Time Critical Computing Systems emphasizes the analysis and design of time critical computing systems. Typical systems include control systems, signal processing systems and multimedia systems. A real-time scheduling theoretic approach will be used to quantitatively explore the design space. These networks differ from currently existing telecommunication networks in many aspects, and these issues are dealt with in the course. The current research results in broadband networks will be introduced through the student seminars in the last weeks of the course.
Special emphasis is given to the ways new technologies have altered and are altered by regulation.
The course emphasizes marketing principles, analysis and strategy. Topics include marketing management, buyer behavior, product policy, pricing, distribution, advertising and promotion, and competitive strategy. The operations manager is responsible for managing these three resources. Teaching the basic tools for properly using these resources at the plant level is the primary objective of this course. Cases and a plant trip supplement the lectures.