PdF:MA0016 History of informatics - Course Information
MA0016 History of informatics
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D.
Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- MA0016/Prez01: No timetable has been entered into IS.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Students will learn about personalities and milestones in the history of computing and programming, especially in connection with mathematics.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will be acquainted with the predecessors of today's IT.
- Syllabus
- First computers: Pascal, Schickard Charles Babbage and his difference and analytical engine Konrad Zuse.John von Neumann. Alan Turing and artificial intelligence. Proofs with the aid of computers. Mathematical machines in Czechoslovakia (SAPO, EPOS) First programming languages: why they were developed
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- Seminars with active participation of the students (regular reading howmework).
- Assessment methods
- Seminar paper on a chosen topic, 1000 words long.
- Náhradní absolvování
- Active participation in the seminar may be substituted by written assignments.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Teacher's information
- The classes will take place in the teacher's office in the time agreed upon with the enrolled students.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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