COMPUTER SCIENCE

The course aims to provide a good theoretical background in order to allow students to properly use and manage computer systems through an understanding of their basic principles, their organization and through the understanding of the Internet services, particularly the World Wide Web, and information services offered to those who have research interests in humanities.

The teaching will be carried out through lectures.

Main topics of the theoretical part of the course are as follows: the formalization of the concept of information; architecture and features of modern processing systems and operating systems; techniques and strategies of backup and recovery systems; principles of free software and open source; history and evolution of video games; topology and structure of modern computer networks; history and evolution of the Internet, the World Wide Web and correlated services; principles of data security and secret communication;

Some topics related to algorithmic sciences and the theory of computation and artificial intelligence will also be addressed.

Introduzione all'informatica e al trattamento dell'informazione

Simone Faro, interactive e-book, available on ClassBooks (www.theclassbooks.com, class code 54021)

Introduzione a Internet e alla cultura digitale

Simone Faro, interactive e-book, available on ClassBooks (www.theclassbooks.com, class code 54021)

Sicurezza informatica ed elementi di crittografia

Simone Faro, interactive e-book, available on ClassBooks (www.theclassbooks.com, class code 54021)

Giochi, algoritmi ed intelligenza

Simone Faro, interactive e-book, available on ClassBooks (www.theclassbooks.com, class code 54021)

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.