Human-computer interaction

The article called, " The Digital Parent Trap" was written by Eliana Dockterman and was published by Time magazine. The author discusses the different views and the benefits in children being knowledgeable in technology. She describes this generation as "the tech-savviest in history". I believe the author makes her point clear mainly using logos to capture her audience. She provides factual information gathered from research and statistics. The attitude of the author seems somewhat serious and…

Mohsin Yaqub ENGR 482-917 Dr. Glen Miller 10/03/2017 Virtue Ethics and Computer Engineering Virtue Ethics has been around for centuries and even today brings value to the lives of people. Virtue Ethics aims to achieve living “The good life”, this theory states that if one wants to do well then they must be good. As a Computer Engineer, I believe that doing well means doing something that would bring meaning into the world. Promoting goodness and living an altruistic life to create a…

The wide expansion of technology occurred in the early 2000’s and has rapidly spread ever since. Originally, technology was meant to be used in the workforce as a way to make manual labor jobs easier and more efficient. Since then many more advancements have been made, bringing technology right to your front door, or, your living room carpet. Technology being so accessible and convenient, unlike before when it was only used when necessary, has became an indulgence in the average household. In…

Rhetoric Who is a Waterloo Student? University of Waterloo is undoubtedly one of the most renowned institutions in Canada, famous for its brilliant faculty of mathematics nurturing thousands of talents. Founded in 1956 by professor Ralph Stanton, the faculty grew immensely and various traditions have formed over the years (“Stanton, Ralph G. fonds”). Arguably the most recognizable symbol that existed since the birth of the faculty is the legendary pink tie; which is a symbol recognized by…

Personal mission and vision communication, my self-reflection and direction in which I may able to head, P-O-L-C as well as providing some explanation for why I have chosen my education direction or set of objectives computer science program over others. This was my long-time plan to work around this technological development. Because many current work styles are sensationally changing. so this objective perfect related to my long-term plan. Because my plan in the program was multidirectional…

Dagmar Dolby is the widow of Ray Dolby, the founder of Dolby Laboratories. Ray and Dagmar met at Cambridge University where he was studying for his PhD, and she was doing a summer program. They got married in 1966. Ray Dolby passed away from leukemia in 2013, leaving a hefty inheritance to Dagmar. Ray also suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. He has always been a philanthropic person, so when he passed it was only natural to assume that Dagmar would continue running the Ray and Dagmar Dolby…

developed and funded by Advanced Research Projects Agency which is now Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. A man by the name of Leonard Kleinrock was the main architect in the internet’s design, a brilliant man who made several contributions to computer science. The goal was to create a mass communication system that could handle a plethora of data if and when a nuclear war were to occur. This was the forerunner to the internet. A thing we now see as something for peace, education and…

is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can cause empathy and make humans mirror neurons shake. Artificial Intelligence will cause a downfall in humanity, because it will eventually put humans out of work, need help with repairing and outsmart natural intelligence. Robots, a product of Artificial Intelligence are becoming more advanced as time goes on and will soon take over the jobs of humans. Artificial Intelligence needs humanity’s help to repair robots when breakdowns…

An in-depth very technical account of fundamentals of computing systems (used by many computer pioneers) can be found in “On the Principles of Large Scale Computing Machines.” Continuing on EDVAC’s model with some minor upgrades, copies were made and expanded to different locations in order to understand its architecture. Later AVIDAC was…

world. At the same time we are becoming more and more entranced with science and technology, what the ancient Greeks called τέχνη (Techne). Most people walk around with a fairly advanced computer that we call a smart phone. We now drive “Smart Cars” that have all the latest gadgets. Medical advances assist the human family in living longer and healthier and for most people science and technology are usually seen as “good”. Very few people seem to be concerned with the technological advances that…