Information & Knowledge Management is for those students interested in robotics, artificial intelligence and computer networks.
A group of six isbt students from our Information & Knowledge Management concentration recently joined the LabVIEW National artificial intelligence competition. The group was charged with a relatively complex task of creating the best checkers player in the world. The group created two Artificial Intelligence competitors who battled it out on the checkers board. The project was worthy of this year's LabVIEW "honorable mention" award.
Two isbt students are building the ISBot, a robot programmed in National Instruments LabVIEW and driven by a Hewlett-Packard iPAQ PDA. The ISBot's main goal will be to navigate the first floor halls of La Salle's science building independent of human help and to respond to remotely controlled commands. A small video camera will be integrated for navigational purposes.
isbt Robotics Club (IRC) is a student organization open to all La Salle students interested in robotics technology. The IRC is governed by elected student officials and advised by a member of the isbt faculty. Using equipment and laboratories maintained by the isbt program, the IRC designs and constructs the hardware and software used by automated robotic systems.
The explosion of networking tools allow organizations and production facilities to store and record large amounts of facts and figures. As an Information and Knowledge Management isbt major you will examine the current methods used to manage this information and also study the technologies that permit organizations to learn from their past performance and make informed choices in the future.
Computer occupations are expected to account for 8 out of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the economy. Employment of computer and information systems managers is expected to increase much faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2010. Technological advancements will increase the employment of computer-related workers; as a result, the demand for managers to direct these workers also will increase.
Rapid growth in employment can be attributed to the explosion in information technology and the fast-paced expansion of the computer and data processing services industry. In order to remain competitive, firms will continue to install sophisticated computer networks and set up more complex Internet and intranet sites.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2003-4 Occupational Outlook Handbook
