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Dan Cruickshank traces the origins of the 21st century working world in some of the innovations of the Industrial Revolution, including James Watt’s steam engine; Richard Arkwright’s spinning frame which...
An account of recent work on the structure of proteins and nucleic acids, and their aggregation into cellular organelles. Uses specially commissioned computer graphics from the IBM Scientific Centre in...
Looks at an example of an expert system in use at the Pirelli tyre factory in Turin. The expert system takes the data from the factory management computer and examines the manufacturing trail of any tyres...
An introduction to human-computer interaction and user-centred design. Uses as a case study the law firm Linklaters & Paines, which introduced ACCESS, a new information system for its users, lawyers and...
Considers the people involved in project management, in this case, the Portman Building Society’s Project OMNIA which was undertaken to replace diverse computer systems by a single integrated one that is...
Explains computer software security concepts by using analogies with the defences of Deal Castle in Kent. Tells of the Internet ‘worm’ virus of 1988, which disabled hundreds of computers world-wide and...
A lecture by Stefan Fafinski, University of Leeds on the social aspects of computer misuse - UK Zombies, botnets, Trojans, worms, viruses, phishing, spam and hacking. Alongside the benefits to society, the...
Compares two computer systems used by British Airways - the reservation system and the fares system. The BR reservation system (BABS) is designed for a high-speed response to both enquiries and updates, and...
Interviews with ten women who work in jobs rarely occupied by women (e.g. nuclear engineering) or who hold positions of responsibility which are not often entrusted to female employees (e.g. assistant bank...
Discusses ways in which a sequence of items can be stored in a computer. One is to use a data structure such as an array, and to sort the elements. This is acceptable for sequences which do not change very...
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