Prof. de Garis to teach "Frontiers of Computing" course (quantum computing, nanotech, quantum dots, molecular computing, reversible computing, membrane computing, etc, in Fall Semester, 2002.
Having given a lecture course on Brain Building in the Spring semester of 2002, which forced me to put my thoughts on the subject in order, I thought it would be fun, stimulating and challenging to teach another new course in the Fall semester of 2002, that I call "Frontiers of Computing", which would present to PhD students the fringey stuff in computer science, that will probably impact heavily on CS in the coming 5-15 years.
This course will consist probably of about a quarter of the lectures on the principles of quantum mechanics as a prerequisite to quantum computing. The remaining half of the course will consist of such topics as -
DNA computing
reversible computing
quantum dots
molecular computing
nanotechnology
membrane computing
crystalline computing
etc
Im expecting it to be a fun course to teach, and will keep me and my PhD students amused, informed and challenged. The power point lecture notes for this course will be posted on my website.