Spring Semester 2008
Robert Morris University for official University web pages -
please consult these pages for all official RMU information.
This page contains
information and links for students of Valerie J. H. Powell, R.T.(R), Ph.D.,
Professor, Computer & Information Systems; Office:
- Moon Township Campus - Nicholson Center, Room 445 - ( 412-397-3467
- E-mail for all coursework in INFS3141-A, INFS3450-A, INFS3450-B, INFS6760-A: <powell@rmu.edu>; please always include
course designation first in subject; in-line text only (no attachments). Fax at
Moon: 412-397-2481
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Research and scholarship
VLabNet Project - Introduction
RMU Virtual Patient Project (with Dept. of Nursing) – Home Page
Multinomial Project (Jay and Valerie Powell) – Home Page
z Schedule Spring 2008:
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Course
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Title
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Location
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Schedule
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First
Meeting
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Final
Exam
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INFS3141A
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Advanced M/Caché ObjectScript Programming
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(Pittsburgh)
CACE-204
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Mondays, 6:00 pm
– 8:50 pm
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Monday,
January 14, 2008
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Monday,
April 28, 2008, 6:00 pm
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INFS3450A
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Quantitative
Analysis for Information Systems Professionals
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(Moon)
PAT-102 (Patrick Henry)
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Tuesdays/Thursdays,
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
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Tuesday,
January 15, 2008
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Tuesday,
April 29, 2008, 11:00 am
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INFS3450B
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Quantitative
Analysis for Information Systems Professionals
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(Pittsburgh)
CACE-201
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Tuesdays, 6:00 pm – 8:50 pm
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Tuesday,
January 15, 2008
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Tuesday,
April 29, 2008, 6:00 pm
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INFS6760A
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I/T Security and Assurance
ACL/CAAT Entry Point
VlabNetInfoSec Entry
Point
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(Moon)
HALE-105
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Thursdays, 6:00 pm – 10:00
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Thursday,
March 13, 2008
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Thursday,
May 1, 2008, 6:00 pm
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- INFS3141-A - Advanced M/Caché
ObjectScript Programming – Mondays – 6:00 pm
– 8:50 pm – CACE (Pittsburgh) Date of first class meeting: Tuesday, January 9 -
Final Exam: Monday, April 28 (11:00 am, in regular classroom) according to official RMU
schedule. Schedule: week of January 14 through week of April 28.
Required textbooks.
- INFS3450-A - Quantitative Analysis for Information Systems
Professionals – Tuesdays and Thursdays – 11:00 am -12:15 pm - Hale
Center (Moon), Room 106 - Date of first class meeting: Tuesday, January 14
- Final Exam: Tuesday, April 29 (11:00 am, in regular classroom) according
to official RMU schedule. Schedule: week of January 9 through week of
April 24.
Required textbook package of 2 books:
Richard Johnsonbaugh, Discrete
Mathematics, 6th ed. (Prentice Hall, 2005) (green
textbook) and
Valerie J. Harvey, Sushil Acharya, E. Gregory Holdan, Mark M. Maxwell,
David F. Wood, Peter Wu, eds., Discrete
Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals, 2nd
ed. (Pearson, 2006) (orange textbook)
Special Supplemented Edition (package ISBN 0536261938)
for INFS3450 (Pearson, 2006). [This supplemented textbook
combination will be available only through RMU bookstores;
other editions will not be acceptable.]
(individual copies of texts required)
- INFS3450-B - Quantitative Analysis for Information Systems
Professionals - Tuesdays – 6:00 -8:50 pm - ACE Center (Pittsburgh),
Room 203 - Date of first class meeting: Tuesday, January 14 - Final Exam:
Tuesday, April 29 (6:00 pm, in regular classroom) according to official
RMU schedule. Schedule: week of January 9 through week of April 24.
Required textbook package:
Richard Johnsonbaugh, Discrete
Mathematics, 6th ed. (Prentice Hall, 2005) (green
textbook) and
Valerie J. Harvey, Sushil Acharya, E. Gregory Holdan, Mark M. Maxwell,
David F. Wood, Peter Wu, eds., Discrete
Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals, 2nd
ed. (Pearson, 2006) (orange textbook)
Special Supplemented Edition (package ISBN 0536261938)
for INFS3450 (Pearson, 2006). [This supplemented textbook
combination will be available only through RMU bookstores;
other editions will not be acceptable.]
(individual copies of texts required)
- INFS6760-A – I/T Security and Assurance – Spring 2nd 8-week session - Thursdays 2nd Eight
Weeks – 6:00 - 10:00 pm – Nicholson Center (Moon), Room 415 – Date of
First Class meeting: Thursday, March 8 – Presentations and Final Exam:
Thursday, May 1, beginning 6 pm, final after presentations. First
Night Information for INFS6760-A.
Schedule: week of March 13 through week of May 1.
Required textbook: James A. Hall and Tommie Singleton, Information Technology Auditing and
Assurance, 2nd
edition. Thomson, 2005; Includes ACL software. Since ACL software is required, please make sure to buy
new text with CD or check to see that CD is present and in good working
condition.
- For all courses: please come to first class sessions with
textbooks. For INFS6760, make sure
you get a copy with the ACL CD. Also, Please bring
laptop to first meeting.
þ
RMU Help Desk
Topical
Links and Information:
þ Web
sites with computer and internet terminology/concepts/acronyms:
þ Please
inform yourself regarding information technology issues.
þ Computer virus and related security topics and þ Encryption and Security
þ Discrete analysis topics and links, including links to
web-based introductions to graph theory
Discrete Math Tool
Requirements Document
þ Software Resources
for Teaching Discrete Mathematics
þ SQL
Standards (ANSI X3.135-1992 "Database
Language SQL" and ISO/IEC 9075:1992, "Information Technology -
Database Languages - SQL"). See JCC
Consulting, Inc., SQL standards page: to http://www.jcc.com/SQLPages/jccs_sql.htm
For current activity, link to http://www.ncits.org
and check projects for Technical Committee H2.
þ Ethics in Information Technology
þ Negation and Exclusion in SQL and other Database Technologies
- topics, queries, conditions, semantics, syntax
þ M technology information (positions, suggested texts,
FAQs, on-line resources)
þ Number and Meaning Resources
þ ABET Accreditation – see ABET Evaluation Criteria and link
to 2003-2004 CAC Criteria. To identify IS-accredited
institutions see ABET
Accreditation, search by discipline Information
Systems.
þ
2wire information on DSL connections: http://www.2wire.com
þ ISO 8601 and related
Resources - ISO date/time standards, calendars, Y2K retrospective
þ The Bit Budget Concept
(used in INFS2210, INFS3230, INFS3450, INFS6210, INFS6230) Comments about the "symbol
budget" problem implicit in the genetic code.
þ Health Care Informatics Concepts
Thanks to the following RMU students for
recommendations on web site links and information: Bob Olesnevich, Ian
Parker, Julie Wolf, Susan Lewis, Bryce Budd, Tom Conlon, Dan Sullivan, Susan
Andreone, Morris Mattes, Jad Mahsoob, Richard Martz.
» Office Hours (through week before finals in April
2008):
- Mondays, after INFS3141-A in
CACE (Pittsburgh), 9:00 pm. as needed.
- after evening class INFS3450-B, INFS6760-A: in
respective classrooms (see schedule above, Patrick Henry or CACE) - on
some evenings may shift to a lab or other room if multiple students need
help online
- Thursdays after INFS3450-A class
as announced, Hale Center, Moon
Campus, beginning January 13.
- and by appointment
- by appointment only during
spring break (March 2008) and finals week (April/May 2008).
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