Final Requirement - Group Research Projects

Here are the various group research projects, which have been uploaded to Scribd:

Group 1 - Students Involved in Geophysical, Weather and Atmospheric Studies versus Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration

Group 2 - Online Records Verification of Graduates

Group 3 - Distance Learning: New Frontier In Education

Group 4 - [Arbitrary Title - "On the Accuracy of the PCOS Machines for the Automated Elections in the Philippines"]

Group 5 - Implementing E-Books/Tablets in Replacement of Textbooks

Group 6 - The Effects of Social Networks and Online Gaming to the Development of this Generation of Filipinos

Important Course Announcement - Please Check Your E-mails

With reference to http://cstrends-2013.blogspot.com/2013/08/submissions-for-expository-paper-on.html, please check your e-mails for an important course announcement.

Please send me an e-mail through j d r i s AT f e u DOT e d u DOT p h, CC : j a b d r i s AT y a h o o DOT c o m DOT p h in case you did not receive the e-mail alluded to in the previous paragraph.

Agenda for Week 9

Class, you will start working on your Group Research Project beginning Week 9 (lecture time).

In line with this, please bring the following materials:

(1)    Manila paper

(2)    Pentel pen (at least two different colors)

(3)    Short bond paper

(4)    Short folder (to serve as a container for your Research Project portfolio)

(5)    Stapler (with staple wire)

(6)    Binder clip

(7)    Masking tape

Groups who do not have these required materials will be asked to leave the classroom for the time being to buy them (e.g., at the FEU Bookstore).

Please refer to the following PDF document for a sample research project format.

Lastly, per a recent suggestion from one of your classmates, we will have some slight modifications to the grouping system, for this particular requirement.

RE: Reaction Paper #4

For your Reaction Paper #4, you need to peruse the following link.

The hyperlink points to a PDF file containing Gordon Segal's presentation titled Current and Future Trends in ICT.

You may consider this reaction paper requirement as a culmination of our preceding discussion on "Gartner: Top 10 Key Technology Trends for 2013" and your subsequent completion of the expository paper on "4th Shaping the Future Forum 2013: Weaving the Modern Web Platform".

Completing this reaction paper requirement will also give you some ideas on the subject matter and content that you can include in your Group Research Project (further details for which will be given in a future post).

That is, I expect you guys to write Reaction Paper #4 with the Philippine context in mind (e.g., the impact that the current and future trends in ICT would have on the socio-cultural niche in the Philippines).

You might find the following links useful for this purpose:

1.   FEU Library (Online Catalog)

2.   Philippine eLib

3.   National Telecommunications Commission

4.   National Statistical Coordination Board

5.   Department of Science and Technology

6.   Department of Social Welfare and Development

7.   Department of Education

*** Updated - August 9 - 6:30 PM *** - Submissions for Expository Paper on "WEAVING THE MODERN WEB PLATFORM"

The following students (with the indicated, masked ID numbers) have already submitted their expository papers for Dr. Abel Sanchez's talk on "WEAVING THE MODERN WEB PLATFORM", which was held during the 4th Shaping the Future Forum, an event sponsored by Accenture Philippines in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT):

On-time submissions

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Late submissions

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For the other students, if you did not receive an acknowledgment receipt from me through the e-mail address where you made your submission, it means that I was not able to receive it.

Again, late submissions will be penalized with a 5% deduction for every day past the deadline.

Note that the new deadline for the submission of this particular requirement was last midnight (12:00 MN - Monday - August 5, 2013).

Update (as of Friday - August 9 - 6:30 PM) - So far, only 14 students have submitted their expository papers.  For the others who have yet to make their submissions, I would like to reiterate that this is an individual requirement, and not a group effort.

*** Updated - August 6 - 8:30 PM *** - Submissions for Reaction Paper #3

The following groups were able to submit Reaction Paper #3 on time:

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 11

For Groups 1 and 10, please be advised that if you did not receive an acknowledgment receipt from me through the e-mail where you made your submission, then it means that I did not receive your submission.

Again, I would like to reiterate that late submissions will be penalized with a 5% deduction for every day past the deadline.

Update:  All groups have been able to submit Reaction Paper #3, as of August 6, 2013.

*** Updated - August 4 - 4:00 AM *** Preparations for the Lab Session this Week 8

Kindly prepare comprehensive (i.e., expository) notes for the following bullet-point information that I have obtained from the recently-concluded 4th Shaping the Future Forum 2013, sponsored by Accenture Philippines in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  (Start from the section where it says "*Dr. Abel Sanchez - MIT" - you do not need to do an exposition for Accenture Philippines' background and other related information.)

Note:  To get a copy of these scanned images, hover your mouse over the respective images, right-click then "Save Image As...".

Send your final output to my e-mails not later than 12:00 MN on Monday (August 5).

Agenda for Week 8

Class, I have just finished typesetting your Long Quiz #2.  Therefore, you will be taking it (as previously planned) this Saturday, August 3, 2013 - during lecture time.  (Coverage for Long Quiz #2 will be all the material from Week 1 till Week 7, so please do review well for this examination.)

Lab time will be devoted to a discussion of some topics discussed during the 4th Shaping the Future Forum, held in Isla Ballroom of the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel last Wednesday, July 31 from 6 PM to 10 PM, and sponsored by Accenture Philippines in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  The invited speaker, Dr. Abel Sanchez of MIT, lectured about "Weaving the Modern Web Platform".  (More details regarding the said lecture will be given during lab time this Saturday, August 3).

Lastly, I would like to reiterate that the deadline for the submission of your Reaction Paper #3 is by 12:00 MN of August 3, 2013 (Saturday).  Submissions made on or after 12:01 AM of August 4, 2013 (Sunday) will be considered late and will be penalized with a 5% deduction for every day past the deadline.

Case Study: "On Becoming An Antivirus Technician"

Note:  I have made this post in response to a request from one of your classmates.

Suppose you are an IT (software) technician being asked to troubleshoot (possible) virus /malware issues on a laptop PC.

Give a step-by-step procedure on how to properly and safely remove the virus(es) /malware infection(s), if they exist.  

Otherwise, outline a way to efficiently determine if the laptop is virus-free.

Assumptions:  OS = Windows XP SP2, Laptop has (3G, wireless) Internet connection

[Original] Submissions from the various groups

Group 1 - Kemosabe and Nats

Group 2 - Chester and Numer

Group 3 - Jurjur and Mosli

Group 4 - Tatin and Kenneth

Group 5 - James and Hazel

Group 6 - Jona and Lyka

Group 7 - Divine and Mich

Group 8 - Jelo and Ced

Group 9 - Pau and Leah

Group 10 - Rich and Eika

Group 11 - Myko, Trebs and Wendy

For any broken hyperlink(s), kindly inform me ASAP.

RE: Reaction Paper #3

For your Reaction Paper #3, do a critique of the following article (by Jaron Lanier) from future tense: "Justice for Alan Turing?".  (Please do take note: The deadline for the submission of your Reaction Paper #3 is on August 3, 2013.)

I will be posting further course updates in a while, so please do check out this page from time to time.

Note:  All groups have submitted their Reaction Paper #2.  I will be giving out the graded copies by tomorrow.

Groups that have submitted their Reaction Paper #1 as of July 7, 2013 - 12:01 MN

This is to formally acknowledge receipt of the Reaction Paper #1 (either hard or soft copy) from the following groups.  They were able to submit before the deadline (July 7, 12:01 AM):

Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 6
Group 7
Group 9
Group 10
Group 11

For the other groups that have still not been able to submit their Reaction Paper #1, please be advised that, as per our previous in-class agreement, you will be penalized with deductions of 5% per day past July 6, subject to the further restriction that any submission made after July 12, 12:00 MN will be given a grade of 0%.

A PDF file has been sent to the CSTRENDS e-mail distribution list

A PDF file (titled "Glossary of Computer Terms") has just been sent to the CSTRENDS e-mail distribution list.  You can consider this as review material for your First Long Quiz this Saturday, July 6.

Please let me know via either e-mail or SMS if you didn't get this particular PDF file.

RE: Reaction Paper #2

For your Reaction Paper #2 which will be due on July 20, please do a critique of the paper "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data" (a copy of which is available from this hyperlink).  The same class groupings as before apply.

PostScript:  Again, please be reminded that the deadline for the submission of your Reaction Paper #1 is this coming Saturday, July 6.

CORRECTED (July 2) -- Reminders for Week 4 session (July 6)

Here are some early reminders for our next CSTRENDS session (Week 4 - July 6):

1.   Your Reaction Paper #1 (for which papers from a particular conference proceedings on the latest IT trends were assigned to each of the eleven [11, not 10] groups) is due on or before Saturday.  I would appreciate receiving soft copies of your reaction papers through my e-mail address on or before Friday, 7:00 PM.

2.   You will also be having your First Long Quiz.  Coverage will be all the materials covered in the course from Week 1 till Week 3.  You are required to read Doug McGowan's paper titled "Emerging Trends in ICT Development: A 5-10 year view".

3.     For extra credit - Bring either one of the following:

a)   An 8" floppy disk

b)   A 5.25" floppy disk

c)   A 3.5" floppy diskette

(The following images are taken from Wikipedia.)

Hyperlinks to copies of outlines of the Week 3 group presentations on latest ICT trends, according to Gartner

To facilitate your review of course materials from Weeks 1 through 3, I have uploaded copies of the outlines of the group presentations for Week 3.  The hyperlinks are as follows:

Group 1 - The Onslaught of Mobile Devices

Group 2 - Native Mobile Application and HTML5

Group 3 - Private or Personal Cloud

Group 4 - Corporate Showcase Applications

Group 5 - Internet of Things

Group 6 - Hybrid IT and Cloud Computing

Group 7 - Strategic Big Data

Group 8 - Actionable Analytics

Group 9 - In-Memory Processing

Group 10 - Integrated IT Ecosystems

Kindly inform me via e-mail or SMS if you encounter any broken links, or if you have any further questions.

I will be posting further course updates within the week.  Please stay tuned!

Last-minute reminder for Week 3 (June 28, 2013)

In order to facilitate a quick turn-around for those who are presenting their group lectures using Powerpoint slides, kindly send a copy of your PPTs not later than 7:00 PM tonight (Friday, June 28) to my e-mail address.  Please do take note that each group is allotted a maximum of fifteen (15 minutes) to present their lectures and respond to questions from the class.

Reminders for Week 3 (June 29, 2013)

1.  Take-Home S.Q. #2 - Based on the discussion in "Gartner: Top 10 Key Technology Trends for 2013", summarize all the ten (10) key technology trends in / under three (3) to four (4) areas.  (Please write your answers in an official FEU quiz / test booklet.)

2.  Assignment #1 (for extra credit) - What operating system (OS) does not support real-time monitoring of mission-critical applications?  (Please write your answer in an official FEU quiz / test booklet.  You may submit your answer for Assignment #1 together with your answers for Take-Home S.Q. #2.)

3.  Take note of your assigned topics for the Group Presentations scheduled during class time:  (You may prepare Powerpoint slides for these.)

Group 1 - The Onslaught of Mobile Devices (need to re-submit correct  outline)

Group 2 - Native Mobile Apps and HTML5

Group 3 - Personal / Private Cloud

Group 4 - Corporate Showcase Applications

Group 5 - Internet of Things

Group 6 - Hybrid IT and Cloud Computing (need to submit outline ASAP)

Group 7 - Strategic Big Data

Group 8 - Actionable Analytics

Group 9 - In-Memory Computing

Group 10 - Integrated Ecosystem

For Groups 1 and 6, please check your e-mails for further instructions.

4.   Lastly, I might or I might not give another S.Q. for Week 3, so always be ready.

Helpful Links for Writing Your Reaction Papers

Following are some helpful links for writing your reaction papers:

How to Write a Critique

How To Write A Response Paper

Sentence Structure of Technical Writing

RE: Reaction Paper #1

Initial instructions regarding Reaction Paper #1 (which is due on July 6) have been sent to your respective e-mails, except for two students, whose respective Yahoo! accounts appear to be non-existent.  My e-mail to you two bounced and I received the following messages:

Sorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address.

<c***_0*7@yahoo.com>:

Remote host said: 554 delivery error: dd This user doesn't have a yahoo.com account (c***_0*7@yahoo.com) [-5] - mta1171.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [BODY]

Sorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address.

<a***np*****kcl***s@yahoo.com>:

Remote host said: 554 delivery error: dd This user doesn't have a yahoo.com account (a***np*****kcl***s@yahoo.com) [-5] - mta1110.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [BODY]

NOTICE to these two (male) students:  Ask for your instructor's e-mail  address or contact number from one of your classmates, then send me an FYI e-mail ASAP.  Otherwise, you two will be at a disadvantage in the  coming few weeks for Reaction Paper #1.                                                        

Some important links

Following are some of the important links that CSTRENDS students for SY 2013-2014 should take note of:

1. Course syllabus - Please note that this link will expire on Friday (June 21, at around 5 PM).  PLEASE DO NOT SHARE this link to students not enrolled in the course, as the document is currently set in private mode.

2. Doug McGowan's paper titled "Emerging Trends in ICT Development: A 5-10 year view"

3. Companion slides to Doug McGown's paper, titled "Emerging Trends in ICT Development: A 5-10 year view (A Discussant's Perspective)"

Some reminders:  Please read the course syllabus VERY CAREFULLY.   Ensure that you will be able to comply with ALL of the requirements that are stipulated therein before our next class.

Lastly, kindly check your e-mails (within the week) for further details regarding our class agenda for Weeks 2 and 3.

Welcome!

Welcome to the blogs for the course "Trends in Information and Communications Technology (ICT)", a subject which is currently offered in Far Eastern University - Manila as part of its BS Applied Mathematics with Information Technology curriculum.   Specifically, this particular blog is for students enrolled during 1st Semester of SY 2013-2014.

This site is currently under construction.  Students are enjoined to check this from time to time for the latest announcements and/or updates related to the course.