Introduction to Computer and

Information ProcessingDr Michael Whitney

Today's Schedule● Introductions - Teams!!

● Syllabus

● Lightweight Team Learning with Clickers

● Assessment

● (Brief) History of Computing

IntroductionsDr. Michael

● Research■ Security■ Human Computer Interaction

● Teaching■ Intro to Web App Design■ This class!

● Other Jobs■ SIUC, UNCC, Microsoft, Winthrop!!

Introductions

1. Get out a piece of paper2. Write down 3 things about yourself.

a. Two true, one false. Me: 1. Survived a Tsunami2. Almost died from Dengue fever3. Been in a Coma

Teams Section 08: Mon 11:00-12:15Aldridge, Dalexis 1

Amodio, Sydney 1

Baechtold, Wyatt 1

Barbour, Breuana 1

Borglin, David 1

Gist, Carlotta 3

Goodwin, Nicholas 3

Hendricks, Taylor 3

Irving, Shakeyma 3

Brunson, Aerial. 2

Capozzola, Angelina 2

Couch, Augusta 2

Duty, Lauren 2

Fowler, Autumn 2

Jackson, Courtney 4

Jeter, Sa'Terrica 4

Leach, Yasmeen 4

Lewis, Kaley 4

Mauney, Makayla 4

McDaniel, Mi'Kel 5

McFarland, Nicholas 5

McMurphy, Adriana 5

Mills, Tiraney 5

Noah, Kelsey 5

Ortega, Laura 6

Pitts, Mercedes 6

Rhinehart, Marina 6

Sadak, Christina 6

Scales, Brooke 6

Simpson, Taylor 7

Smith, Kassidy 7

Snipes, Foster 7

Southworth, Tyler 7

Streater, Quviah 7

Thomas, Micahla 7

Thornwell, Quantavius 8

Tucker, Abbey 8

Wentzky, Kayla 8

Wickens, Shayna 8

Wiggins, Elizabeth 8

Wilson, Addison 8

Teams Section 04: Thurs 12:30-1:45Aguilar, Yulemni 1

Lyndsey, Betz 1

Cheesborough, Caroline 1

Dantonio, Chelsea 1

Drost, Nicolette 3

Ebeling, Adam 3

Forrester, Ethan 3

Funderburk, Ashley 3

Goley, Joshua 3

Asbury, Ke'Montre 2

Coleman, Kali 2

Collins, Ty'Shauna 2

Downs, Jessica 2

Hinson, Timothy 4

Holmes, Sarah 4

Huffman, Uriah 4

Imes, Sheridan 4

Latto, Timothy 4

Johnson, Carol 5

Kent, Nicholas 5

Land, Christopher 5

Mayton, Marlana 5

McCarthy, Eva 6

Mitchell, Jasmine 6

Montgomery, JaNaysha 6

Odom, Khadijah 6

Patel, Akshae 6

Riley, Carley 7

Simmons, Kenya 7

Stovall, Katelyn 7

Sutton, Tyrenda 7

Young, Brianna 7

Templeton, Lauren 8

Tennant, John 8

Thacker, Diedra 8

Thompson, Tamia 8

Vaughan, Ashton 8

Zacour, Shane 8

Teams Section 09: Wed 11:00-12:15Aiken, Cooper 1

Asch, Zackary 1

Benson, Mark 1

Boland, Alexis 1

Bynem, Charity 1

Hallingquest, Ashley 3

Hartness, Joseph 3

Littlejohn, Keenen 3

Loredo, Yasmin 3

Best, Ronnie 2

Bowling, Michael 2

Celso, Elyssa 2

Czarnecki, Lauren 2

Diaz, JeanPaul 2

Logan, DeAnthony 4

Majette, Kiley 4

Manago, Diane 4

Martin, Brittany 4

Montgomery, Michael 4

McLeod, Courtney 5

Miller, Korri 5

Morgan, Ashton 5

Morton, Jesse 5

Quiroz, Diego 5

Moorman, Nakesa 6

Oliver, Kaylee 6

Serandos, Taylor 6

Smith, Natalie B. 6

Stricker, Barbara 6

Parish, Victoria 7

Porter, Chasity 7

Strother, Brenden 7

Sutton, Totiunna 7

Tate, Mackenzie . 7

White, Ann-Marie 7

Rosales, Kayla 8

Taylor, Margaret 8

Taylor, Whitney 8

Vinyals Cierco, Nil 8

Young, Leah 8

Hankinson, Sydney 8

Syllabus and ScheduleLinked at the following site:

● http://faculty.winthrop.edu/whitneym/

Lightweight Team Learning with Clickers

Lightweight Team Learning format:● Sit with same team every week● Work on weekly clicker quizzes together and individually● We will have weekly clicker quizzes (about 11)● Each question is worth 2 points.

○ Correct = 2, incorrect = 1, no answer = 0● Your lowest 2 quiz scores will be dropped● Work together on any in-class projects

Clickers

http://faculty.winthrop.edu/whitneym/Clickers.html

Practice Quiz?

Also - for those who forget your clicker● create your own group● borrow my clicker● highest grade you can achieve is a 70% (the group grade * .70)

Assessments

College of Business Administration● Perform personal assessments● Please do the best you can

Computer History

Slides are based on:● Technology in Action Eleventh Edition by

Evans, Martin, & Poatsy

Computer History

In 40 years computers went from being giant expensive machines that only corporations could own to the personal computer we see today.

Early Calculating Devices

● People have been using devices to aid in calculation for thousands of years.

● Devices include○ fingers○ tally sticks (animal bones carved with notches)○ counting rods ( I, II, III, IIII, IIIII, T)○ the abacus, …

Abacus 2700-2300BCA counting device

Beads are moved to perform arithmetic functions

Still used by traders and clerks in Asia, Africa, …

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQtqlB-jXO0

Slide Ruler 1620An early analogue computer used primarily formultiplication and division.• Invented by William Oughtred• Slide rulers were taken to the moon in the 1960s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD0NfshRyh8• Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waiprjueVpQ

Gen 0Does not formally exist but is mechanically based● Pascaline by Pascal

○ 1645 calculator to add and subtract○ Was too expensive for the time, hence it didn’t become

a commercial device.

Gen 0

Gen 0

Charles Babbage - Difference Engine○ Add, Subtract, Loop, Compare, etc...○ Set initial values on columns and crank!

Gen 0

● Harvard Mark 1 1944○ Electromagnetic relays○ Computed artillery tables (add, sub, mult, div)○ Developed by Grace Hopper and Howard Aiken ○ First computer bug

Gen 0 - First Bug

Gen 1

● Based on vacuum tubes

● ENIAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC

Gen 1

Gen 2

● Based on transistors

Gen 3

● Based on integrated circuits● Mainframes and minicomputers

○ IBM 360 in 1964, 8K to 8M of memory

Gen 4

● Based on VLSI○ VLSI = Very Large Scale Integration○ Many many many transistors per chip

Moore's Law

● Computing power doubles every two years

Gen 5● Massively parallel computers (supercomputers)

● Internet on every device

● Ubiquitous devices

● Artificial intelligence

Next Class

Read:Chapter 2& p. 298-309: Tech in Focus section

Clicker quiz on these readings