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Course -   Introduction to Algorithms

 


Number - CIS20111


Field -  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science


Description  --- 

This course teaches techniques for the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, emphasizing methods useful in practice. Topics covered include: sorting; search trees, heaps, and hashing; divide-and-conquer; dynamic programming; amortized analysis; graph algorithms; shortest paths; network flow; computational geometry; number-theoretic algorithms; polynomial and matrix calculations; caching; and parallel computing.

Lecture 1: Administrivia; Introduction; Analysis of Algorithms, Insertion Sort, Mergesort
Lecture 2: Asymptotic Notation; Recurrences; Substitution, Master Method
Lecture 3: Divide-and-Conquer: Strassen, Fibonacci, Polynomial Multiplication
Lecture 4: Quicksort, Randomized Algorithms
Lecture 5: Linear-time Sorting: Lower Bounds, Counting Sort, Radix Sort
Lecture 6: Order Statistics, Median
Lecture 7: Hashing, Hash Functions
Lecture 8: Universal Hashing, Perfect Hashing
Lecture 9: Relation of BSTs to Quicksort - Analysis of Random BST
Lecture 10: Red-black Trees, Rotations, Insertions, Deletions
Lecture 11: Augmenting Data Structures, Dynamic Order Statistics, Interval Trees
Lecture 12: Skip Lists
Lecture 13: Amortized Algorithms, Table Doubling, Potential Method
Lecture 14: Competitive Analysis: Self-organizing Lists

Lecture 15: Dynamic Programming, Longest Common Subsequence
Lecture 16: Greedy Algorithms, Minimum Spanning Trees
Lecture 17: Shortest Paths I: Properties, Dijkstra's Algorithm, Breadth-first Search
Lecture 18: Shortest Paths II: Bellman-Ford, Linear Programming, Difference Constraints
Lecture 19: Shortest Paths III: All-pairs Shortest Paths, Matrix Multiplication, Floyd-Warshall, Johnson
Lecture 22: Advanced Topics
Lecture 23: Advanced Topics (cont.)
Lecture 24: Advanced Topics (cont.)
Lecture 25: Advanced Topics (cont.) - Discussion of Follow-on Classes



 

URL  http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-046j-introduction-to-algorithms-sma-5503-fall-2005/video-lectures/
 


Format -    Video Lectures
 


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Professor - 

Prof. Charles Leiserson

Prof. Erik Demaine


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Optional: Certificate: Certificate of Completion from
Cosmopolitan-University.


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Course -   Microsoft Access (Office 2007)

 


Number - CIS20091


Field -  Software


Description  ---  Introduction Characteristics of Windows Controls
The Tables of a Database Data Expressions
The Records of a Table Assistance With Data Entry
Introduction to Control Design Strings
Details on Control Design Numbers if a Database
Characteristics of a Table Conditions in a Database
Characteristics of a Form Date & Time Values in a Database

 

URL  http://www.yevol.com/en/access2007/index.htm

 


Format -    tutorial
 


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Optional: Certificate: Certificate of Completion from
Cosmopolitan-University.


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Course - php basics


Number - php 00001


Field - php


Description  --- 

 

URL http://inpics.net/phpbasics.html

 


Format -    tutorial
 


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Optional: Certificate: Certificate of Completion from
Cosmopolitan-University.


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Course - Computer Forensic Training -

Note: This course is on HIATUS

Read further on computer forensics...


Number - CF 001


Field - Computer Forensics


Description  --- The Course includes:
A+ instruction and Hardware & Operating Systems
Network+ training & certification
Security+ training & certification(National Certification Agencys certify in all
levels of achieved certification)
Computer Forensics (Certification by Association of Computer Forensic Examiners)  --  more details are here.

 


Format -    The course of study includes online and offline hands-on training. Each student will receive, at the intermediate point in their training, a hard drive for forensic review...they will be instructed through email/online, and if necessary by phone, how to gather the evidence as to gaurantee the soundness of the evidence...suitble for court presentation by F.B.I. standards; and, how to search for, find and report on their findings.
details are here.

 


Requirements -- Required skills for entry are a working knowledge of computers and a desire to advance in the Security and Forensic computer fields


Professor - Prof. Dr. P. Denis Newsom


Duration -- a maximum of 18 months, but may be completed with intense
study in 6 months.


Tuition - $ 3,600.00


Upon Completion - details are here.

 

Optional: Certificate: Certificate of Completion from
Cosmopolitan-University.


Testing -- Certifications are through The Association of Computer Forensics Examiners, meeting and/or exceeding FBI standards.
 


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How to search the WWW -- A CU Certificate Course


Realtime: Computer Science: Courses : some free of charge. Dr. Rawlings. Place : The Technology Center of the NWTSBDC. Located at 2579 South Loop 289, Suite 210, Lubbock, Texas 79423, in the East End of the Science Spectrum building. The telephone number is 806-745-3973. Normal office hours are from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

 


ONLINE (Free) : Computer Science: Course : Beginner's Guide to HTML

Many people use the NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML as a starting point to understanding the hypertext markup language (HTML) used on the World Wide Web. It is an introduction and does not pretend to offer instructions on every aspect of HTML. Links to additional Web-based resources about HTML and other related aspects of preparing files are provided at the end of the guide. Certificate of Completion!

 


ONLINE (Free) : Computer Science: Course : Absolute Beginner's Guides /Tutorials

Simple and quick Introduction to NEWSGROUPS (newbee university) . Certificate of Completion!

Simple and quick Introduction to email (newbee university). Certificate of Completion!

Simple and quick Introduction to ftp (newbee university). Certificate of Completion!

Simple and quick Introduction to IRC (chat) (newbee university). Certificate of Completion!

 


 

ONLINE: Computer Science: Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days. Certificate of Completion!

 

ONLINE: Computer Science: Tutorials: A brief introduction to telnet by Joe Burns, Ph.D. Certificate of Completion!

 

 

ONLINE: Computer Science: Teach yourself HTML in seven days. Wonderful tutorials on creating your own .html files. Dr. Burns writes in plain English, and we especially like his kind of humor. You will experience what it means to have fun while learning. Certificate of Completion!

 

ONLINE: Computer Science: Course : Beginner's Guide to HTML

Many people use the NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML as a starting point to understanding the hypertext markup language (HTML) used on the World Wide Web. It is an introduction and does not pretend to offer instructions on every aspect of HTML. Links to additional Web-based resources about HTML and other related aspects of preparing files are provided at the end of the guide. Certificate of Completion!

 

 

Course - Beginning CSS  and Advanced CSS


Number - CIS 001003 (beginning) and CIS 001004 (advanced)


Field - Coding, Cascading Style Sheets


Description  --- "CSS, or Cascading StyleSheets, have replaced many HTML tags like the <font> tag. CSS is a coding language separate from HTML that works with HTML to change a variety of properties and to position objects on your pages. In Beginning CSS, we'll see how to style our fonts, blocks of text, and links. We'll also learn how to make our own custom styles and apply them."
 


URL   http://codepunk.hardwar.org.uk/bcss.htm (beginning)

http://codepunk.hardwar.org.uk/acss.htm (advanced)


 

Upon Completion - of BOTH courses

Optional: Certificate: Certificate of Completion from
Cosmopolitan-University.


Testing -- Yes. Exercises and final exams
 


Language (if not English) --


 

 

 

Course - Beginning Javascript   and Advanced Javascript


Number - CIS 001005 (beginning) and CIS 001005 (advanced)


Field - Coding, JAVA scripts


Description  --- "An introduction to coding in JavaScript. You'll learn how to code a page that dynamically changes background and text color when a link is hovered over. This exercise teaches you about JavaScript Events, Functions, Objects, and Properties. A very good tutorial oriented toward non-programmers."
 


URL   http://codepunk.hardwar.org.uk/bjs.htm (beginning)

http://codepunk.hardwar.org.uk/ajs.htm (advanced)


 

Upon Completion - of BOTH courses

Optional: Certificate: Certificate of Completion from
Cosmopolitan-University.


Testing -- None
 


Language (if not English) --


 

 

Course -  Introduction to PowerPoint 2003


Number -  CIS 001006


Field -  Presentation software


Description   "In this course, you'll learn how to harness PowerPoint templates, color schemes, and other easy-to-use features to create simple, but effective PowerPoint presentations that will help you get your message across."  from website
 


URL  http://education.allbusiness.com/sessions/overview.jsp?courseSessionId=2512&sponsorId=

1200&webPageId=1000100&google12=powerpoint


 

Upon Completion -  optional: certificate of completion from CU


Testing -- None
 


Language (if not English) --


 

 

Course -  Advanced PowerPoint 2003


Number -  CIS 001007


Field -  Presentation software


Description   " There's more to PowerPoint than bulleted lists -- a lot more! In this course, students already familiar with PowerPoint basics will learn techniques for making their PowerPoint presentations more interesting and fun for the audience with techniques like custom animation, music, narration, and interactivity."  from website
 


URL http://education.allbusiness.com/sessions/overview/p/courseSessionId/2522?sponsorId=1200&web

PageId=1000100&dlppsession.id=ef7cc5119816dda536d35f7830ea


 

Upon Completion -  optional: certificate of completion from CU


Testing -- None
 


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