Technological Foundations (DIG503)

The course gives students a firm grasp of digital technologies and how they work. Key concepts include computer and information systems; AI and machine learning; programming and coding; algorithms, platforms, and networks; robotics and automation; open source, hacking and GDPR; big data and blockchain; and data management and manipulation. The course also introduces students to the history and development of the internet and the world wide web, outlines how smart cities and smart societies work, and discusses foundational issues in data ethics. Students will also learn about digital data sources and how to use them.

It is expected that the students after completing the course will have the following knowledge, skills, and general competencies.

Knowledge

On completion of this course, the student has:

• Comprehensive knowledge of how digital technologies work.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the internet, world wide web and social networking.

Skills

On completion of this course, the student can:

• Describe how digital technology and computer systems work.
• Apply technical vocabulary and concepts and relate them to ethics of technological issues.

General competencies

On completion of this course, the student has:

• Thorough understanding of digital technologies and their underlying technical infrastructure.
• Comprehensive knowledge of data ontologies and the ethics related to data, computers and AI technology.

Ingen

Compulsory assignments

Student presentations, group work.

Fagperson(er)

Study Adviser:

Magda Hognestad

Study Program Director:

Helle Sjøvaag

Course coordinator:

Raul Ferrer Conill

Lectures, case- and problem-based seminars, group work.

Admission to Single Courses at UiS Business School

Admission to Single Courses at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Admission to Single Courses at the Faculty of Science and Technology

Exchange programme ECIU University

Exchange programmes at UIS Business School

Exchange programme at Faculty of Social Sciences

Exchange programme at Faculty of Science and Technology

Courses offered to inbound exchange students at the University of Stavanger

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital subject evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Book Chapter What Gets Counted Counts D'Ignazio, Catherine ; Klein, Lauren F, What Gets Counted Counts, United States, MIT Libraries Experimental Collections Fund, 2020-03-10, 97-123, isbn:0262044005, Additional resource for L1 - Intro: Data as a resource https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl-XYEUBIS?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2023-10-31T12%3A36%3A58IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-proquest_mit_b&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=What%20Gets%20Counted%20Counts&rft.btitle=Data%20Feminism&rft.au=D%27Ignazio,%20Catherine&rft.date=2020-03-10&rft.isbn=0262044005&rft.isbn_list=9780262044004&rft_id=info:doi/10.7551/mitpress/11805.003.0006&rft.eisbn=9780262358521&rft.eisbn_list=0262358522&rft.pub=MIT%20Libraries%20Experimental%20Collections%20Fund&rft.place=United%20States&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/1130235839&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_mit_b%3E6120950_8_110%3C/proquest_mit_b%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.128&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=EBC6120950_8_110View online Book Chapter Bit by Bit by Bit Charles Petzold, Charles Petzold, Bit by Bit by Bit, 167-194, Reference literature for L2 Article Remote sensing platforms and sensors: A survey Toth, Charles ; Jóźków, Grzegorz, Elsevier B.V, 22-36, ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, 115, 2016-05, 22-36, Additional resources for L3 - Trackers and tracking https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl-XYEUBIS?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2023-10-31T15%3A07%3A31IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-elsevier_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Remote%20sensing%20platforms%20and%20sensors:%20A%20survey&rft.jtitle=ISPRS%20journal%20of%20photogrammetry%20and%20remote%20sensing&rft.au=Toth,%20Charles&rft.date=2016-05&rft.volume=115&rft.spage=22&rft.epage=36&rft.pages=22-36&rft.issn=0924-2716&rft.eissn=1872-8235&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2015.10.004&rft.pub=Elsevier%20B.V&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/&rft_dat=%3Celsevier_cross%3ES0924271615002270%3C/elsevier_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.128&req.skin=primoView online Article Using APIs for Data Collection on Social Media Lomborg, Stine ; Bechmann, Anja, PHILADELPHIA, Routledge, 256-265, The Information society, 4, 30, 2014-08-08, 256-265, Additional resource for L1 - Data as a resource https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl-XYEUBIS?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2023-10-31T15%3A43%3A34IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-proquest_pasca&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Using%20APIs%20for%20Data%20Collection%20on%20Social%20Media&rft.jtitle=The%20Information%20society&rft.au=Lomborg,%20Stine&rft.date=2014-08-08&rft.volume=30&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=256&rft.epage=265&rft.pages=256-265&rft.issn=0197-2243&rft.eissn=1087-6537&rft.coden=INSCD8&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/01972243.2014.915276&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.place=PHILADELPHIA&rft.stitle=INFORM%20SOC&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_pasca%3E1650140750%3C/proquest_pasca%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.128&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=1546623067View online Book Chapter Data formats Irv Englander, Irv Englander, Data formats, 100-135, Article Comparative Study of Data Sending Methods for XML and JSON Models Anca-Raluca Breje, Robert Győrödi, Cornelia Győrödi, Doina Zmaranda, George Pecherle, IJACSA) International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 12, 9, 2018, 198-204, https://thesai.org/Downloads/Volume9No12/Paper_29-Comparative_study_of_data_sending_methods.pdfView online Article JSON vs XML: A Comparative Performance Analysis of Data Exchange Formats 1 Saurabh Zunke, 2 Veronica D'Souza, IJCSN International Journal of Computer Science and Network, 4, 2014, 257-261, https://ijcsn.org/IJCSN-2014/3-4/JSON-vs-XML-A-Comparative-Performance-Analysis-of-Data-Exchange-Formats.pdfView online Book Chapter The Isolation Concept in the 5G Network Slicing Andres J. Gonzalez, The Isolation Concept in the 5G Network Slicing, IEEE, 2020, isbn:9781728143552, https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3049610View online Book Chapter Introduction Mark Newman, Mark Newman, Introduction, 1-24, Article Tracking the Trackers: A Large-Scale Analysis of Embedded Web Trackers Sebastian Schelter & Jérôme Kunegis, Proceedings of the Tenth International AAAI Conference onWeb and Social Media (ICWSM 2016)679, 1, 10, 2016, 679-682, https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v10i1.14769View online Article Sensors 4.0 – smart sensors and measurement technology enable Industry 4.0 Schutze, Andreas ; Helwig, Nikolai ; Schneider, Tizian, Gottingen, Copernicus GmbH, 359-371, Journal of sensors and sensor systems, 1, 7, 2018-05-09, 359-371, https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl-XYEUBIS?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2023-10-31T15%3A09%3A44IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-gale_doaj_&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Sensors%204.0%20%E2%80%93%20smart%20sensors%20and%20measurement%20technology%20enable%20Industry%204.0&rft.jtitle=Journal%20of%20sensors%20and%20sensor%20systems&rft.au=Schutze,%20Andreas&rft.date=2018-05-09&rft.volume=7&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=359&rft.epage=371&rft.pages=359-371&rft.issn=2194-878X&rft.eissn=2194-878X&rft_id=info:doi/10.5194/jsss-7-359-2018&rft.pub=Copernicus%20GmbH&rft.place=Gottingen&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/&rft_dat=%3Cgale_doaj_%3EA537930975%3C/gale_doaj_%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.128&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=2151113867&rft_galeid=A537930975View online Article Web analytics tools and web metrics tools: An overview and comparative analysis Bekavac, Ivan ; Garbin Praničević, Daniela, Hrvatsko društvo za operacijska istraživanja, 373-386, Croatian Operational Research Review, 2, 6, 2015-01-01, 373-386, https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl-XYEUBIS?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2023-10-31T15%3A56%3A23IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-unpaywall_doaj_&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Web%20analytics%20tools%20and%20web%20metrics%20tools:%20An%20overview%20and%20comparative%20analysis&rft.jtitle=Croatian%20Operational%20Research%20Review&rft.au=Bekavac,%20Ivan&rft.date=2015-01-01&rft.volume=6&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=373&rft.epage=386&rft.pages=373-386&rft.issn=1848-0225&rft.eissn=1848-9931&rft_id=info:doi/10.17535/crorr.2015.0029&rft.pub=Hrvatsko%20dru%C5%A1tvo%20za%20operacijska%20istra%C5%BEivanja&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/&rft_dat=%3Cunpaywall_doaj_%3E10_17535_crorr_2015_0029%3C/unpaywall_doaj_%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.128&req.skin=primoView online Book Chapter Interfaces and affordances Matt Ratto, Curtis McCord, Dawn Walker, and Gabby Resch, Interfaces and affordances, 63-74,

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