Computer Science 1401:
Computing At The Movies
(Fall 2017)

Instructor	Office	Office Hours	Lectures
Todd Wareham harold@mun.ca	EN-2034 864-4601	TBA	Tue, 7:00-9:30pm Room A-1045

• Course outline
• Course diary
• Assignments
• Course marks (as of 10:50 am, Dec 7)

• On-line resources:
  • Computer Science 1400: Computing in the 20th Century and Beyond (Course websites)
  • Campbell-Kelly, M., Aspray, W., Ensmenger, N., and Yost, J.R. (2014) Computer: A History of the Information Machine (3rd Edition). Westview Press. [E-version]
  • Timeline of Computer History
  • A Timeline of How Computers Changed History
  • Computer History Timelines
  • The Modern History of Computing (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
  • The History of Early Computing Machines from Ancient Times to 1981
  • IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
• Suggested Viewing (Documentaries)
  • The Machine that Changed the World (1992) [IMDB]
  • Triumph of the Nerds (1996) [IMDB]
  • Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet (1998) [IMDB]
  • American Experience: Silicon Valley (2013) [IMDB]

Notices:

• November 14
  
  • It's Course Evaluation Questionnaire (CEQ) time again! Please fill in your online CEQ for this course by Sunday, December 3, by following the intructions and links here. Remember: If you can't be kind, be constructive. (10:15am)
  • Class Exam #2 notes posted here. (1:05pm)

• October 24
  
  • Term paper description posted (4:05 pm).
  • Critical Film Commentary #2 posted (1:35 pm).

• October 16, 10:30am
  Due dates for Critical Film Commentary #2 and Term Paper changed to November 21 and 30, respectively.

• October 5, 9:50am
  Class Exam #1 notes posted here.

• September 5, 3:50pm
  Critical Film Commentary #1 posted.

• April 11, 9:55am
  Open for business!

Created: April 11, 2017
Last Modified: December 7, 2017