This course is designed for graduate students who are interested in knowing 
<br>state-
<br>of-the arts and applications of the information technology. The ob<x>jective 
<br>of 
<br>this 
<br>course is: 1) guide students to recognize the current state of the art of 
<br>information technology and emerging killing applications; 2) identify their 
<br>research topics; and 3) write a research proposal in the related fields. 
<br>Students 
<br>will learn how to find an interesting IT application problem by surveying a 
<br>specific application domain, understand the current information techniques 
<br>available to solve the problem, assess the applicability and weakness of the 
<br>current IT technology to the problem, narrow down specific aims as research 
<br>goal 
<br>for writing a research problem.
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<br>Integrating Ethical Guidelines for Generative AI:
<br>Generative AI tools are to be used only for editing and revising documents. 
<br>Original ideas and content must come directly from students, not AI tools. Failure 
<br>to comply with this rule will result in the assignment being graded as zero.
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