FI:IV057 Seminar on Information Society - Course Information

IV057 Seminar on Information Society

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics

Timetable

Tue 14. 9. to Tue 7. 12. Tue 12:00–13:50 C416

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Image Processing and Analysis (programme FI, N-VIZ)
• Applied Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Technology Security (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• Information Technology Security (programme FI, N-IN)
• Bioinformatics and systems biology (programme FI, N-UIZD)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Computer Games Development (programme FI, N-VIZ_A)
• Computer Graphics and Visualisation (programme FI, N-VIZ_A)
• Computer Networks and Communications (programme FI, N-PSKB_A)
• Cybersecurity Management (programme FI, N-RSSS_A)
• Formal analysis of computer systems (programme FI, N-TEI)
• Graphic design (programme FI, N-VIZ)
• Graphic Design (programme FI, N-VIZ_A)
• Hardware Systems (programme FI, N-PSKB_A)
• Hardware systems (programme FI, N-PSKB)
• Image Processing and Analysis (programme FI, N-VIZ_A)
• Information security (programme FI, N-PSKB)
• Information Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-EB)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
• Informatics (eng.) (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Informatics (programme FI, B-INF) (2)
• Informatics (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Informatics in education (programme FI, B-IVV) (2)
• Information Security (programme FI, N-PSKB_A)
• Quantum and Other Nonclassical Computational Models (programme FI, N-TEI)
• Mathematical Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer graphics and visualisation (programme FI, N-VIZ)
• Computer Graphics and Image Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Graphics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communications (programme FI, N-PSKB)
• Computer Systems and Technologies (eng.) (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Computer Systems and Technologies (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Computer Systems and Data Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Principles of programming languages (programme FI, N-TEI)
• Programming and development (programme FI, B-PVA)
• Embedded Systems (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• Programmable Technical Structures (programme FI, B-IN)
• Embedded Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Cybersecurity management (programme FI, N-RSSS)
• Services development management (programme FI, N-RSSS)
• Software Systems Development Management (programme FI, N-RSSS)
• Services Development Management (programme FI, N-RSSS_A)
• Service Science, Management and Engineering (eng.) (programme FI, N-AP)
• Service Science, Management and Engineering (programme FI, N-AP)
• Social Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Software Systems Development Management (programme FI, N-RSSS_A)
• Software Systems (programme FI, N-PSKB_A)
• Software systems (programme FI, N-PSKB)
• Machine learning and artificial intelligence (programme FI, N-UIZD)
• Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Teacher of Informatics and IT administrator (programme FI, N-UCI)
• Informatics for secondary school teachers (programme FI, N-UCI) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS) (2)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Games Development (programme FI, N-VIZ)
• Processing and analysis of large-scale data (programme FI, N-UIZD)
• Image Processing (programme FI, N-AP)
• Natural language processing (programme FI, N-UIZD)

Course objectives

At the end of the course, students should be able to understand better issues related to the information society, gain deeper insight into more specialized topics, and to develop their own ability to interpret technological and social issues related to the information society.

Learning outcomes

Ability to think about impacts of IT on society.

Syllabus

• Seminar focuses on some aspects of the Information Society. A loose companion seminar to IV064 Information Society based on students work with literature on this topic and talks by the students based on the literature. Studets are required to work independently with relevant literature.
• Information technologies and the society.
• Information as a real value.
• Economic and social impact.
• Civilizational impacts of the Information Society.
• Information technologies and democracy.

Literature

• Literatura shodná s IV064

Teaching methods

Seminary, self study of literature, student presentations, and discussions.

Assessment methods

2-3 oral and written presentation, participation in discussions

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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