• Relevant IT courses at  GMU
• GMU blackboard
  
• CDS 130 - session 001 and 002, Fall 2010 by Dr. Weigel
• CDS 130 facebook
• GMU courses that meet the general IT requirement  (CDS 130, CS 112, IT 103, ENGR 117, PHYS 251, CRIM 300,   GOVT 300, ANTH 395, MUSI 415)
  

• Online References: Books, Courses
• "Head First Data Analysis" by Michael Milton, Publisher: O'Reilly Media Inc, ISBN-13: 978-0-596-15393-9, 2009.
• Electronic version available from GMU
• Amazon
• CDS 101 at GMU- Introduction to Computational and Data Sciences
• "Informatics" class at University of Sydney
  

• Matlab
• A guide to Access Matlab at GMU
• GMU computer lab locations and hours
• Mason Academic Research System "mason.gmu.edu"
• Matlab Tutorials
• Matlab is the product of The Mathworks, Inc 
• Online demo video - Getting Started with Matlab (05:10)
• Online demo video - Writing a Matlab Program  (05:43)
• Online demo video - Visualizing Data  (04:07)
• Online demo video - Analyzing Data Overview  (04:44)
• Online demo video - Import Data (06:13)
• Matlab 7 Getting Started Guide from Mathwords (PDF, 280 pages, 45 MB)
• Indiana University Stat/Math Center Matlab Tutorial
• Install Cygwin, to access matlab remotely from your laptop
• Install Octave and Introduction - an alternative to Matlab

• Topic - Computer Fundamentals
• Binary numeral system with arithmetic in Wiki 
• ASCII Code
• TED - George Dyson at the Birth of  the Computer
• How do transistors work? - The hydraulic analogy
• A cute 3-bit binary calculator using logic gates

• Topic - Measurement
• CCD  (Charge Couple Device) in wikipedia 
• ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) in wikipedia
• SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio)

• Topic - Scientific Simulation
• Example - Merger of  the Milky Way (google video)
• Example - Cellular Blood Flow (youtube video)
• Online Simulation of the Predator - Prey Model 

• Topic - Data Analysis
• Hourly temperature data at Fairfax on Nov. 11, 2010
• Student Score Data from 2007 ASTR111-003 Class
• Matlab program of histogram of student score data
• Histogram plot of the student score data
• Education-income data for linear regression
• Temperature-latitude data for linear regression