Future of IT

COSC1078 Introduction to

Information Technology

Lecture 23





Future of IT

James Harland

james.harland@rmit.edu.au





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Introduction to IT

1 Introduction

2 Images

3 Audio

4 Video

5 Binary Representation WebTest 1, Assignment 1

6 Data Storage

7 Review/Machine Processing

8 Operating Systems WebLearn Test 1

9 Processes Assignment 2

10 Internet & Survey

11 Internet Security WebLearn Test 3

12 Future of IT Assignment 3, Peer and Self Assessment







Lecture 8: Video Intro to IT

Overview



 Questions?





 Assignment 3





 Mock Exam





 Future of IT





 Questions?



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Intro to IT Schedule



Week Lecture 1 Lecture 2

12 Future of IT Review by request??

Network layers

Encryption

Internet architecture

Machine cycle

13 Mock Exam

Tuesday 31st May





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Catch up Lecture Requests



 Logic gates ??

 Hexadecimal to/from binary conversions ??

 Process vs. program ??

 Floating point ??

 Network layers ??

 Encryption ??

 Internet architecture ??

 Machine cycle ??







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Mock Exam



 2.00-4.30 on Tuesday 31st May in 10.4.27 (Casey Plaza)

 Bring your own paper, pens, etc.

 Calculators allowed

 Answers will be available from me when you leave



Schedule:



 2.00 Access to room

 2.15 Reading time commences

 2.30 Writing time commences

 4.30 Exam concludes







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What is IT?









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Future of IT



RMIT School of CS & IT



Four main research areas



 Distributed Systems and Networking

Software Engineering

 Information Storage, Analysis and Retrieval

 Intelligent Systems







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Software Engineering



 Building and verifying component-based

systems

 Human Informatics Modelling

 Educational Technologies

 ENID: Electronic Health System

 Grid and cloud architecture and platforms









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Software Engineering



 Architecture-based processes, methods and

tools

 Improving quality, trustworthiness productivity

and industrial practice

 Leveraging mathematical methods and

foundations

 Concurrent or parallel systems, or systems

involving massive data



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Software Engineering









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Summer Projects









Distributed robotic sorting (Ian Peake) Enhanced spring graph layout (Amir Aryani)

- Lego Mindstorm + Lejos NXJ (Embedded JVM) - extend MS nodeXL

- applications e.g. in software maintenance









The Sensor and Actuator Hub (with Flora Salim, SIAL)

- for e.g. bioclimatic skin (airflow/shading) / responsive media facade

- web services interface aggregating sensor data

- evaluate Arduino vs MICA platforms and tools Service Composition Architecture (Nick May)

- behaviour model editing in Eclipse

(SCA tools project extension)

Distributed Systems and Networking

 Supply chains, middleware, web servers, load

balancing

 Service-oriented architectures, web services

 SCADA systems (infrastructure)

 Security protocols, fingerprint identification

 Mobile computing, especially mobile phones









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Distributed Systems and Networking









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Distributed Systems and Networking









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Information Storage, Analysis and

Retrieval

 Search engines (zettair – google it!  )

 Genomic databases

 Compression

 Image retrieval

 Music retrieval

 Pattern matching

 Document management





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Information Storage, Analysis and

Retrieval









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Intelligent Systems

 Agent-oriented programming and design

 Agent reasoning

 Modelling complex systems (climate change)

 Reasoning and logics

 Evolutionary computation

 Machine learning

 Data mining

 Evolutionary Art



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Robot Mine Clearance in Vietnam

 UNICEF: up to 70 million unexploded land

mines in the world

 42,000 Vietnamese killed in past 35 years

 One district: 300 children killed, 58 lost limbs

or blinded

 RMIT has two campuses in Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho

Chi Minh City)

 What can robots do to help?



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Robot Mine Clearance in Vietnam

iRobot www.irobot.com

 US-based company

 Make robot vacuum cleaners

 Extensive experience with US military robots

 1 Australian employee (based in Sydney)

 Reviewing proposal about Vietnam mines









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Conclusion





 Work on Assignment 3



 Check out what is out there …









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