This course is designed for graduate students who are interested in knowing
state-
of-the arts and applications of the information technology. The objective of
this
course is: 1) guide students to recognize the current state of the art of
information technology and emerging killing applications; 2) identify their
research topics; and 3) write a research proposal in the related fields.
Students
will learn how to find an interesting IT application problem by surveying a
specific application domain, understand the current information techniques
available to solve the problem, assess the applicability and weakness of the
current IT technology to the problem, narrow down specific aims as research
goal
for writing a research problem.

Grading:
Homework 20%
Participation & Discussion 20 %
Oral presentation 30%
Written proposal 20%
Final Report 10%