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Cs 241-02: Introduction To Computer Science Ii, Praveen Kakumanu

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course is the second in the three course sequence "Introduction to Computer Science" offered by the Computer Science department, WSU. It focuses on tools for building abstract data types {using structure and class concepts in C++) and Object-Oriented Programming. We also begin the study of data structures in this course. Note: For all CS 241 students, concurrent registration into CS 241 lab is a must

Cs/Mth 316/516: Numerical Methods For Digital Computers - I, Ronald F. Taylor

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

Introduction to numerical methods used in the sciences. Methods of interpolation, data smoothing, functional approximation, numerical differentiation and integration. Solution techniques for linear and nonlinear equations. Discussion of sources of error in numerical methods. Applications of interest to engineering, science, and applied mathematics students are an integral part of the course. Special topics presented as schedule permits. 4 credit hours. Prerequisites: CS 142 or EGR 153 or CEG 220 or CS 241, MTH 231, MTH 253 or 255.

Bio/Cs 271: Introduction To Bioinformatics, Dan E. Krane, Travis E. Doom

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

BIO/CS 271 Introduction to Bioinformatics: Introduction to DNA as an information storage system, data searches and pairwise alignments, substitution patterns, protein folding, and proteomics. Prerequisite: CS 240 or equivalent, BIO 112

Cs 340: Programming Language Workshop In Java, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course is designed as a self-study in Java. You are expected to learn the Java language and solve a set of programming problems assigned to you using it. (You may develop your code using any IDE you like, but you must ensure that it eventually runs using JDK 5). There are no exams. We officially meet only once in a quarter. However, I will be available in the posted office hours for clarifications and discussions about the programming problems.

Cs 242-02: Introduction To Computer Science Iii, Praveen Kakumanu

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This is the final course in the three course sequence "Introduction to Computer Science" offered by the Computer Science department, WSU. It focuses on building a number of abstract data types such as stacks, queues, trees and tables. We continue to study the C++ object-oriented concepts such as Inheritance, polymorphism and template handling. We also start learning to analyze the complexity of algorithms in this course. Note: For all CS 242 students, concurrent registration into CS 242 lab is a must.

Cs 466/666: Introduction To Formal Languages, Thomas Sudkamp

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

CS 466/666 is an introduction to formal language and automata theory. In this course we will examine methods for defining syntax of languages and recognizing patterns: the syntax of languages can be defined using grammars and patterns accepted by finite state machines. Along with presenting the fundamentals of these two topics, the course will develop and investigate the relationships between language definition and pattern recognition. The text will be the third edition of Languages and Machines: An Introduction to the Theory of Computer Science.

Cs 405/605-01: Introduction To Database Management Systems, Guozhu Dong

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

Survey of logical and physical aspects of database management systems. Data models including entity-relationship (ER) and relational are presented. Physical implementation (data organization and indexing) methods are discussed. Query languages including SQL, relational algebra, relational calculus, and QBE are introduced. Students will also gain experience in creating and manipulating a database. The course is mostly concerned with the design and querying of databases. A follow up course, CS701, is concerned with the design of system functions for managing databases.

Cs 776: Functional Programming, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course will discuss important concepts of functional programming such as recursive definitions, higher-order functions, type inference, polymorphism, abstract data types, modules etc. The programming exercises will illustrate the utility of list-processing, pattern matching, abstraction of data/control, strong typing, and parameterized modules (functors). We also study the mathematical reasoning involved in the design of functional programs and techniques for proving properties about functions so defined.

Cs 801: Advanced Database Systems, Soon M. Chung

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

Introduction of current trends and research issues in database systems.

Cs 790-02: Information Security, Guozhu Dong

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course is a survey of fundamentals of information security. Topics include: confidentiality, integrity, availability; authentication models; protection models; audit; intrusion and masquerader detection; control policies; access control; release control; information flow; legal and social issues, privacy; risk assessment and vulnerabilities; encryption; digital watermarking; insider risks; computer forensics; additional topics of interest.

Cs 884: Advanced Topics In Programming Languages, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

The primary focus of this course is the design and specification of the Object-Oriented language Java.

Cs 840: Advanced Topics In The Theory Of Computation, Thomas Sudkamp

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Additivity Of Information Value In Two-Act Linear Loss Decisions With Normal Priors, Jeffrey Keisler

Management Science and Information Systems Faculty Publication Series

For the two-act linear loss decision problem with normal priors, conditions are derived for which the expected value of perfect information about two independent risks is super-additive in value. Several applications show how a variety of decision problems can reduce to the canonical problem, and how the general results obtained here can be translated simply to prescriptions for specific situations.

An Investigation Of Modified Superconductivity Through Structural Alteration Of Mgcni3 And Mgb2, Nathan L. Henderson

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Determination Of Cadmium Nitrate Mass Through Neutron Activation Analysis, Charles Williams

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

Neutron Activation Analysis is a method of determining the composition of a sample wherein the sample is irradiated, then measured through gamma ray spectroscopy. This method can also be used to determine the mass of a particular substance within an unknown sample by comparing the gamma ray spectroscopy results to that of known results and applying a p redetermined linear relationship between known sample mass (or molarity) and the primary peak area form the gamma ray spectroscopy results. This relationship is what our project set out to determine for differing concentrations in a standard volume of Cadmium Nitrate solution (CdNO …

Spring 2005, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

The Elastic Constants And Related Properties Of Β-Hmx Determined By Brillouin Scattering, Lewis L. Stevens, Craig J. Eckhardt

Craig J. Eckhardt Publications

By scattering from a variety of acoustic phonons, a complete stiffness tensor has been determined for crystalline β-HMX. The results are compared with recent experimental and theoretical determinations of the elastic constants and bulk modulus. Reasons for disagreement are discussed in terms of experimental limitations and anharmonic effects. The observed ordering of stiffness constants, C₁₁ (18.4 GPa), C₂₂ (14.4 GPa), and C₃₃ (12.4 GPa), is qualitatively associated with physical phenomena including cleavage planes, patterns in crystal growth, and molecular packing. This interpretation is further corroborated by the linear compressibilities plotted in three crystallographic planes. The Voigt–Reuss–Hill bulk …

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter, Department Of Chemistry & Biochemistry, South Dakota State University

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter: 2002-2015

Inside:

Page 2-3 Forensics Project Gives Students Real Life Experience in Analytical Chemistry; 2005 Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduates

Page 4-5 Treasure Hunting at the South Pole

Page 6 Floyd Melrose Retires After 40 Years with Department

Page 7 Alumni News; Scholarship and Award Winners

Page 8 Department News; Recent Faculty Publications

Real-Time Business Intelligence In Multi-Agent Adaptive Supply Networks, Gavin Finnie, Jeffrey Barker

Jeffrey Barker

The increasing speed and complexity of inter-organisational communication in supply networks requires effective automation. Multi-agent systems have been proposed as a possible solution. However, the information needs of the agent, particularly in responding to any variation from the norm, are similar to a human in the same position.

This paper reviews the concepts of Business Intelligence (BI) and Real-Time Enterprises (RTE) and looks at the need for BI in dynamic information management. A multi-agent framework is described and case-based reasoning investigated as a reasoning paradigm capable of responding to the need for business intelligence. A CBR approach is proposed with …

The Bayesian Two-Sample T-Test, Mithat Gonen, Wesley O. Johnson, Yonggang Lu, Peter H. Westfall

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Working Paper Series

In this article we show how the pooled-variance two-sample t-statistic arises from a Bayesian formulation of the two-sided point null testing problem, with emphasis on teaching. We identify a reasonable and useful prior giving a closed-form Bayes factor that can be written in terms of the distribution of the two-sample t-statistic under the null and alternative hypotheses respectively. This provides a Bayesian motivation for the two-sample t-statistic, which has heretofore been buried as a special case of more complex linear models, or given only roughly via analytic or Monte Carlo approximations. The resulting formulation of the Bayesian test is easy …

Chemical Manipulation Of High-Tc Ferromagnetism In Zno Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors, Kevin R. Kittilstved, D. R. Gamelin, N. S. Norberg

Kevin R. Kittilstved

We report the use of targeted p- and n-type chemical perturbations to manipulate high-TC ferromagnetism in Mn2+∶ZnO and Co2+∶ZnO in predictable and reproducible ways. We demonstrate a clear correlation between nitrogen and high-TC ferromagnetism for Mn2+∶ZnO and an inverse correlation for Co2+∶ZnO, both as predicted by recent theoretical models. These chemical perturbations reveal rich possibilities for exerting external control over high-TC spin ordering in diluted magnetic semiconductors.

11-(2,2-Dimethylpropyl)-12-{2-[12-(2,2-Dimethylpropyl)- 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-Ethenoanthracen-11-Yl]- Ethyl}-9,10-Dihydro-9,10-Ethenoanthracene, Joseph P. Herres, Mark A. Forman, Kraig A. Wheeler, Glenn P.A. Yap

Kraig A. Wheeler

Reaction of tert-butyllithium with 11,12-dimethylene-9,10- dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracene and 4,5-diiodopentacyclo- [4.3.0.02,4.03,8.05,7]nonane gives three products, one of which crystallizes from petroleum ether as the title compound, C44H46, (I). Molecules of (I) are positioned on inversion centers (Z0 = 0.5) in the space group P21/n and lack any discernible intermolecular interactions.

Discovery Of A Primitive Damped Lyman Alpha Absorber Near An X-Ray Bright Galaxy Group In The Virgo Cluster, Todd M. Tripp, Edward B. Jenkins, David V. Bowen, Jason X. Prochaska, Bastien Aracil, Rajib Ganguly

Todd M. Tripp

We report the discovery of a low-redshift, sub-damped Ly_ absorber (DLA) in the outer periphery of the Virgo cluster near the X-ray bright NGC4261 galaxy group, in the direction of PG1216+069. We have obtained a new spectrum of PG1216+069 (zQSO = 0.3313) with the E140M echelle mode of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), and this spectrum reveals damped Ly_ absorption as well as O I, C II, Si II, and Fe II absorption lines at zabs = 0.00632. Notably, the absorber shows no evidence of highly-ionized gas: Si IV, C IV, and O VI are not signi_cantly detected at …

Renewable Energy Alternatives: Current Status And Capacities, Kurt A. Rosentrater, Youakim Al-Kalaani

Kurt A. Rosentrater

A key to the United States’ economic growth is an ever-increasing demand for energy, which has traditionally been met primarily by combusting the hydrocarbons found in fossil fuels. As environmental concerns grow, renewable energy resources are gaining increasing attention. To aid both researchers as well as educators, this paper examines historical energy data for both traditional as well as alternative energy sources. Even with the progressive developments of non-traditional energy sources over the years, the U.S. still receives more than 90% of its energy from fossil and nuclear fuels. Explicit examination of the alternative energy sector has revealed that hydroelectric …

Colorado College State Of The Rockies Report Card, Walter E. Hecox, F. Patrick Holmes, Bryan Hurlbutt

Publications (SD)

No abstract provided.

Nonautonomous Beverton-Holt Equations And The Cushing-Henson Conjectures, Saber Elaydi, Robert J. Sacker

Mathematics Faculty Research

In [3] Jim Cushing and Shandelle Henson published two conjectures (see Section 3) related to the Beverton-Holt difference equation (with growth parameter exceeding one), which said that the B-H equation with periodically varying coefficients (a) will have a globally asymptotically stable periodic solution and (b) the average of the state variable along the periodic orbit will be strictly less than the average of the carrying capacities of the individual maps. They had previously [2] proved both statements for period 2.

The Armstrong Chemical Bond, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Chemical Bond Newsletter (2004-2005)

No abstract provided.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 46 Number 4, Spring 2005, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

8 - 'AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT' By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. SCU Music Professor Hans Boepple is a gifted pianist and dedicated teacher.

10 - EMBRACING DIFFERENCES By Adam Breen. Senior Aaron Uchikura spent a summer helping children in Moscow orphanages.

12 - THE KOKO CONNECTION By Victoria Hendel De La O. Senior Tierra Wilson's perseverance landed her a job as a gorilla research assistant and caregiver.

16 - A ROTATION IN ETHICS By Rita Beamish '74. Students learn about the ethics of health care by shadowing doctors and nurses at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose.

2005 Annual Research Symposium Abstract Book, Trinity College

Science Symposia Abstracts

2005 annual volume of abstracts for science research projects conducted by students at Trinity College.

Bridging The Paradigm Gap With Rules For Owl, Jurgen Angele, Boris Motik, Rudi Studer, Pascal Hitzler

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

Accelerated by the vision of the semantic web, semantic technologies have recently made significant advances. The underlying methods and paradigms are already being transferred to adjacent areas of research in artificial intelligence, knowledge management, and elsewhere. Textbooks explaining the foundations have appeared. Large national and international projects on the topic are under way.