COURSE OUTLINE

INSTITUTION University of Management & Technology, Lahore

PROGRAM (S) TO BE BS Computer Science
EVALUATED
Course Description:
Course Code CSXYZ
Course Title Emerging Technologies
Credit Hours 3
Prerequisites by Introduction to Computer Systems, Physics, Biology, Mathematics
Course(s) and
Topics
Assessment Presentation of Emerging Technology 10%
Instruments with Briefing
Weights Homework Assignments 15%
(homework, Quizzes 15%
quizzes, midterms, Mid Term Exam 25%
final, programming Final Exam 35%
assignments, lab Total 100%
work, etc.)
Recommended 1. Emerging technologies for health and medicine virtual reality, augmented reality,
Textbooks artificial intelligence, internet of things
2. AI for Emerging Verticals Human-Robot Computing, Sensing and Networking
3. D. C. Marinescu, Cloud computing: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition, Morgan
Kaufmann 2018 Elsevier.
4. Smart Sensor Systems Emerging Technologies and Applications
5. Cloud and Fog Computing in 5G Mobile Networks Emerging Advances and
Applications
6. Augmented Reality

Reference Material 1. K Hwang, J Dongarra and GC. C. Fox, Elsevier. Distributed and Cloud Computing:
From Parallel Processing to the Internet of Things 1st Edition 2011.
2. HADOOP: The Definitive Guide, by Tom White. 2015
3. Learning to Love Data Science Explorations of Emerging Technologies and Platforms
for Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning
4. Future Law Emerging Technology, Ethics and Regulation
5. Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Intelligent Information Systems Emerging
Technologies and Applications
6. Emerging Technologies for Connected Internet of Vehicles and Intelligent
Transportation System

Course This course is focused on the technologies that enable the companies to stay relevant or even thrive
Goals/Objectives in a turbulent business environment and their practical application. Emerging technologies are
characterized by novelty, relatively fast growth, prominent impact, and uncertainty. They are the
tools that enable upstarts to disrupt whole industries. During the course, we will develop an
understanding of enabling technologies, their impact on business, and applicability in different
business scenarios as well as how to ensure their scalable implementation and proper architecture
planning. Modern Web, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things,
Robotics, Virtual Reality and Blockchain are some of the topics we will go through.

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

 Measurable CLOs Description Domain & BT Level *
Learning
Outcomes
CLO 1 Identify and analyze various emerging technologies. Cognitive, Two (C2)

CLO 2 Identify and analyze various factors that affect business Cognitive, Two (C2)
strategy with emerging technologies.

CLO 3 Understand the impact of emerging technologies in a Cognitive, Two (C2)

global context.

CLO 4 Understand the impact of emerging technologies on Cognitive, Two (C2)

society as a whole.
* BT= Bloom’s Taxonomy, C=Cognitive domain, P=Psychomotor domain, A= Affective domain

Mapping of CLOs to Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):

CLOs/PLOs
CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3 CLO 4
PLO 1: Academic Education    

PLO 2: Knowledge for Solving Computing

Problems
PLO 3: Problem Analysis

PLO 4: Design and Development of Solutions

PLO 5: Modern Tool Usage  

PLO 6: Individual and Teamwork    

PLO 7: Communication

PLO 8: Computing Professionalism and 

Society
PLO 9: Ethics    

PLO 10: Life Long Learning    

Weekly Lecture Plan
Week Reading Assignments/Quizzes CLOs
Topics Covered from
Textbook
1 Evolution of technologies, the role of data for TBD 1
emerging technologies, programmable devices,
human to machine interaction and future trends in
emerging technologies
2 Introduction to data science and Big data, how we 1,2
collect, analyze, stored and use big data. The
advantages and disadvantages of big data analysis,
Big Data: Hadoop and MapReduce Programming,
Spark,
3 Artificial Intelligence; its history; different types of Quiz-1 1,2
AI; its application in health, education, agriculture,
and business. Different tools and platforms used for
AI and sample AI examples
4 Overview of the Internet of Things (IoT); its history; HW-1 1,2
its pros and cons, its architecture, its application in
the smart home, smart city, smart grid and smart
farming. IoT tools and platforms, as well as the
sample application, Wireless communication
Technologies 5G and beyond

5 Augmented reality (AR), its difference and similarity Presentations 1,2

from virtual reality and mixed reality, how it works,
its architecture, and applications
6 Connection of emerging technologies with Quiz-2 1,2
professional ethics, privacy, accountability, trust.
Finally, the threats and challenges of the technologies
7 Nanotechnology and its Applications. HW-2 1,3
Nano sensors for
Food security.
Medicine. ...
Energy. ...
Automotive. ...
Environment. ...
Electronics. ...
Textiles. ...
Cosmetics.
8 bioinformatics – the aspect that involves the Presentations 1,4
development of software tools and methods for
understanding biological data.
Midterm 1,2
10 Introduction to Cloud Computing Quiz-3 1,2
Definition and evolution of Cloud Computing
Enabling Technologies, Service and Deployment
Models and Challenges of Cloud Computing, SLAs.
11 Cloud and quantum computing, Cloud Service HW-3 12,3,4
Providers and The Cloud Ecosystem,
Public clouds - Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Edge
computing. Fog Computing, Multi-cloud & hybrid
cloud strategies
 12 Cloud Datacenter 1,2,3,4
Hardware/Infrastructure/Economics
Datacenters and Warehouse-Scale Computers
(WSC), Datacenter Components: IT Equipment and
Facilities Design Considerations, PUE, Cloud
Storage Concepts, Software Defined Storage (SDS),
Distributed File Systems (HDFS), CDN, Software
Defined Networks (SDN),
Blockchain Technology and its Application, Smart
Contract Design, Peer-to-Peer Networks, Smart
Contracts, NFTs, Bitcoins Information Security and
Cyber Security
13 Parallel and Distributed Systems, Graphic Processing 1,2,3,4
Units (GPUs), Embedded Systems, Raspberry Pi 4,
FPGA and System-on-a-Chip (SoCs)
14 Cloud Resource Virtualization Quiz-4 1,2,3,4
Types of Virtualizations, Hypervisors/VMM,
Virtualization (CPU, Memory, I/O), XEN, VMware
Network Function

15 Robotics in Industry, Boston Dynamics Robots, Presentation 1,2,3,4

Electric Vehicles, Self-driving Cars, Drones,
Robotics, Industry 4.0Factory 4.0, The Fourth
Industrial Revolution, 4IR, or Industry 4.0,
conceptualization and rapid change to technology,
industries, and societal patterns and processes in the
21st century due to increasing interconnectivity and
smart automation
16 Final exam Presentation 1,2,3,4

Laboratory Assignments and Project, Presentations, Report Wring, Literature search

Projects/Experiments
Done in the Course
Class Time Spent on (in 3 hours per week
credit hours)
Oral and Written
Communications

*-Tentative Mapping of CLOs to Direct Assessments

CLO Quiz-1 Quiz-2 Quiz-3 Quiz-4 HW-1 HW-2 HW-3 HW-4 Presentation Midterm Final
& Reports
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