OVERVIEW

This course presents the Internet and recent paradigms such as Internet of Things and Cloud Computing. Special attention will be paid to the evolution of the Web, focusing in particular  on the Semantic Web and the Semantic Web of Things. Application scenarios will then be presented in which the various technologies are used. Among these, the use of the principles of the semantic web for annotating web pages from according to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) principles.

The theory part on the Semantic Web is delivered in English, the other parts of the course are delivered in Italian.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge and understanding of key features of the Internet and Web evolution. Specifically, the course will deal with the technological infrastructure of Internet and new paradigms such as the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing. Moreover, the course will present the evolution of the Web and will focus on the Semantic Web and the Web of Things. In this respect, the course will introduce methods and techniques for knowledge representation using ontologies and Semantic Web languages The course includes practice activities and the presentation of applications scenarios.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

This course will present the Internet infrastructure and will describe new paradigms such as the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing.  The course will then focus on the Semantic Web and on related formalisms for knowledge representation, with exercises and description of application scenarios.

At the end of the course, students

- will be skilled about Internet infrastructure and new trends,

- will have abilities to build and query an ontology and to annotate web contents by using structured data markups (Microdata, RDFa, JSON-LD)

- will have acquired project skills

PREREQUISITES

The prerequisite for this course is 12 CFU in Computer Science

TEACHING METHODS

Teaching is based on lectures, working groups,  and on class exercises. Classes can be attended face-to-face or online and include design activities.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Internet infrastructure: key concepts about TCP/IP model, next generation internet, mobile internet and Internet of Things. Cloud Computing. Web Evolution: Social and Semantic Web, Linked Data, Semantic Web of Things, markups for structured data.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Learning content, including slides and exercises, are available on  AulaWeb
• Books:
  • F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross. Reti di calcolatori e internet. Un approccio top-down 6/Ed. opp. 7/Ed, 2017
  • D. Allemang, J. Hendler, F. Gandon, Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: effective modeling for linked data, RDFS, and OWL , ACM Books; 3rd edition agosto 2020
  • Di Noia, De Virgilio, Di Sciascio, M. Donini. Semantic Web. Tra ontologie e open data, Apogeo, 2013
• Further readings will be provided to non-attending students

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Second semester

 https://easyacademy.unige.it/portalestudenti/index.php?view=easycourse&_lang=it&include=corso

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

• written assessment, 
• development and discussion of a project

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam is aimed to assess if students are skilled about Internet infrastructure and new trends, have abilities to build and query an ontology and to annotate web contents by using structured data markups, in particula schema.org that is relevant for SEO purposes

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students with disabilities or learning disorders are allowed to use specific modalities and supports that will be determined on a case-by-case basis in agreement with the Delegate of the Engineering courses in the Committee for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities. Students are invited to contact the teacher of this course and copy the Delegate (https://unige.it/commissioni/comitatoperlinclusionedeglistudenticondisabilita.html).