The subject is concerned with the joint performance of tasks by humans and machines, the structure of human machine communication, the social and organizational interactions with machine design, the human capabilities to use machines including their learnability as well as algorithms and programming of the interface itself, engineering concerns that arise in designing interfaces, the process of specification design and implementation of interfaces and design tradeoffs. This subject develops the knowledge and skills necessary to identify the security problems that may occur in a distributed computer environment, and then to devise means for countering the threats. Web Design Introduces students to the creation and programming of web pages and to the design and management of web sites. Creative topics include user interface design, page layout, text, graphics and image processing. Practical work involves creating web pages with professional packages and applet programming in Java.
Emphasis is placed on good media design and efficient algorithms for applets.
This subject aims to provide students with a deep understanding of the security, risk management and regulatory aspects of ecommerce facing businesses in the online business environment. IACT950 Project Supervised project work undertaken as part of your job. The project should be closely aligned with current developments in IT, ideally associated with product development or management. The student is required to have regular contact with both an industrial and academic supervisor. The Industrial supervisor can be in-house but would ideally be an external practicing IT professional.