Teaching

Current courses:

• CSC931: First semester undergraduate course for those with little or no computing experience. Topics include: computer applications (word processing, spreadsheets, databases), computer programming, networks, systems, and professional issues. Download powerpoint slides for Networks 1.
• CSC9Y4: Fourth semester undergraduate course, covering the varieties of programming languages, emphasising that to a large extent they're all the same when you look past the syntax.
• CSC9T6: Sixth semester undergraduate course, covering information systems. I taught the section on Bayesian theory.
• ITNP43: Postgraduate module on web programming and user interface design.

Previous courses (Autumn 1996 to Autumn 2011):

• CSC932: Second semester undergraduate course, covering programming using Java, and User Accessibility.
• CSC9Q5: Fifth semester undergraduate course, covering database principles and applications.
• 31Y6: Language Implementation. This has metamorphosed into CSC9YA half unit.
• CSC9R6: Computer Design. A sixth semester course. I covered the material on digital logic and had fun using the Electronics Workbench and Digital Works.
• CSC9P6: Sixth semester undergraduate course, covering software engineering, specification and project managements.
• 31Y7/31YC: A half unit in Theory of Computation.
• 31V7 (old version): Concurrency and Real-Time Systems. 1997 was the last run through. I did the bit about specification using LOTOS.
• 31V8: An honours course on communications and networks. I taught the part about network applications.
• PDM9L6: A half unit in information skills. A personal development half unit in information skills. This runs every semester.
• PDM9L7: A further half unit in information skills. A personal development half unit. This runs every semester.