Internet Technology

Tipo di corso: Master +2
Valore in crediti ECTS: 3
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Master in Technologies for Human Communication
Anno accademico 2010/11 - 2. anno - Semestre autunnale

The course deals with the main concepts regarding the Internet as an aggregate of different technologies, with a particular attention to the Web and its continuous evolution. Its main objective is to provide the students with the competence and the tools to understand and leverage these technologies for their own projects.
The course presents the following topics: basics about the Internet (networks, protocols, standards and applications), the Web of documents or Web1.0, using search engines and communities of practice to find information on the Internet, the Social Web or Web2.0, collective intelligence and ways to exploit it (folksonomies, recommendation systems, data mining techniques), the Semantic Web or Web3.0, and the future of the Web.
Student will be evaluated on the basis of assignments and of a written exam. The study material consists of the lecturer´s slides, on-line papers, manuals, and tutorials.