Scheme 2000

Last update 2000.05.03 (2000.03.13 ) [2000.01.05]

Detailed scheme of the "IT in the Building Process" semester 6 course at Aalborg University. Links are provided to 'lecture notes' and 'exercises'. Lectures are scheduled to 12.30 - 14.15, hall F:108, and exercises to 14.30 - 16.00, Room C:119.

1

w5, Tuesday.
1.2.1999
Lecture
IT in the Building Process (1a).
IT-History (1b)
Internet services
IT Models Integration (1c). CAD and databases.
Organizing work. System integration. Document handling. Knowledge management. Distributed learning. Models and knowledge representations. Electronic trading.
(Per Christiansson)



Exercise 1
IT Building meta-sites
Find, describe and evaluate knowledge nodes.
2
w6, Tuesday.
8.2.1999
Lecture
The Project Web (2)
What is a project web? Specification, design and structuring of a project web. Existing tools. HTML, Hypertext Markup Language. Scientific visualization. Simulation. Decision support systems.
(Per Christiansson)



Exercise 2
Your project on the web.
3.
w7, Tuesday.
15.2.1999
Lecture
Database systems in perspective
Relational databases. Normalization. Keys.
(3)
(Mose,1997. Chapter 1-3)
(Per Christiansson)



Exercise 3
Problem definition. Normalization. Sem6 project database.
4
w8, Tuesday.
22.2.1999
Lecture
Conceptual modelling of relational databases (4).
Entity-relationship diagrams
(Mose,1997. Chapter 4-7,9,11)
(Per Christianson)



Exercise 4
E-R conceptual modelling of the Sem6 project database.
5
w9, Tuesday.
29.2.1999
Lecture
SQL. Databases and WWW integration (5).
(Mose,1997. Chapter 13)
(Per Christiansson)



Exercise 5
Implementation of a small database. (Continuation).
6
w10, Tuesday.
7.3.1999
Lecture
Computer Graphics. Image and Multimedia formats. Graphic editing tools. QTVR and interactive movies.
(Per Christiansson, Kjeld Svidt).



Exercise 6
Computer Graphics tools.
7
w11, Tuesday.
14.3.1999
Lecture
VRML and 3D models (7)
Interactive 3D models on the Web. Virtual Reality Modelling Language, VRML.
(Per Christiansson, Kjeld Svidt)



Exercise 7
VRML modelling.
8
week12, Tuesday.
21.3.1999
Lecture
Multimedia tools (8).
Multimedia authoring tools. Multimedia on the WWW. User Models Multimedia design and evaluation methods. Computer supported communication and collaboration. Distributed learning tools.
(Per Christiansson)



Exercise 8
Start evaluating your project web Human Computer Interface. Try out web collaboration tools.
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week 19. Thursday.
11.5.2000 (28.3.1999)
Lecture
Building maintenance with IT-support (9).
Building Maintenance. AAU operation (drifts) database. Product information.
(Konsulent Leif Linding, Scancad)
IT Infrastructure. Intelligent buildings. (Per Christiansson)



Exercise 9
Exercises 7 and 8 CONT!
10
week14, Tuesday.
4.4.1999
Lecture
COWI Intranet solution.
IT strategies. Intranets. Managing the change process. (10).
IT support during the rest of your project work.
(Ole Nielsen, COWI, Århus)



Exercise 10
Project web review.

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