CDM News

ECT 481 Internet Supply Chain Management

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Internet Supply Chain Management is valuable in demonstrating how information technology can be the difference between success and failure. This course introduces both traditional supply chain management (SCM) and how it exists within e-commerce. Covered will be how to model value nets as part of SCM and the technology that accomplishes this task. This course will build upon the foundation gained in ECT 425 Fundamentals of Distributed Systems at a higher level and focus not only on technical concerns, but the business behind it. The course will also briefly touch upon how SCM is the backbone for other areas including CRM, e-Procurement, and the business model. During the course of the class teams will learn how to model and develop some of the functionality that is part of a SCM leading to a final project that brings together these pieces into an end-to-end supply chain.

Technical standards like ebXML, BPEL, UDDI, WSDL, and XML Schemas will be looked at as well as the latest in Value Network modeling. This will also integrate well with IS 425 Organizational Modeling, ECT 586 Customer Relationship Management, IS 425 Enterprise Information, and other classes in the IS and ECT curriculum.
Requirements: ECT 425 Technical Fundamentals of Distributed Systems

DC 412 Music for Film and Video

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This course serves as an introduction to scoring for film and video. The three tracks of study include training on Garageband to score video/film, exploring the basic techniques of film scoring and learning how to listen to music within the context of cinema. Students will listen to music in and out of context of film to develop a palette that will serve their work in scoring. Students will also be analyzing film soundtracks that will allow them to understand different techniques and aesthetics in scoring. Students will score several short video clips and will write brief analysis papers. Garageband is optional, you may use another DAW if you have experience on it.

DC 312 Music for Film and Video

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

TDC 431 Emerging Wireless and Mobility Networks

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Learn about I-Phones, Blackberries, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, LTE, RFID, Telematics, Ad-Hoc Networks, Ultra-wideband, evolving 3rd & 4th Generation Networks, Wireless security and more.
Mobility is the driving force behind voice, data and multi-media networks. Mobility evolves networks and in turn changes the way we live. Globalization, professional development, social networking, security and privacy are some of its impacts. This course is designed for students with or with little wireless knowledge. TDC512, TDC371 or other students who want to further expand their understanding of the emerging Wireless and Mobility Industry are welcome.
The course provides a balanced view of the Wireless Industry in transition, through evolving technology, regulation, competition, standards and applications. Students will be better prepared to deal with the rapid changes and seize the opportunities as mobility impacts traditional telecommunications and private networks. The course will be highly interactive and dynamically adjusted to student interests. In addition students will have access to extensive Global Wireless Education Consortium materials to meet their individual advanced interests.
The class will help students seeking a clear understanding of the direction and impacts of emerging communications networks on business, society and their personal lives. If you are preparing for a career in business, industry, government healthcare, education, law or arts or science you need to understand the communications technologies that will impact your professional journey.

IS 485 Requirements Elicitation, Analysis, and Specification

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Are you interested in a career as a Business Analyst, Project Manager, or Requirements Engineer?
Do you want to learn effective techniques for eliciting, specifying, and managing requirements?
If so, consider taking IS 485 this Winter. IS 485 is offered on Tuesday evenings or through online learning.

Course highlights include:

Identifying and working with stakeholders.

Requirements conflict identification and negotiation techniques.

Requirements specification using formal IEEE standards, use cases, and
agile techniques.

Establishing project and enterprise level requirements plans.

Managing changing requirements.

Demonstrating compliance to regulatory codes.

Use of industrial tools including DOORS and Requisite Pro throughout the
entire course.

Textbooks include
'Mastering the Requirements Process' by Suzanne and James Robertson, and
'Software and Systems Requirements Engineering in Practice' by Brian Berenbach.

For further information please contact Dr. Jane Huang, jhuang@cs.depaul.edu

DC 125 Digital Still Photography for Non-Majors

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This course is an introduction to the history and aesthetics of still photography and to the concept of photography as a descriptive and interpretive artistic medium. Students will learn the fundamental concepts necessary to shoot, edit, manipulate, and print digital still photographs. Also, students will acquire the knowledge needed to analyze and critique existing work. In this course we will explore the ways photographers have used the medium to enrich and challenge the conventions in their practice.

SE 511 Practices of Global Software Development

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Remote development is happening in today's market place and will shape software development from this point on. This is not a fad, but a new paradigm.

Understand issues related to Global: software development, management, architectural software design, interactions, business and more.

Students from and external school will work with students from DePaul on group projects to demonstrate many explicit and implicit issues that arise from global software development.

Topics:
* Social interactions
* Infrastructure
* Merging Software
* Architecture design
* Communication
* Scheduling distributed resources
* Business

Projects:
* Subordinated Role
* Team A designs, Team B implements
* Partitioning the project
* Software design is broken up and developed in remote locations
* Continuous development
* Software development, support, pipelining of programming resources at remote site
* Testing
* Specifying testing to groups who arent' the original designers of the software systems.

GPH 388 Production Pipeline Techniques

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Learn how special effects firms manage their production pipelines. This course was developed in direct consultation with Sony Imageworks, and teaches techniques in Unix scripting and software interoperability necessary to manage large graphics/animation projects.

In addition, you will gain experience with the Renderman industry standard that is used by many major motion picture houses such as Pixar, Imageworks, Luasfilm and Dreamworks. No production animation project uses a single software package to render the film/animation. Instead they will use a pipeline of software where different packages handle modeling, animation, lighting, texturing, rendering and compositing, and having skills in importing/exporting assets among such packages can be a vital skill in this industry.

GPH 388 / GPH 595 Pipeline Production Techniques.

One of our informal goals from this course is that students who take it will be able to pass the challenge test for entry level positions as Production Service Technicians. This is a great way to break into the film industry.

GPH 388/ GPH 595 is only offered once every other year -- don't miss this opportunity!

Description:
An essential aspect of CGI is the skill to effectively manage data for an entire show, and to know how to monitor renders and image processes with the end result of assembling the finished animation. Students taking this course will gain hands-on experience in render queue management, automated file/image processing and manipulation, disk resource management, data archiving, conversion of outside vendor media and scripting tools to automatic common tasks and improve workflow. Students will work in teams to complete large-scale asset management and rendering projects. Prerequisites: 2 quarters of scripting or programming

GAM 399 Topics in Game Design and Development

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Make Great Capstone and Other Games

This C/C++ programming class takes what you've learned in Action Games to the next level. In addition to programming animated, image-mapped models, shadows, cameras, controls, and collisions, we will spend time working on things you need for your individual game projects.

If you are not in the Capstone, you will have the chance to develop a slice of your own game concept.

Other possible topics include game mechanics, particles, debugging, and the all important scalable and bendable infrastructure.

GAM399-801 / GAM499-801 Thursday 1:30-4:45 / Online
Advanced Game Programming

SE 456 Architecture of Computer Games

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Winter 2010, Tuesdays 5:45pm, plus On-Line

In this course you will learn the principles, styles, and patterns of software architecture and framework design in the context of computer game development. No gaming or game development experience required. This course is a good fit for people who are interested in
* Causal games, games designed for mass audiences and require no long-term time commitment or special skills to play, or
* Serious games, games designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment.

If you are interested in computer game development, you will learn what the Java desktop environment has to offer for computer games. We will explore the fundamentals, techniques, and APIs of 2D and 3D graphics and animation, sound and media framework, etc. This will be an intensive software development course, culminating in a final project of developing a complete computer game of your choice, which may be an education, strategy, action, or other types of game.

If you are interested in software architecture, you will learn how the software design principles, design patterns, and software architecture styles can be applied in the design of object-oriented frameworks for game development, i.e., object-oriented game engines. We will explore the trade-offs and ramifications of software architecture and design choices with respect to performance, maintainability, and reusability, etc. We will also discuss how some of the best practices in software engineering such as, iterative development, testing, and continuous integration, can be applied in game development.

DC 417 Advance Sound Mixing for Cinema

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

New course!

This workshop based course offers advanced mixing techniques for Stereo and Surround Sound. Subjects include mixing philosophies, techniques, advanced digital signal processing, and monitoring. A history of Surround Sound and contemporary surround techniques will be covered. Several projects will be completed throughout the quarter. PREREQUISITE(S): DC 315/415

DC 317 Advanced Sound Mixing for Cinema

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

DC 304 Topics in Screenwriting

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Hey all,

I'd like to invite you to join us for The Rise of the Vampire, a cinematic exploration of the vampire myth.

This course will explore the origins and the evolution of the vampire legend from a literary and cinematic perspective. The tales historical roots will be discussed, as well as the socio-economic conditions in which the primary source material was created. The cinematic evolution of the legend will be traced, from Murnaus early efforts, to the 1939 classic featuring Bela Lugosi, to the schlock shock films and TV of the 1950s and 1960s (Dark Shadows), to the storys current renaissance (Buffy/ Angel, True Blood, Twilight, 30 Days of Night, Let The Right One In).

Hope to see you,

Lisa

TDC 431 Emerging Wireless and Mobility Networks

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Mobility is now driving voice and data networks. Mobility evolves networks and in turn changes the way we live. Globalization, professional development, social networking, security and privacy are some of its impacts. Learn about DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES including BLUETOOTH, GPS, WIMAX, WIFI (I.E.E.E.802.11), LTE, RFID, TELEMATICS, AD-HOC NETWORKS, ULTRA-WIDEBAND, evolving 3rd & 4th GENERATION NETWORKS and WIRELESS SECURITY, This course is designed for students with or with little wireless knowledge. TDC512, TDC371 or other students who want to further expand their understanding of the emerging Wireless and Mobility Industry are welcome.
The course provides a balanced view of the Wireless Industry in transition, through evolving technology, regulation, competition, standards and applications. Students will be better prepared to deal with the rapid changes and seize the opportunities as mobility impacts traditional telecommunications and private networks. The course will be highly interactive and dynamically adjusted to student interests. In addition students will have access to extensive Global Wireless Education Consortium materials to meet their individual advanced interests.
The class will help students seeking a clear understanding of the direction and impacts of emerging communications networks on business, society and their personal lives. If you are preparing for a career in business, industry, government healthcare, education, law or arts or science you need to understand the communications technologies that will impact your professional journey.

DC 481 Distribution and Exhibition

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This course will examine current film industry issues and conversion of cinemas to digital formats. There will also be a strong emphasis in weekly box office analysis and prediction of a film's performance in the market place based on historical data.

The students will also have a thorough understanding of national theatre chains and major film studios and their often complex relationship. Discussions will include independent studios and films in the golden era of early 90's and the situation in today's economy.

A final project will include a marketing and distribution plan of a fictional independent film covering issues discussed during the quarter.

Topics such as theatrical markets, film festivals, ad creative look, publicity, marketing partners, regional interests, 3-D, critical reviews, academy awards, talent, and historical data are just some of the areas covered on the final project.