CS 502 Architecture of Web Information Systems and Digital Libraries Spring 2002 Carl Lagoze T.Th. 2:55 - 4:10 pm 3 Credit Hours

This course examines the tools and techniques for building and managing distributed information systems.  Two examples of such systems are the World Wide Web and the Digital Library projects funded by the National Science Foundation and other organizations.  The major themes of the course are:

• the cost and functionality issues of centralized  information environments such as traditional libraries versus decentralized environments like the Web
• the opportunities for exploiting raw computing power and intelligent algorithms and architectures to efficiently organize and manage distributed information at a low cost
• the role of people in managing distributed information systems and the effect of those systems on organizations and people

Many of the topics examined through the semester are areas of active research in the computer science, Web, and information science communities.   The course will make extensive use of on-line readings from those research projects.

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