This course will introduce students to the area of green computing. The course will cover emerging problems associated with the rapid growth of energy consumption in modern computing infrastructures, i.e. data centers, and discuss new research focused on mitigating these problems. The course will also cover ways to leverage computation, networking, and sensing to improve the energy-efficiency of the electric grid, e.g. by automatically regulating energy consumption in buildings, homes, etc.

This graduate seminar explores the history and historiography of British Empire in India from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. We will examine how Britain derived power, profit, and glory from its colony in India. We will also examine the ways in which religion, caste, class, and gender constituted the ideas and practices of anti-imperialist nationalism(s) in India.

A comprehensive introduction to computer programming with applications to various areas in electrical and computer engineering. Limited to ENGIN majors.

Not available at this time

This course will investigate the concepts of authorship, subject-construction, and reading in medieval literature. In the Middle Ages, the word "author" meant something quite different from what we understand it to mean today, and this distinct notion of authorship - associated with accepted authority rather than originality and with citational interrelationships between texts - had implications for medieval explorations of what it meant to write.

Not available at this time.

Our digital, social and civic life is increasingly powered by data. What we read, watch and buy is shaped by customization algorithms that are built based on a trove of digital behavioral data (e.g., Facebook likes and YouTube viewing history). This class will provide a broad picture of how our internet behavior is being tracked and analyzed for user psychology and public opinion as well as the implication of data mining on privacy and civic engagement. The course includes workshops in technical skills for social media data mining and visualization.

(Not offered 2003-2004)

This course explores the development and variety of ancient urban life in the Western world from its earliest formations in the Neolithic to the Medieval town.