This course will introduce you to the exciting and rapidly evolving world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Once considered science fiction, AI has experienced an exponential rise to relevance due in large part to the advancements in computing power, the ubiquitous collection of data driven by internet use, and the societal trend of connecting everything to the Internet. Topics covered in this course include the historical context of AI, the scientific development of AI, and the use of AI in both public and private sectors. The future of AI is also discussed in the context of smart cities and concurrently growing technology areas. This course is also designed to provide students with an overview of the current and proposed implementations of AI, along with the potential disruptions posed by this technology.
This online, non-credit course will introduce you to the fascinating and rapidly growing world of biometrics. The future of biometrics is intimately linked to two parallel issues in our modern world: first, the increasing need for the identification and authentication of individual human beings, and; second, with an increasingly diverse, destructive, and expanding physical and digital threat landscape, biometrics are the most logical and secure modality for authentication to prevent attacks against people, places, and things. This course will provide an overview of behavioural and physiological biometrics and their application, along with a brief synopsis of future trends and markets for their application.
This course will introduce you to the fascinating and rapidly growing world of bitcoin (cryptocurrencies) and blockchain technologies. The future of money rests in digital currency, and the most famous of digital currencies at the time of this writing is bitcoin. Bitcoin, is intimately linked to a technology referred to as blockchain, an unchangeable chronological list of all transactions that can be linked to and confirmed within a given digital currency. This course provides an overview of the definition, history, and application of bitcoin and blockchain and then focuses specifically on their application, along with a brief synopsis of future trends, markets for their application, and the future of crime in the blockchain economy.
This course is designed to provide you with an overview of criminal activity perpetrated using computers, the internet, and other network-connected digital devices. Course topics include a synopsis of the history of cybercrime, emerging trends, applicable legislation, cybercrime investigations, and the nature of digital evidence. Cybercrime prevention methods are highlighted, as are understanding cyber victimization and criminal typologies.
This course will introduce you to the future growth and directions of digital technology. The future directions of digital technology will be reviewed in the context of prediction and growth, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality, cloud computing and quantum computing, and the impact of such invasive technologies as biomechanics, human implants, and nanotechnologies. This course is designed to provide you with an overview of digital technologies, with an eye towards the probability of implementation and the potential disruptions such technologies may have upon society.
This course offers an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and the invaluable contributions made by such technology to crime mapping, municipal planning, policy development, health care systems, business intelligence, and agricultural development in the 21st century
