General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Digital Revolution in Science |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | dr Maciej Bąk |
| Lecturer's email | mbak@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | PhD |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics |
| Semester | 2024/2025 (winter) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 3 |
| USOS code | 04-W-DRIS-45 |
Timetable
classes take place on Thursdays, 14:15-15:45 in Collegium Historicum (street Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7), room 3.106
Module aim (aims)
The aim of the module is to develop in students/students knowledge and skills related to the acquisition and analysis of the possibilities of modern IT solutions in the context of civilization.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Syllabus
What are the capabilities of our computers and their networks?
How to read a paper about quantum informatics?
What is machine learning and what are it’s advantages and disadvantages?
Digital currencies
Reading list
Dirk Helbing, Thinking Ahead - Essays on Big Data, Digital Revolution, and Participatory Market Society, Springer 2015.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dan Kahan, Dietram A. Scheufele, The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication, Oxford University Press, 2017.
Annette Leßmöllmann, Marcelo Dascal, Thomas Gloning, Science Communication, De Gruyter 2019.
Melissa Zimdars, Kembrew Mcleod, Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age, MIT Press 2020.