Spring Semester 2012

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., University Professor, Computer & Information Systems; Office:

• Moon Township Campus - Nicholson Center, Room 445 - ( 412-397-3467

- Please use e-mail address powell@rmu.edu for all coursework in INFS3450-A, INFS3230-A, INFS6760-A; please always include course designation first in subject; in-line text only (no attachments). Fax at Moon: 412-397-2481

For those using RMU e-mail: Check your RMU e-mail return address: your return userid should be like xyzstn, where xyz represents your initials in the RMU Novell network and n represents a 1- or 2-digit number, and the entire return address should be like xyzstn@mail.rmu.edu. Otherwise you will not receive automated replies from the RMU Novell system.

Research and scholarship

VLabNet Project - Introduction

Project on articulating dental and medical care and data for patients, in cooperation with the Center for Dental Informatics, University of Pittsburgh. See: http://www.infroref.org/MedDentDataArtic.htm and CDIMain

Multinomial Analysis in Education Project (Jay and Valerie Powell) – Home Page

z Schedule Spring 2012:

Course	Title	Location	Schedule	First Meeting	Final Exam
INFS3230A	Networks/Data/Computer Comm.	Moon: Hale 302	Mondays, 6:00 pm – 8:50 pm	Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, 6:00 pm	Friday, April 26, 2012, 6:00 pm
INFS3450A	Quantitative Analysis for Information Systems Professionals INFS3450 General Page	Moon: Hale 101	Tuesdays/Thursdays, 10:45 am – 12:00 nn	Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, 10:45 am	Thursday, April 25, 2012, 11:00 am
INFS6760A	I/T Security and Assurance ACL/CAAT Entry Point VlabNetInfoSec Entry Point	Moon: Hale 207	Thursdays, 6:00 pm – 10:00 [2^nd 8 wks.]	Thursday, March 9, 2012, 6:00 pm	Thursday April 26, 2012, 6:00 pm

• INFS3230A – Networks, Data and Computer Communications – Mondays – 6:00 pm – 8:50 pm – Hale Center, Room 302 – Date of first class meeting: Monday January 9 – Final Exam: Friday, April 26. Required textbook: Fitzgerald J, Dennis A, Durcikova A, Business Data Communications and Networking, 11^th edition (Wiley, 2012). (Individual copy of textbook required.)
• INFS3450A – Quantitative Analysis for Information Systems Professionals – Tuesdays and Thursdays – 11:00 am -12:15 pm – Hale Center (Moon), Room 101 - Date of first class meeting: Tuesday January 12 - Final Exam: Thursday, April 25 (11:00 am, in regular classroom) according to official RMU schedule. Schedule: week of January13 through week of April 29.
  Required textbook: Neville Dean, The Essence of Discrete Mathematics (Prentice Hall - Pearson Education 1997) (green textbook) and
  Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals, 3^rd ed. (Handout in class) (orange textbook)
  (individual copy of N. Dean text required)
• INFS6760A – I/T Security and Assurance – Spring 2^nd 8-week session - Thursdays 2^nd Eight Weeks – 6:00 - 10:00 pm – Hale Center, Room 207 (Moon) – Date of First Class meeting: Thursday, March 10 – Presentations (if needed) and Final Exam: Thursday, April 28, beginning 6 pm, final after presentations. First Night Information for INFS6760A.
  Schedule: week of March 11 through week of April 30.
  Required textbook: James A. Hall, Information Technology Auditing and Assurance, 2^nd or 3^rd edition. Thomson, 2011; Includes ACL software (Version 9). 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 INFS6760 meeting.

þ RMU Help Desk

Topical Links and Information:

þ Web sites with computer and internet terminology/concepts/acronyms:

• www.webopedia.com
• http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/
• http://www.acronyms.ch/ "Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive"

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: Joanne Tudor, 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 May 2012):

• Mondays and Wednesdays by appointment
• Tuesdays and Thursdays about 12:20 pm in RoMo Cafe, Nicholson Center, bring laptop for wireless access.
• after evening class INFS3230A, INFS3450A, INFS6760A: in respective classrooms (see schedule above, Hale Center) - on some evenings may shift to a lab or other room if multiple students need help online
• Thursdays after INFS3450A class in classroom or lab as announced, Hale Center, Moon Campus, beginning @@.
• and by appointment
• by appointment only during spring break (March 5-9, 2012) and finals week (April 2012).

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In order to be ready for interviews through RMU Career Center, make sure you have completed all requirements for participation in the CAP (Career Accelerator Program) sessions. After completing CAP attendance, you can register for the On-Campus Recruiting. ( Contact Sheila Broman (Coordinator) at the Career Center, 412-397-2482, for assistance or information. Career Center e-mail address: careers@rmu.edu
See new RMU Career Center web page (link through http://www.rmu.edu)!

( Phone number for RMU Academic Internship Program (Sheila Broman): 412-397-2482 (Moon). Career Center offices are located in Patrick Henry on the Moon Campus (Lower Level near the Plaza Entrance to the Student Center) and in the 600 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh Center (Mezzanine Level). Hours for both locations: Mondays/Tuesdays*/Wednesdays*/Thursdays/Fridays, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm - *late hours - Pittsburgh Center until 7:00 pm on Tuesdays and Moon Campus open until 7:00 pm on Wednesdays.

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