Dr. Tal Lavian UC Berkeley Engineering, CET Administrative Notes: Week 2

Dr. Tal Lavian

http://cs.berkeley.edu/~tlaviantlavian@cs.berkeley.edu

UC Berkeley Engineering, CET

Administrative Notes: Week 2

Review of Class Projects• Class projects will utilize social media

applications, including– Weekly blogging and comments– YouTube clips (for 3-unit students)

• By Friday, open a blog, and create a profile• Update the info on the Google Doc spreadsheet.• Blog posts – twice per week• Blog comments – four per week

Review GradingAll students starts with A+,

Every week, you can keep it, or reduce it a bit.

Students will be graded on Weekly blogs– 50% Weekly blog comments comments – 10% Class participation – 25% TBD – 15%

Participation is required in all classes You can miss one class for a justified reason – please let me know in advance

Emphasis is on learning and exploration of new and interesting topics You will be fine

Google Alert• Setup your Google Alert– Wireless Communications– Wireless Mobile Devices– Smartphone Patent War– Cellular Patent– Android Patent Litigation– Samsung, LG, Google, Apple, Nokia, Motorola

patent– iPhon iPad patent litigation– Tablet patent

Homework for Next Week

• Assignments:– Google Alert

– Improve your Blog, add profile, nice theme – Add two blog posts per week– The first is about yourself and the second is about the

class

– 3-unit students – get approval– Go over the class Blogs and do the same on YouTube