The white paper for the second project is due in late April (exact date depends on the date of your debate and is posted on the project page). Be working on them!
Participate in the discussion (on the class discussion forum) on topics raised by the instructors for this week. You are also encouraged to raise new topics for discussion.
Post your answers to the homework questions, which are also posted on the discussion forum, during the week. Again, they will be graded next week.
Information Rules:
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From the Networked Applications reader that was passed out in class:
Section 8.3.1 (software patents)
Section 8.3.2 (support of research)
From Hal Varian's reader sold at Copy Central on Bancroft:
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Web-based resources:
Research as a business process (from Industry Week) [PDF]
Public Support of Research [HTML]
Project reports from previous classes:
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Project reports from previous classes:
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Additional discussion of lecture topics this week can be found in Networked Applications (the softcover book):
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Scholarly papers:
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