Computer science
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: GIOVANNI GIUFFRIDAExpected Learning Outcomes
In the second part we discuss techniques for storing and retrieving information from relational databases-a topic of great importance to the sociologist who must work closely with databases of various kinds.
Finally, some mention is given of advanced systems for retrieving information automatically (data/text mining) and Big Data.
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Part 1: Basic concepts of information technology.
Historical background; Information theory; Analog and digital signals; Conversion; Computer architecture; Memories; Software; Operating system; Computer networks; Protocols; Internet security
Part 2: From Data to Information
Information and computing systems; Data and information; Relational organization of data; Querying; Evolved query systems
Part 3: Introduction to Computational Social Science.
Concepts of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence; Concepts and hints of "user profiling" algorithms; Social Networks and Social Network Analysis; Case study: Online newspapers
Textbook Information
Slides provided
Recommended: Informatica e Cultura dell’Informazione, Luca Mari, Giacomo Bonanno e Donatella Sciuto
Recommended: Il computer come macroscopio, Davide Bennato, Franco Angeli editore
Machine Learning: The Art and Science of Algorithms That Make Sense of Data, Peter Flach, Cambridge University Press Big data.
Una rivoluzione che trasformerà il nostro modo di vivere e già minaccia la nostra libertà. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Kenneth N. Cukier e R. Merlini
Introduction to Computational Social Science, Principle and Applications. Claudio Cioffi-Revilla (In inglese)
ICT & DBMS, Camillo Bella e Gaetano La Rosa, Libreria CULC
La patente del computer, Federico Tibone, Zanichelli
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
With 4 bits it is possible to represent a maximum of 16 different information. T / F?
Data and information are the same thing. T / F?