Introduction to Computer Science and Programming

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Do you want to learn more about data and gain programming experience? If yes, this is the right course for you to start! Big data, data science, data-mining and artificial intelligence are all popular terms that are often encountered nowadays in the academic and in business worlds. Computer Science is a field where the usage of computers and computations have continuously evolved. As computational power increases, computation becomes an indispensable tool for solving complex problems and making predictions. We are...

Syllabus

Introduction Who is Professor Watanabe? Introduction to Computer Science Instructions for learners on how to study this course Unit 1: What is Computation? Learning Objectives 1.1 What is computation? 1.2 Data is Numbers 1.3 Inside the Computer 1.4 Programming with Ruby 1.5 Time to Practice 1 Quiz 1 Unit 2: What is Programming? (Part 1) Arrays Learning Objectives 2.1 Arrays, Basic Concepts 2.2 How to Use arrays 2.3 Time to Practice 2 Quiz 2 Unit 3: What is Programming? (Part 2) Characters and Strings Learning Objectives 3.1 Characters and Strings 3.2 Caesar Encryption 3.3 Time to Practice3 Quiz 3 Unit 4: What is Programming? (Part 3) Functions and Subroutines 4.1 Functions and Subroutines 4.2 Cryptanalysis 4.3 Time to Practice 4 4.4 Modern Encryption Quiz 4 Unit 5: Summary and Appendix (Introduction to Research on Computation) Learning Objectives 5.1 Brief Summary of this course 5.2 Appendix 1.1: On the Nature of Computation, Computability 5.3 Appendix 1.2: On the Nature of Computation, P NP Conjecture 5.4 Appendix 2.1: Applications of Computation, Simulation 5.5 Appendix 2.2: Applications of Computation, Data Mining 5.6 Appendix 2.3: Applications of Computation, AI (Artificial Intelligence) Quiz 5