This course will address the methods used in bridging and routing as well as some of the gateway requirements used in internetworking. Current internetworking technologies such as LAN Switching, Virtual LANs, Intranetworks, and Extranetworks are discussed. This course covers the principles, concepts, and objectives of using human factors for developing information systems. Topics include definition of human factors, syntactic and semantic models of user behavior, design principles for user interfaces, interface presentation techniques, and evaluation methods. Selected readings in current research are also part of the course.
Students apply design and evaluation techniques through laboratory projects.
The course describes the technical and management aspects of distributed computing systems applications through use of many autonomous computers interconnected to satisfy the needs of the modern enterprise. The interrelationships between client-server distributed computing systems, network architectures and interconnections, distributed applications and databases, and the open systems interconnections standards are emphasized. The course provides an understanding of distributed computing systems and the advantages and disadvantages for both business and scientific enterprises.