CISC/MISY 367 (Spring 2013): Lecture Notes and Reading List

• Lecture slides
  • Android Installation
  • Introduction to XML
  • Building First Android App
  • Chapter 3 Welcome App
  • Introduction to Java
  • Java for Android
  • App Fundamental
  • Sample App for BMI [download Sample App Project]
  • Another Activity
  • Android Debugging Bridge
  • Web and HTTP
  • Introduction to Google App Engine

• How to read/review papers and research skills
  • How to read a paper, by S. Keshav
  • Thoughts on reviewing, by M. Allman
  • Reviewing a technical paper, by Michael Ernst
  • Research Skills, by S. Peyton Jones

• Lightweight readings
  • Tech Titans Clash in 'Cloud', Shira Ovide, Greg Bensinger, and Amir Efrati, The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2013.
  • 1 Simple Chart That Proves the PC Is Dead, Evan Niu, The Motley Fool, February 1, 2013.
  • Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2013, Eric Savitz, Forbes, October 23, 2012.
  • Gartner: 10 Critical Tech Trends For The Next Five Years, Eric Savitz, Forbes, October 22, 2012.
  • Mobile, cloud, and big data pros in high demand for 2012, Ted Samson, InfoWorld, January 31, 2012.
  • Why Software Is Eating The World, Marc Andreessen, The Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2011.
  • Buildings house secret servers that keep Net humming, Judy Keen, USA TODAY, September 21, 2011. Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2011.
  • Start-ups Dropbox and Box reach for the cloud, Jon Swartz, USA TODAY, March 4, 2012.
  • Google Drive joins the battle of the cloud, Jon Swartz, USA TODAY, April 24, 2012.
  • How To Choose The Best Cloud For Your Data, Kevin Purdy, April 30, 2012.

• Mobile Cloud Computing
  • Preston A. Cox, Mobile cloud computing: Devices, trends, issues, and the enabling technologies, IBM developerWorks, March 11, 2011.
  • Hoang T. Dinh, Chonho Lee, Dusit Niyato, and Ping Wang, A survey of mobile cloud computing: architecture, applications, and approaches, Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC), October 2011. local copy and tutorial slides

• Mobile Social Networks
  • N. Kayastha, D. Niyato, P. Wang, and E. Hossain, Applications, architectures, and protocol design issues for mobile social networks: A survey, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 99, No. 12, pp. 2130-2158, December 2011.

• Cloud Computing
  • Nick Antonopoulos and Lee Gillam, Cloud Computing: Principles, Systems and Applications, Springer, 2010.
  • T. Sridhar, Cloud Computing - A Primer: Part 1: Models and Technologies, The Internet Protocol Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3 , September 2009.
  • T. Sridhar, Cloud Computing - A Primer: Part 2: Infrastructure and Implementation Topics, The Internet Protocol Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4 , December 2009.
  • Dan Orlando, Cloud computing service models, Part 1: Infrastructure as a Service, IBM developerWorks, January 11, 2011.
  • Dan Orlando, Cloud computing service models, Part 2: Platform as a Service, IBM developerWorks, January 28, 2011.
  • Dan Orlando, Cloud computing service models, Part 3: Software as a Service, IBM developerWorks, January 31, 2011.
  • Yu Chen Zhou, et al., Cloud and industry, Part 1: PaaS best practices and patterns, IBM developerWorks, December 7, 2010.
  • Xi Ning Wang, et al., Cloud and industry, Part 2: The chemical, petroleum industry and IIF, IBM developerWorks, January 21, 2011.
  • Xin Peng Liu, et al., Cloud and industry, Part 3: Telecommunications solutions, IBM developerWorks, March 13, 2012.