Information, Technology, and Society in Asia 401

Introduction to Information Technology

This course is designed to help students who have no technical background to acquire basic knowledge, skills, and self-confidence which are necessary to live as a responsible citizen in this information age and to analyze modern Asian societies that are increasingly dependent on information and communication technologies.
Lectures will be accompanied by hands-on sessions.

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Online lectures with various materials in ITC-LMS are being prepared. Attendants do not need to come to campus or even stay in Japan as long as PCs and reliable Internet connections are available. Details will be provided in the ITC-LMS. Please officially register this course as soon as possible if this course is a required one for you. Other attending students are also recommended to register this course or contact the lecturer by the morning of April 5. The first class will be held from 14:55 on April 5, 2021 JST. * Please be reminded that our class will not be held on April 12 due to the university-wide entrance ceremony. The second class will be held on April 19. UTokyo Zoom with authentication will be used. Its signin method was drastically changed in March. Please confirm the new method in advance at the following webpage: https://utelecon.adm.u-tokyo.ac.jp/***** The actual meeting room information will be announced in advance on the ITC-LMS page for this course, the URL of which is shown below in this page. Planned topics: Digital Information - Analog and digital expression of information - Binary/Hexadecimal numeration system - Character encoding Computer - Structure of Computer - Logic gates and calculation using electric circuits - Algorithm - Basic programming - User interfaces Network - Telephone and Internet - Local area network (Ethernet) - Wireless communication - Internet/internet (TCP/IP) - How does the email or www work? Information Systems and Security - Server/Client - P2P - Cloud computing - Risks and countermeasures - Encryption and digital signature Management - Standardization - Internet governance - IT-related ethics and laws Others

履修上の注意

This course is provided in principle for the ITASIA program's students at the GSII, but other students' registration may be negotiable in the first class considering the total number of students. For those enrolled in the ITASIA Master's program, this course is one of the required courses. Each participant is required to have a PC and reliable Internet connection.