Ben Gurion-University

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science 

http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il

Internet and Web Systems-Summer 1998

Days, times, locations  TBA

Course Announcements

Visit the CGI Examples Directory, where you will find all the code examples we will go over in class, plus others.

Visit the Presentations Directory, where you will find all the slide presentations we will go over in class, plus, perhaps, others.

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Instructor

Prof. Haim Levkowitz
Office: TBA
E-Mail: haim@cs.uml.edu
Phone: TBA
Fax: TBA
Office Hours: TBA
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Course Description

As the Internet and the World-Wide Web see more and newer uses - by individuals, the business, education, and research communities - there is a growing need, and demand, to establish new Internet and Web sites, and to maintain them. There is even more growing need to develop new models - both technology-based and business ones.

This course provides the understanding and knowledge required to be able to establish an Internet/Web site and to maintain it. Additionally, the course looks at the potential directions the Internet/Web will develop in the future. It also explores future research and development topics.

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(Tentative) Required and Recommended Text

This is a very fast-moving field. Every day there are new entries. The quality of books is mixed, with more mediocre (or below) books than really good ones, so I am postponing final text selection as long as possible, to the last moment. The following list represents the top current candidates, to date. Expect 2-3 required or strongly recommended texts. Typically, the order of listing represents some priority order.

In addition, I will be placing in the list several other sources of information you should become familiar with before or during the course. This will include books, journals, movies, and other sources I find appropriate.

See also my Interenet Research Tool Kit: Some of the Best Research Tools on the Internet and my list of Interesting Places to Visit, which gets updated whenever I get a chance.

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Tentative Topics and Schedule

Session(s) 
(3 hrs. ea.)
1, 2  HTML refresher (no more than 30 mins.); Perl; Java; Introduction to the Internet
2, 3   Introduction to the Web; Quick overview of Internet/Web services; Common server setup 
4, 5  CGI Programming, gateways, imagemaps 
6, 7  Intranets 
8, 9  Security, Firewalls, encription and decription 
10, 11  Searching, finding, Softbots, intelligent agents
12, 13  Introduction to E-commerce; Advanced topics, research, opportunities, future topics 

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Course Requirements

Tentative Assignment Schedule (65%)

End of Week # 
1  Web page, Simple forms, E-mail support; First assignment due Wednesday, July 29, 23:59
2  CGI Programming: "shopping"; Second assignment due Wednesday, August 5, 14:00
3  Imagemaps, Security; Third assignment due Friday, August 14, 17:00 

Sample assignments from previous courses

The following are assignments and some of the exams assigned during this course in the past. It is reasonable to assume that new assignments, projects, and exams assigned will have some resemblance to previous ones.

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Grading

 
Final Exam  28% 
Homework assignment 1  12% 
Homework assignment 2  30% 
Homework assignment 3  30% 
 

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