Description
Instructor(s)/Supervisor(s)/Coordinator(s): Isabel GUANThis course introduces the scientific foundation, technology breakthroughs, and basic concepts in information technology, while leading students to reflect on the impacts of information technology in our daily life. Topics include electromagnetic science, the transistor, the integrated circuit industry, computing machines, representation of information in digital formats, communication systems, cryptography, and modern applications such as social networking, big data, virtualization, blockchain, AI, autonomous and intelligent systems, and quantum computing. The focus is to identify the key technological advances in information technology and understand how these advances led to revolutionary changes in our life and society.