Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/ Connecting Computer Science to Current News no The goal of these podcasts is to connect the content of computer science curricula to current news items in the hopes of attracting more women to the discipline. en-us The goal of these podcasts is to connect the content of computer science curricula to current news items in the hopes of attracting more women to the discipline. 2005 Carol Wellington cawell@ship.edu technology, education Thu, 8 Dec 2005 13:02:49 GMT cawell@ship.edu 1 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science Plan-driven and Agile development methodologies This podcasts talks about the differences in culture in organizations that use plan-driven and agile methodologies using the recent failure of the FBIs VCF project as a motivation for agile methodologies. http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/FBI.mp3 Thu, 8 Dec 2005 13:02:49 GMT 8:18 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science A look at why run-time matters This podcasts talks about how the run-times of various searching and sorting algorithms would affect search times in MySpace http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/2MySpace.m4v Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:02:49 GMT 4:13 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science On overview of encryption strategies This podcasts gives an overview of public and private key encryption techniques http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/3Encryption.m4v Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:02:49 GMT 3:59 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science Malicious, Evil, and Tricky Software Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, Spyware, Spoofing and Phishing http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/3malware.m4v Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:02:49 GMT 12:41 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science How zip codes are encoded into bar codes A description of how error checking was designed into the bar codes used to encode zip codes http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/4zipcodes.m4v Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:02:49 GMT 7:55 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science Optimization Problems and Genetic Strategies Examples of how strategies based on genetics in biology can be used to solve challenging problems http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/5genetic.m4v Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:02:49 GMT 14:50 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science Using Trilateration to find your location A simple mathematical technique used by GPS, cell phones and earthquake location calculations http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/6trilateration.m4v Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:02:49 GMT 6:46 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science Keeping Our Planes Safe We look at the systems and software that are used to keep planes on the ground and in the air safe. http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/7AirTrafficControl.m4v Thu, 19 April 2007 13:02:49 GMT 8:07 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science Dealing with Vast Amounts of Data Homeland Security is a good example of a situation where the data being gathered is vast and spread across a variety of independently developed databases. Getting those databases to talk to each other is no small feat! http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/8HomelandSecurity.m4v Tue, 8 May 2007 13:02:49 GMT 13:22 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science A Dragnet parody showing how PEMA uses technology during an emergency The PA Emergency Management Agency uses software to analyze incidents and communicate with responding agencies http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/9PEMA.m4v Fri, 11 May 2007 13:02:49 GMT 06:31 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science Using filters to process images This episode talks about how images are stored and shows some fun ways in which they can be manipulated http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/10ImageManipulation.m4v Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:02:49 GMT 10:40 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science How does Word figure out when to use those red squiggles Spelling Tries are a compact way to store a dictionary that makes spell checking fast http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/11SpellCheck.m4v Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:02:49 GMT 06:38 Shippensburg University Department of Computer Science The technology behind the ID cards we use on campus How ID Cards keep track of print quota, door access, meal plans, etc http://clipper.ship.edu/~cawell/podcasts/acmw/12idcards.mp4 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:02:49 GMT 11:18