Sylabus

 Syllabus

ENGR 1166: Foundations of Engineering - Z81 (11981)

Spring 2021

Instructor: John A. Iacovacci/Tendai Gomo

John.iacovacci1@gmail.com; john.iacovacci@uconn.edu; Tendai@tendaigomo.com

Lectures Wednesday 6:20-8:50 pm webex

https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m5aea6713be177aca45e60d960854b13b

Password: google1166

(Distance Learning)

Office Hours Remote: Tuesday 5:00pm to 6:00pm

https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/jai17003

Our Class Website is https://googleclouduconn.blogspot.com/

Book: Google Cloud Platform in Action JJ Geewax

eBook: https://livebook.manning.com/book/google-cloud-platform-in-action

Catalog Description

ENGR 1166 -  Provides an in depth study of the Google cloud platform.

We will be focusing on learning various aspects of the google cloud using small assignments related to cloud concepts. The class format is based upon first half lecture then second half hands on workshop.The environment is hosted at cloud.google.com.

$300 of cloud services is budgeted for each student by google. A credit card is needed to get google credit.

Objectives

At the end of the course, the students should be able to understand and be able to develop on the google cloud. The concepts will include virtual machines, MySQL, NoSQL, Big Data, document storage, Linux, HTML/CSS, Javascript, Security, Python, GitHub, Google  API’s, cloud functions and Artificial Intelligence.

General Requirements & Expectations

1. Attendance: Students are expected to attend all lectures. Attendance will be taken.

Reading and assignments are required. Each class will have assignments required as well as projects due at different times during the term.

2. Make sure you check your UCONN.EDU e-mail account regularly, or have it forwarded to an account that you use regularly. Otherwise you may miss important announcements.

Grading Percentages

Description Percent of course grade

Class assignments: 12 assignments 80%

Final Paper: 20%

Date		Codelab / Reading
1/20/2021	Week 1 Chapter 1/3 What is the Cloud / Data Center / Linux	Linux assignment
1/27/2021	Week 2 Chapter 8. Cloud Storage / HTML CSS Javascript	HTML assignment
2/4/2021	Week 3 Chapter 9/11 Compute Engine / App Engine	App Engine Example
2/11/2021	Week 4 Chapter 12 Cloud Functions / Python /Github	Python Assignment
2/18/2021	Week 4 Chapter 4 Cloud SQL / MySQL	MySQL Assignment
2/25/2021	Week 6 Chapter 5 Document Storage / Firestore	NoSQL Assignment
3/3/2021	Week 13 Chapter 19/20. Big Query / Dataflow	Big Query Assignment
3/10/2021	Week 8 Chapter 13 Cloud DNS (security)	TBD
3/17/2021	Week 9 Security IAM & Admin	TBD
3/24/2021	Week 10 Security	TBD
3/31/2021	Week 11 Chapter 14/15. Cloud Vision /Text Analysis	Vision Assignments
4/7/2021	Week 12 Chapter 16/17. Cloud Speech / Translations	Translation Assignment
4/14/2021	off
4/21/2021	Week 13 Chapter 18 Machine Learning	Machine Learning Assignment
4/28/2021	All project work due	Paper

Academic Honesty

Students should refer to the Student Code (see section on Academic Integrity -

http://www.dos.uconn.edu/student_code.html) for specific guidelines.

Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities who believe they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged

to contact the Center for Students with Disabilities (486-2020) as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.