Following are the topics and assignments for a number of the class meetings. The remainder of the materials and assignments will be determined in part via class input on interests, and also ongoing evidence regarding 'common denominator' levels of students' familiarity with materials .
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LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Overview of the Course
Themes
A few examples of strategic uses of networks & how networks change things
Intro. /overview of the Foundations of Networks & Information - Part 1
Network 'backbones'
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Due prior to the (next) class meeting = Wed. March 27 :
1. ASAP please fill out the survey @
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fe8tTl08w3_-ec7YrAdfh8PpjMEV3FCnMlSShjJdTI8/edit
I need your input to help finalize selection of materials and topics to be covered etc. This is intended to help me to adjust - as best I can - topics to be covered and/or emphasized, and to finalize the selection of the materials (which I will provide) to best align with the interests and likely experience of the people who are enrolled this quarter. Thank you!
2. Watch the following two very short Khan Academy videos at least once. Please watch them TWICE if you haven't already mastered the material covered (and bring any questions you have about them to class).
a. "What is the Internet" https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computers-and-internet/xcae6f4a7ff015e7d:the-internet/xcae6f4a7ff015e7d:introducing-the-internet/v/what-is-the-internet
b. "Wires Cables & Wifi" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ck0FnYqSscUkI6sG8TGf7PQ1i4fEOeGc/view
3. Read and be able to discuss in class all of the following short articles:
a. "What are Network Effects", byTim Stobierski, Harvard Business School Online, Nov. 12 2020 https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/what-are-network-effects#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20online%20course,or%20users%20who%20leverage%20it.
b. "Insight: Your connected car knows you. The tussle for that data's hitting high gear" by Nick Carey, Reuters, March 16 2022 https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/your-connected-car-knows-you-tussle-that-datas-hitting-high-gear-2022-03-14/
c. "Doing Schoolwork in the Parking Lot Is Not a Solution", New York Times Editorial Board, 7/18/2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/opinion/sunday/broadband-internet-access-civil-rights.html
d. "Strados Labs wins Best of Sensors 2022 for RESP Smart Sensor Platform" by Fierce Electronics 7/25/22 https://www.fierceelectronics.com/sensors/strados-labs-wins-best-sensors-2022-resp-smart-sensor-platform
e. "Bringing Blockchain, IoT, and Analytics to Supply Chains" by Vishal Gaur, Harvard Business Review 12/21/21; https://hbr.org/2021/12/bringing-blockchain-iot-and-analytics-to-supply-chains
f. "America’s Terrible Internet Is Making Quarantine Worse, Why millions of students still can’t get online" By Olga Khazan, The Atlantic 8/17/20; https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/virtual-learning-when-you-dont-have-internet/615322/
g. "Millions of Americans could soon lose home internet access if lawmakers don’t act" by Brian Fung, CNN March 23 2024 https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/23/tech/acp-affordable-connectivity-program/index.htm
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LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Intro/overview of the Foundations of Networks - Part 2
Simple historical cases highlight the basic realities
Shannon & Weaver model of communications
Wired & wireless transmission medium, and their constraints (and opportunities)
Some physical elements of networks/medium
Intro to Digital Divide - Disparity of Access (& is that ok?)
Eyeballs to dollars tradeoff
Data - examples
what does the network 'know'?! (and how can that be used?)
what doesn't the network know?
Prior to the next class meeting (i.e. before our Monday April 1 class meeting) :
Watch the following two very short Khan Academy videos at least once. Please watch them TWICE if you haven't already mastered the material covered (and bring any questions you have about them to class).
a."IP Addresses & DNS" @. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DQ07MUFCfHgQjObX-OLo_dbCpzyz4YV0/view?usp=sharing
b. Kahn Acad - "Packets, routers, and reliability" @ https://youtu.be/aD_yi5VjF78
Read:
a. "6G, 5G-A Challenged by Spectrum Reality" sdxcentral 3/9/23.
b. "Where to Find a $4-an-Hour Math Tutor With a Ph.D.? Overseas", Wall Street Journal 8/6/23 https://www.wsj.com/articles/where-to-find-a-4-an-hour-math-tutor-with-a-ph-d-overseas-b5d9afce
c. "Car Industry Seeks to Crush AM Radio; CongressMay Rescue It" https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/am-radio-car-industry-congress-rescue-ea786b8b
d. "Bandwidth Challenges Limit Grocery Chains’ Technology Initiatives" Wall Street Journal 1/26/23 https://www.wsj.com/articles/bandwidth-challenges-limit-grocery-chains-technology-initiatives-11674774793?mod=hp_minor_pos4
e."Automakers are sharing consumers driving behavior with insurance companies" New York Times 3/11/24 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html
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LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Basic network topologies for circuit and packet switching
Intro. overview of the Foundations of Networks - Part 3
the "Internet Protocol"
basic Internet addresses
other relevant designators (ASN, MAC address, . . .)
Packets
MTU
DNS
Routing
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Prior to the next class meeting (i.e. before our Monday April 1 class meeting) :
Watch twice (and it may be helpful for you to review the videos from the past 2 weeks to help you beter understand this one;
a. "An Introduction to IXPs & Peering Part 1" , Nurani Nimpuno of LINX. It's on youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJU3f6Ez52Q
Read:
a. “Internet access must become a human right or we risk ever widening inequality” - from PHYS.ORG
April 7 2023 https://phys.org/news/2023-04-internet-access-human-ever-widening-inequality.html#google_vignette
b. "Chattanooga Was a Typical Postindustrial City. Then It Began Offering Municipal Broadband", The Nation June 3 2016.
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LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Intro/Overview of the Foundations of Networks - Part 4
Peering
Tier 1 ISPs
Respective roles of ISPs, CDNs, Clouds, Telcos
Digital Divide. is there/should there be a right to internet access? to broadband?
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Prior to the next class meeting :
Read & be able to summarize and discuss salient points in class:
a. "The broadband gap's dirty secret: Redlining still exists in digital form", Shara Tibken, CNN, June 28, 2021 https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/features/the-broadband-gaps-dirty-secret-redlining-still-exists-in
b. "Sensor Network Warns of Stealth Tsunamis" By B. Fry, S.-J. McCurrach, K. Gledhill, W. Power, M. Williams, M. Angove, D. Arcas and C. Moore, EOS, 26 May 2020. https://eos.org/science-updates/sensor-network-warns-of-stealth-tsunamis
c. "Amazon and Apple Built Vast Wireless Networks Using Your Devices. Here’s How They Work”. WSJ May 7 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-apple-wireless-networks-sidewalk-find-my-11620397704
d. "Your face is not your own" New York Times, Kashmir Hill, March 18, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/18/magazine/facial-recognition-clearview-ai.html
e. "U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones", Byron Tau, Wall Street Journal, Aug. 7 2020. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-government-contractor-embedded-software-in-apps-to-track-phones-11596808801
f. "Can Municipal Networks Solve America's Connectivity Problem?" Christian Hetrick, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 26, 2021. https://www.govtech.com/network/can-municipal-networks-solve-americas-connectivity-problem
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LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
ISP's and how traffic moves
Peering
Intranets & Extranets
and wrt clouds
REMINDER: By April 15 (before 9pm), at the latest, send me an email sketching or outlining TWO topics you are considering for your Course Presentation. I will send you feedback. See the course website for a description of the Course Presentation, and examples of appropriate topics
And then, by April 22 (before 9pm) you need to choose and get my approval of your final Course Presentation topic.
Prior to the next class meeting:
Watch (and more than once if you aren't familiar with the topic!):
a. "Encryption & Public Keys" @ https://youtu.be/6-JjHa-qLPk or @
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R39HQhn7Rw94As0OYHOHsO_UapuTPuza/view?usp=sharing
Read:
a. "Why Google Fiber will never come to Seattle", Bill Schrier. Crosscut, March 3, 2014
https://crosscut.com/2014/03/google-fiber-never-come-seattle-broadband-internet
b. "This app dispatches CPR volunteers to help people having heart attacks" CNET, May 10 2021
https://www.cnet.com/health/this-app-dispatches-cpr-volunteers-to-help-people-having-heart-attacks/
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Week 3, Class 6, Wednesday April 10, 2024
LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS !!! Hence, did not cover:
Review Assignments
Universal Service
Some typical barriers to extending network access
Basics of Synchronous vs Asynchronous Encryption wrt networks
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ASSIGNMENTS for Monday April 15, 2024
1. By April 15 (before 9pm), at the latest, send me an email sketching or outlining TWO topics you are considering for your Course Presentation. I will send you feedback. See the course website for a description of the Course Presentation, and examples of appropriate topics NOTE, and by April 22 (before 9pm) you need to choose and get my approval of your final Course Presentation topic.
2. Watch "Tech Talk: What is Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)?" IBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ctat6RBrFo
3. Read, and be prepared to summarize and discuss in class:
a. Smart Tires Hit the Road - Wall Street Journal, June 16 2021 https://www.wsj.com/articles/smart-tires-hit-the-road-11623875808
b. "With an Internet of Animals, Scientists Aim to Track and Save Wildlife" from the NY Times June 9 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/science/space-station-wildlife.html#:~:text=26-,With%20an%20Internet%20of%20Animals%2C%20Scientists%20Aim%20to%20Track%20and,seeks%20to%20revolutionize%20animal%20tracking.
c. "Can Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus”, New York Times March 8 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/health/coronavirus-fever-thermometers.html
d. "Facebook and India, The inside story of Facebook’s biggest setback ", The Guardian, May 12, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/12/facebook-free-basics-india-zuckerberg
e. "Here’s What the ‘Matter’ Smart HomeStandard Is All About" Wired, Oct 23 2023, https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-matter/
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Week 4, Class 7, Monday April 15, 2024
LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Universal Service - Intro with some history & examples
The 'Medium is the Message'
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ASSIGNMENTS for Wednesday April 17, 2024
1. By April 22 (before 9pm) choose, and get my email approval of your final Course Presentation topic.
2. Watch, and be prepared to summarize and discuss in class:
a) 'Blockchain Explained' @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nq01rcpx9gwtOxcbiPgoHTkzeGyv4sKY/view?usp=sharing
b) 'IoT Intro video #1' MIT Executive Mgmt Program, Sanjay Sarma @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bwziwEHVv19iMThik1XPhhdZghbVmBq6/view?usp=drive_link
c) 'Williams Racing IoT video' @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qmOX2Ln1gnmgpfkAgHQzDc6AEmdS-dHK/view?usp=drive_link
3. Read, and be prepared to summarize and discuss in class:
a) "The hidden cyber security risks of smart devices", Olivia Powell, Techradar, December 24, 2023. https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/the-hidden-cyber-security-risks-of-smart-devices
b) "U.S. Navy Heard What It Believed Was Titan Implosion Days Ago" - WSJ, June 23 2023. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-implosion-days-ago-6844cb12
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Week 4, Class 8, Wednesday April 17, 2024
LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Intro to Standards & their importance
Networks & Asymmetrical vs Symmetrical encryption
IoT as 'design language'
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ASSIGNMENTS for Monday April 22, 2024
1. By April 22 (before 9pm) choose, and get my email approval of your final Course Presentation topic.
2. Watch the following videos and be prepared to summarize & discuss in class:
a) "Pernod Ricard's Absolut on the value of connected bottle" The Drum, Dec 7 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeksDpnccvU
b) "How does a blockchain work" a < 6 minute video from Simply Explained @ https://youtu.be/SSo_EIwHSd4 [Note that this also focuses on public vs private blockchains, and open vs constrained/private ('members only') blockchains.]
c) "Understand blockchain in under 7 minutes: Don Tapscott with Lloyds Bank" @ https://youtu.be/isuAPyuqS7Y?list=PLYgkm0MK8DQGa5_-kK-836SoaOXqjD4rW
d) 'IoT Intro video #2' MIT Executive Mgmt Program, Sanjay Sarma @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/10HKVoOAj7ZeyFkfFheXUcL7jYtt-0ns3/view?usp=drive_link
3. Read, and be prepared to summarize and discuss in class:
a) "Why the Internet of Things Will Lead to the Internet of Wines", IBWSSusa, Feb. 14, 2020. https://ibwsshow.com/en/blog/insights-64/why-the-internet-of-things-will-lead-to-the-internet-of-wines-311.htm
b) "26 Top Blockchain Applications and Use Cases in 2023", LearnG2.com, June 19 2023. https://learn.g2.com/blockchain-applications
c) "Bringing Blockchain, IoT, and Analytics to Supply Chains", Vishal Gaur, Harvard Business Review, Dec. 21, 2021. https://hbr.org/2021/12/bringing-blockchain-iot-and-analytics-to-supply-chains
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Week 5, Class 9, Monday April 22, 2024
LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
PKI basics
encryption approach
Certificates
Issues with certs.; fraud, lax ID proccesses, DANE
Blockchain - (btw inherently networked)
Basics
Private
What's the added value of blockchain over a traditional app.?
Public
Why use/do a public blockchain?
Challenges
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ASSIGNMENTS for Wednesday April 24, 2024
1. Watch the following videos - each of which is less than 2 minutes long - and be prepared to summarize them & discuss further in class:
a) "Living IoT - A Flying Wireless Platform on Live Insects" (1 min 10 sec.) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sJeOJPsun3Er93HrMqZCOEsBCX0wCI4i/view?usp=drive_link
b) "IoT_ How Biometrics Adds Science to Williams Martini Racing Pit Stops" (1 minute) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-YYKHbKeFhlu5tG8XJLLRzbHMIS_HugJ/view?usp=drive_link
c) "Networked Drone Swarms" (2 min) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sl6-ZqEMch9xeEyFiREYNngdWXfqtuI4/view?usp=drive_link
2. Read and be able to summarize and discuss further in class:
a) “From Lightbulbs to 5G, China Battles West for Control of Vital Technology Standards” by Pop, Hua & Michaels – WSJ, 7 Feb. 2021 https://www.wsj.com/articles/from-lightbulbs-to-5g-china-battles-west-for-control-of-vital-technology-standards-11612722698 or if that is paywalled use https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PlWMNjZ182G6fMHJMDz-KjRmmDkbvZLZ/view?usp=drive_link
b) "The Network Monetization Map: Aligning Incentives with Revenue", Sameer Singh, Breadcrumb.vc, Oct 19, 2020. https://breadcrumb.vc/the-network-monetization-map-aligning-incentives-with-revenue-b73c362d1ad5 or if that is paywalled use https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IdeAIJgnXNgHITPREYHMOOcjvH0f_ptY/view?usp=drive_link
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Week 5, Class 10, Wednesday April 24, 2024
LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Blockchain -
'Proof ' of Work, Stake etc mechanisms
Public
Why a public blockchain?
Challenges
Private
What's the added value of a private blockchain over a traditional app.?
Blockchain applications
Why do blockchain at all?
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ASSIGNMENTS for Monday April 29, 2024
1. Before Noon RUN INTERNET 'Speed' Tests - At two different times - separated by at least a few hours - use a computer (not a smart phone!) that is connected to the internet, and;
a) go to https://speed.cloudflare.com/
b) run the network speed test that is there
c) screen grab &/or record the results of each of the two tests, being sure to record:
i. the place you do each test;
ii. the time of day of the test;
iii. the numbers the test provides for Download, Upload, Latency, Retransmission & Jitter.
d) Before noon on Monday April 29 enter the results you get in the poll linked @
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2E_I4Hh6BRZc6j-jVNKNEZqhFk4iysJIc1mcmZFPEwByCJA/viewform?usp=sharing
2. Re-Read and be prepared to summarize and discuss in class:
a) "The Network Monetization Map: Aligning Incentives with Revenue", Sameer Singh, Breadcrumb.vc, Oct 19, 2020. https://breadcrumb.vc/the-network-monetization-map-aligning-incentives-with-revenue-b73c362d1ad5 or if that is paywalled use https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IdeAIJgnXNgHITPREYHMOOcjvH0f_ptY/view?usp=drive_link
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Week 6, Class 11, Monday April 29, 2024
LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
VC insights wrt leveraging/'Monetizing Networks'
Network 'Speed'
Intro to Sensor nets & IoT
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ASSIGNMENTS for Wednesday May 1, 2024
1. Watch the following videos TBD, possibilities include:
a) "FCC chair Ajit Pai explains why he wants to scrap net neutrality", PBS News (8 min ) - [Note this was the previous Chair of the FCC ]. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X1M6nk5j9Yg28e3VRqvinfNsEDUs1JHP/view?usp=drive_link
n83wIqDbG or if that is paywalled use https://drive.google.com/file/d/1An_VE64ayzRLAnXhiqsEyxQpXZ7GsVn0/view?usp=drive_link
b) "Net Neutrality - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" HBO (12 min). htor if that is paywalled use tps://drive.google.com/file/d/1WxMV1iWgMI9v4mYP7h2oM5tUxkNxwBXV/view?usp=drive_link
c) "Whopper Neutrality" (3 min.) https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/12dRt_PX15B7nfdLHT57_aeh
2. Read TBD, possibilities include
a) "The Wired Guide to Net Neutrality", Klint Finley, WIRED, May 5 2020 @ https://www.wired.com/story/guide-net-neutrality/ or if that is paywalled use https://drive.google.com/file/d/19zZcAYvOre_1FWuphdP9pKqh0JDu1d0C/view?usp=drive_link
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Week 6, Class 12, Wednesday May 1, 2024
LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Highlight
Review Assignments
The FCC
Regulatory Capture
Intro to Net Neutrality
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ASSIGNMENTS for Friday May 3, 2024
By May 3 (before 9pm) send me a DRAFT Preliminary/Work-in-Progress, voice narrated outline Powerpoint presentation of what will eventually become your Course Presentation. This powerpoint should include a slide that cites some of the sources you are using, or will use, in doing your study and presentation.
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ASSIGNMENTS for Monday May 6, 2024
1. Be prepared to give your 5 - 7 minute 'in progress' presentation in class on your course presentation topic. Students will be chosen at random during class to:
a) stand up in front of the class and make the presnetation using the slides they have so far; and,
b) answer questions and respond to comments.
Note that the random choice of students is driven by a randomizing function that selects at random from the class list, not from who happens to be in attendance the day their name is chosen by the randomizer. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
2. Re-Watch the following video:
a) "Whopper Neutrality" (3 min.) @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1An_VE64ayzRLAnXhiqsEyxQpXZ7GsVn0/view?usp=drive_link and, think up cases where it would be a good idea for an ISP to either:
i. slow down, or even block some network traffic, content or app.; and/or,
ii. provide a 'fast lane' for other traffic.
iii Bring these ideas/suggestions to class for discussion!
2. Read, and be able to summarize and discuss in class:
a) "FCC reinstates net neutrality, but it’s not as easy as it once was", Eva Dou, Washington Post, April 25, 2024,
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Week 7, Class 13, Monday May 6, 2024
LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Student 'in progress' 5-7 minute presentations done in class. Students will be selected at random during class. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, that will diminish their participation grade.
Network Neutrality Reinstated?!
Intro to IoT
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ASSIGNMENTS for Wednesday May 8, 2024
1. Be prepared to give your 5 - 7 minute 'in progress' presentation in class on your course presentation topic. Students will be chosen at random during class to:
a) stand up in front of the class and make the presentation using the slides they have so far; and,
b) answer questions and respond to comments.
Note that the random choice of students is driven by a randomizing function that selects at random from the class list, not from who happens to be in attendance the day their name is chosen by the randomizer. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
2. Read and be able to summarize and discuss in class
a) "Section 230" , EFF @ https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230
b) "It’s Time to Update Section 230", Michael D. Smith and Marshall Van Alstyne. Harvard Business Review, Aug. 12, 2021 @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gMrATeb5iuI_UGqD8K-5QNTAwpwllis6/view?usp=drive_link
3. Watch and be able to summarize and discuss in class
a) Section 230 - House Rep. "Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act" - April 2024 - ( < 5 min video) @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=murpv3-mLjo , or if that is paywalled, then @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RhgvuG9393aqWKjBog1guBe8cArr4RYR/view?usp=drive_link
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Week 7, Class 14, Wednesday May 6, 2024
LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Student 'in progress' 5-7 minute presentations done in class. Students will be selected at random during class. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, then they will not get full credit when they do give their presentation.
IoT
Section 230
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ASSIGNMENTS for Monday May 13, 2024
1. Be prepared to give your 5 - 7 minute 'in progress' presentation in class on your course presentation topic. Students will be chosen at random during class to:
a) stand up in front of the class and make the presentation using the slides they have so far; and,
b) answer questions and respond to comments.
Note that the random choice of students is driven by a randomizing function that selects at random from the class list, not from who happens to be in attendance the day their name is chosen by the randomizer. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
Read, and be able to summarize and discuss in class:
a) "Porter’s Five Forces: The Ultimate Competitive Strategy Blueprint" , The Strategy Institute, April 19, 2024 @ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eVUKccYYp-4-vYzznFEYnoUA642HJJVd/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112210162115032615207&rtpof=true&sd=true
3. Watch the following video and be able to summarise it and discuss in class::
a). Strategy - "Strategic Management- Porter's 5 Forces Plus" - Melissa Shilling (NYU) - Dec 28 2020, @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FDzZj-feJ9ThbsoDHd9XAllo1DEIAYMU/view?usp=sharing
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LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Student 'in progress' 5-7 minute presentations done in class. Students will be selected at random during class. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
Strategy & Networks - Porter model
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1. Be prepared to give your 5 - 7 minute 'in progress' presentation in class on your course presentation topic. Students will be chosen at random during class to:
a) stand up in front of the class and make the presentation using the slides they have so far; and,
b) answer questions and respond to comments.
Note that the random choice of students is driven by a randomizing function that selects at random from the class list, not from who happens to be in attendance the day their name is chosen by the randomizer. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
2. Watch the following video and be prepared to summarise and discuss it in class:
a) "The Rise of Digital Platforms" - Geoffrey Parker, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy - Feb 2016, (~ 16 minutes) @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bAU5h3fF3MfxYib57jTvBVYcJ384AisG/view?usp=drive_link
3. Read, and be prepared to summarise and discuss in class:
a) "Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy Scale now trumps differentiation", Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey G. Parker, and Sangeet Paul Choudary , Harvard Business Review - April 2016 .https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pdDwLSSVoXSMXbdJfjbP6rg6c3leND1c/view?usp=drive_link
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LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Student 'in progress' 5-7 minute presentations done in class. Students will be selected at random during class. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
Strategy & Networks - Christensen - disruption
Platforms
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1. Be prepared to give your 5 - 7 minute 'in progress' presentation in class on your course presentation topic. Students will be chosen at random during class to:
a) stand up in front of the class and make the presnetation using the slides they have so far; and,
b) answer questions and respond to comments.
Note that the random choice of students is driven by a randomizing function that selects at random from the class list, not from who happens to be in attendance the day their name is chosen by the randomizer. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
2. Read, and be prepared to summarize and discuss in class:
a) "Disneys 1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband" - Cliff Kuang - Wired 3-18-2015. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WibMJEkv2iBYRfQsGmj42IEgb_1c0fs9/view?usp=drive_link
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LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Student 'in progress' 5-7 minute presentations done in class. Students will be selected at random during class. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
'Experiential Internet,
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1. Be prepared to give your 5 - 7 minute 'in progress' presentation in class on your course presentation topic. Students will be chosen at random during class to:
a) stand up in front of the class and make the presentation using the slides they have so far; and,
b) answer questions and respond to comments.
Note that the random choice of students is driven by a randomizing function that selects at random from the class list, not from who happens to be in attendance the day their name is chosen by the randomizer. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously informed me they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
2. Before you watch the video below read, and be prepared to summarize and discuss in class:
a) "Web 3 & Blockchain"What is Web3?", McKinsey & Company. Oct. 10, 2023 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lJHKIrMLcfh4CWu32bK82dGQNci9GwNg/view?usp=drive_link
3. After you read the article above, watch, and be prepared to summarize and discuss in class:
a) "Web3- The Future of Platforms and Business Ecosystems", Scott Kominers, Dec 2022 Presentation at Stanford (32 minutes). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lJHKIrMLcfh4CWu32bK82dGQNci9GwNg/view?usp=drive_link
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LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Student 'in progress' 5-7 minute presentations done in class. Students will be selected at random during class. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously indicated they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
Web 3
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Review Assignments
rest TBD
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1. Be prepared to give your 5 - 7 minute 'in progress' presentation in class on your course presentation topic. Students will be chosen at random during class to:
a) stand up in front of the class and make the presentation using the slides they have so far; and,
b) answer questions and respond to comments.
Note that the random choice of students is driven by a randomizing function that selects at random from the class list, not from who happens to be in attendance the day their name is chosen by the randomizer. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously indicated they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
2. Watch the following < 10 minute long video and be ready to explain how it relates to technology and network effects.
"This is Water" David Foster Wallace, 2005, Address to Kenyon College graduating class, @
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pxpiUXMVbh6hy45-osSnM_nqcJw2RTgo/view?usp=drive_link
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LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Review Assignments
Final student 'in progress' 5-7 minute presentations done in class. Students will be selected at random during class. If a student is not in attendance when their name is selected, and they have not previously indicated they will not be present, then that will diminish their participation grade.
Course Summary, Conclusions
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FINAL SUBMISSION of your voice narrated Course Presentation in Powerpoint must be accomplished as follows:
eMail the file to me, using your UW email account, before 9pm on Tuesday June 4 [Note: if it's a large file, it will be 'sent' as a link.]
it must be in Powerpoint format, and voice narrated using Powerpoint's built-in voice narration capability
it must be sent as a .pptx file
If, for some reason emailing a .pptx file doesn't work for you, then both send me an email explaining that, and then upload the .pptx file to the folder @ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ncRmvS7vmVy23YwlcBg3pSjcWkU3o_2l?usp=sharing
Thank you!
Ron Johnson
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'Parking lot' for other optional readings & videos.
Strategy & Platforms - "Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy Scale now trumps differentiation", Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey G. Parker, and Sangeet Paul Choudary, Harvard Business Review , April 2016. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pdDwLSSVoXSMXbdJfjbP6rg6c3leND1c/view?usp=drive_link
Strategy - "How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition". Michael Porter and James Heppelmann, Harvard Business Review, November 2014. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G8rl6tje1SYbYBzFVM46o6XxXp7iPI6N/view?usp=drive_link
"Unleashing the Power of Data with IoT and Augmented Reality" By Zia Yusuf, Vladimir Lukic, James Heppelmann, Craig Melrose, Neeru Ravi, Usama Gill, and Andres Rosello of BCG, March 13 2020 https://www.bcg.com/publications/2020/unleashing-the-power-of-data-with-iot-and-augmented-reality
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