engineering.dartmouth.edu/academics/courses/engs11/

This course will provide students with an introduction to the current and emerging technologies used in homeland security and the practitioners who use them. Topics covered in class include personal protective equipment, physical and cyber security systems, communications and information technologies, information assurance, WMD detection, robotics, simulation, exercise and training technologies. Students will gain a detailed understanding of the role technology plays in protecting the homeland. Enrollment limited to 50 students per section.

Not offered 2012-2013

Modern Information Technologies: ENGS 112

Web site: http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/academics/courses/engs112/

Offered: 3S, 14S: 11

This course covers current and emerging information technologies, focusing on their engineering design, performance, and application. General topics, such as distributed component and object architectures, wireless networking, web computing, and information security, will be covered. Specific subjects will include Java, CORBA, JINI public key cryptography, web search engine theory and technology, and communications techniques relevant to wireless networking such as Code Division Multiple Access protocols and cellular technology.

Prerequisites: ENGS 20, ENGS 27, and ENGS 93 or COSC 78; ENGS 93 can be taken concurrently
Instructor: Santos

Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship: ENGM 188

Web site: http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/academics/courses/engm188/

(Cannot be used to satisfy any A.B. degree requirements)
Offered: 12F: Wed, Fri 8:30-10:00am

Taking a good idea and turning it into a successful product and a profitable business poses a number of technical, managerial, and financial challenges. The solutions to many of the challenges of entrepreneurship in general, and to those of starting up a technologically based business in particular, are provided by the law. A grounding in the law of intellectual property, contractual transactions, business structures, debt and equity finance, and securities regulation, both in the U.S. and in an international context, will help inventors and entrepreneurs to manage this part of the process intelligently and with a high likelihood of success.

Prerequisite: None
Instructor: Goodenough

Topics in Statistical Communication Theory: ENGG 312

Web site: http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/academics/courses/engg312/

(Cannot be used to satisfy any A.B. degree requirements)
Offered: arrange

Advanced study in any of the following or other topics may be pursued: information theory, coding, noise, random signals, extraction of signals from noise, pattern recognition, and modulation theory. Normally offered in alternate years.

Prerequisites: ENGS 93, ENGS 110, and permission of instructor
Instructor: Cybenko