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15.579  Spec Sem in Info Technology: Evolution to Web 3.0 and the emergence of Management 3.0

Spring 2009

Instructor: Stuart E Madnick

TAs: blairj@mit.edu, Yaar Schnitman

Lecture:  M EVE (4-7 PM)  (E51-372)        

Announcements

Term Projects Now Online

Hi,

We enjoyed reading all the term projects and we want you to be able to enjoy them too. Therefore, we uploaded all projects to stellar and made them visible to you here: https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/15/sp09/15.579/materials.html

Thank you,
Yaar

Announced on 17 May 2009  6:26  p.m. by Yaar Schnitman

SYLLABUS-AT-A-GLANCE

SYLLABUS-AT-A-GLANCE  (Updated)
 
Section
Session topic  Assignment due
INTRODUCTION
 
1
9-Feb-09
Introduction and Overview
 
WEB 2.0
 
WEB 2.0 EXAMPLES
 
2
9-Feb-09
Web 2.0 & User generated content
 
3
17-Feb-09 (Tues)
Early Mashups
 
4
17-Feb-09 (Tues)
Collective Intelligence. Guest Speaker : Robert Laubacher (MIT Center for Collective Intelligence).
 
5
23-Feb-09
Social networks
 
6*
23-Feb-09
Two-sided platforms/markets. Guest speaker : Erik Brynjolfsson , (Director, MIT Center for Digital Business)
 
WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES
 
7
2-Mar-09
Mobile/Geo/3D web
TP member list
WEB 2.0 IMPACT
 
10
2-Mar-09
Open Innovation
 
9
9-Mar-09
General impacts & success stories. Guest speaker : Stephen Kaufer , (CEO TripAdvisor)
TP proposal
WEB 2.x
 
11
9-Mar-09
Introduction to Web 2.x technologies
 
WEB 2.x TECHNOLOGIES
 
12
30-Mar-09
Web Services
 
13
30-Mar-09
Cloud Computing
 
8*
6-Apr-09
Broad Impact on Business and Society. Guest speaker : Daniel J. Weitzner , (Director, W3C Technology and Society Policy)
Apr 9 : HW2 – I (a) Identify Reference
WEB 2.x EXAMPLES
 
14
6-Apr-09
Component Examples, OpenAPIs, and Advanced Mashups
 
15
13-Apr-09
Collaboration Examples. Guest speaker : Satwik Seshasai (Senior Manager, Online Collaboration Services, IBM).
Optional Mashup Assignment
WEB 3.0
 
16
13-Apr-09
Introduction to Web 3.0 & Semantic web concept
 
WEB 3.0 TECHNOLOGIES
 
17
27-Apr-09
Semantic Web. Guest speaker : Tim Berners-Lee (MIT and Director, World Wide Web Consortium – W3C).
Apr 30 : HW2 – I (b)
Comment on Refer
18
27-Apr-09
Semantic Representation: Ontology Languages
May 1 : HW3 – Debate materials
19
4-May-09
Semantic Reasoning
HW2 – II (a)
Identify Reference
WEB 3.0 APPLICATIONS & IMPACTS ON MANAGEMENT
 
20
4-May-09
Web 2.0, 2.x. 3.0 -- Debates by Students
TP Project Reports
21
11-May-09
Web 3.0 Applications
HW2 – II (b)
Comment on Refer
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
 
22
11-May-09
Student Presentations
TP Presentations
HW1 dates: Part 1 - Questions for a Guest Speakers - due 4 days before guest speaker presentation; Part 2 - Comment on two sets of Questions by midnight the day before guest speaker presentation.

Announced on 04 March 2009  11:33  a.m. by Stuart E Madnick

Guest Speaker Pairing

Hi,

Based on the survey data, we were able to pair almost all of the students with the guest speakers of their choice wanted. The pairing list is now available on stellar:
https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/15/sp09/15.579/courseMaterial/homework/assignments/assignment1/assignment/2/15.579_Guest_Speaker_Choices.pdf

Best,
Yaar

Announced on 17 February 2009  1:03  p.m. by Yaar Schnitman