INFO 490

Spring 2016 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 19-May 4

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1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in separate terms. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Other prerequisites as specified for each topic offering. See Class Schedule.

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INFO 490 class schedule data for spring 2016
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
64188	Lecture-Discussion	GHG	1:00PM -3:50PM	M	Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science	Brooks, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Global Health Informatics Section Info: The course will examine the current state of global health informatics from both a local and global perspective, including opportunities and challenges. Focus will be placed on the transition from paper-based records to electronic systems, with a particular emphasis on large international open-source initiatives and use of mobile devices. Guest speakers will share their experiences with WHO, international education based on mobile devices, and regulatory issues. Meets with LIS 490 GHG, LIS 490 GHU and INFO 490 GHU. This class will meet in 341 LIS Bldg. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
64187	Lecture-Discussion	GHU	1:00PM -3:50PM	M	Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science	Brooks, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Global Health Informatics Section Info: The course will examine the current state of global health informatics from both a local and global perspective, including opportunities and challenges. Focus will be placed on the transition from paper-based records to electronic systems, with a particular emphasis on large international open-source initiatives and use of mobile devices. Guest speakers will share their experiences with WHO, international education based on mobile devices, and regulatory issues. Meets with LIS 490 GHG, LIS 490 GHU and INFO 490 GHG. This class will meet in 341 LIS Bldg. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
64192	Laboratory Lecture	IA3 IA3	1:00PM -1:50PM 11:00AM -12:50PM	F W	Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science	Bashir, M Bashir, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Information Assurance Section Info: The importance of Information Assurance (IA) to society has increased dramatically with the growth of and dependence on cyberinfrastructure. The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the concepts, technologies, practices and challenges of Information Assurance. The course takes a broad view of Information Security and Privacy and covers the essential principles for the protection of information systems; the relevant technologies; risk management; organizational concerns; policies, human aspects; legal approaches; criminology; and ethical issues. Students will gain an appreciation for the difficulty of designing, developing, deploying and maintaining information systems, services and software products that are secure and comply with expectations of privacy. Course content will address the multi-faceted challenges associated with this space and the complex tradeoffs that are often entailed in addressing these challenges in practice. The course format will include lectures and a discussion/lab session that will provide hands on experience. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
64193	Laboratory Lecture	IA4 IA4	1:00PM -1:50PM 11:00AM -12:50PM	F W	Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science Grad Sch of Lib & Info Science	Bashir, M Bashir, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Information Assurance Section Info: The importance of Information Assurance (IA) to society has increased dramatically with the growth of and dependence on cyberinfrastructure. The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the concepts, technologies, practices and challenges of Information Assurance. The course takes a broad view of Information Security and Privacy and covers the essential principles for the protection of information systems; the relevant technologies; risk management; organizational concerns; policies, human aspects; legal approaches; criminology; and ethical issues. Students will gain an appreciation for the difficulty of designing, developing, deploying and maintaining information systems, services and software products that are secure and comply with expectations of privacy. Course content will address the multi-faceted challenges associated with this space and the complex tradeoffs that are often entailed in addressing these challenges in practice. The course format will include lectures and a discussion/lab session that will provide hands on experience. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
64015	Online	RB2	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Brunner, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Advanced Data Science Section Info: Advanced Data Science: This class is an asynchronous, online course. This course will introduce advanced data science concepts by building on the foundational concepts presented in INFO 490: Foundations of Data Science. Students will first learn how to perform more statistical data exploration and constructing and evaluating statistical models. Next, students will learn machine learning techniques including supervised and unsupervised learning, dimensional reduction, and cluster finding. An emphasis will be placed on the practical application of these techniques to high-dimensional numerical data, time series data, image data, and text data. Finally, students will learn to use relational databases and cloud computing software components such as Hadoop, Spark, and NoSQL data stores. Students must have access to a fairly modern computer, ideally that supports hardware virtualization, on which they can install software. This class is open to sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students in any discipline who have either taken a previous INFO 490 data science course or have received instructor permission. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
62346	Lecture-Discussion	RE	1:00PM -3:20PM	W	Foreign Languages Building	Pintar, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: GenTech, SocNet, Re-Image Race Section Info: Topics: Genetic Technologies, Social Networks and the Re-imagining of Race. This seminar/practicum examines the production of genetic knowledge and the ways in which this knowledge comes into play in the collective re-imagining of ethnic and racial categories, identities and futures, ranging from the pseudoscientific racist to the utopian "post-racial." Students will engage in collaborative research as we track in real time the dissemination of genetic and other scientific and technological discoveries through diverse networks, (social, academic, religious, and genealogical, both hobbyist and commercial). Meets with REES 596 and REES 496.