TY - JOUR
T1 - Computer science for non-technological cyber programs
AU - Rubinstein, Amir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2015/2/17
Y1 - 2015/2/17
N2 - The world of cyberspace revolves around the scientific and technological as well as other facets of the internet, data encryption, digital communication, signal processing and data mining. Tel Aviv University has initiated a new cyber study program for students from the non-technological disciplines. In this paper we propose an introductory Computer Science course, aimed at those students. This course exposes students, in addition to programming and several cyber-oriented topics, to general, fundamental concepts and ideas from Computer Science. The course aims at familiarizing students with the computational 'culture', thus broadening their perspective on the scientific aspects of the cyber world. The Python programming language was chosen as the language used for experiencing with the course topics. This course was offered for the first time in Fall 2013. We describe the considerations in the design of the course, its content and structure. We propose several educational stand-alone modules, which can be incorporated into similar courses.
AB - The world of cyberspace revolves around the scientific and technological as well as other facets of the internet, data encryption, digital communication, signal processing and data mining. Tel Aviv University has initiated a new cyber study program for students from the non-technological disciplines. In this paper we propose an introductory Computer Science course, aimed at those students. This course exposes students, in addition to programming and several cyber-oriented topics, to general, fundamental concepts and ideas from Computer Science. The course aims at familiarizing students with the computational 'culture', thus broadening their perspective on the scientific aspects of the cyber world. The Python programming language was chosen as the language used for experiencing with the course topics. This course was offered for the first time in Fall 2013. We describe the considerations in the design of the course, its content and structure. We propose several educational stand-alone modules, which can be incorporated into similar courses.
KW - Python
KW - computer science
KW - cryptography
KW - cyber
KW - programming
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84938149458&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2014.7044442
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2014.7044442
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AN - SCOPUS:84938149458
SN - 1539-4565
VL - 2015-February
JO - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
JF - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
IS - February
M1 - 7044442
T2 - 44th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2014
Y2 - 22 October 2014 through 25 October 2014
ER -