Input-output technology
C Avram
4 points * 2 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: COT1130, COT1140, SFT2121 or C programming * MAT 1711 and MAT2410 are recommended
This subject aims to provide students with an understanding of the technology for the automated input and output of data to computer applications. The syllabus includes the data entry process, errors and error rates, quality management, information theory, coding theory, hardware interfaces, data entry hardware, data presentation hardware, case studies of automated data input systems, implementing systems, the systems life cycle, work flow re-engineering, security and legal issues.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 50% * Practical work: 50%
Recommended texts
Slepian D Key papers in the development of information theory IEEE Press, 1974
Tetschner W Voice processing 2nd edn, Artech House, 1993
Vanstone S and Oorschot P An introduction to error correcting codes with applications Kluwer, 1989