Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University.
Free lecture videos
The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Quantitative Reasoning 48, which was offered as an online course at the Extension School.
The Quicktime and MP3 formats are available for download, or you can play the Flash version directly. These lectures are organized by 12 themes, which can be viewed in any order. Note that some topics are repeated in different themes, as relevant.
Blog posts
Harry Lewis provides commentary and analysis on his blog, Blown to Bits. Blog posts are linked below with the videos.
The role of government—laws and regulations
Video
- DVD protection
- Guest Chris Soghoian
- Guest: Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School, author of The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It
- Why is it called the Internet?
- Comcast case and net neutrality
- Anatomy of an Internet packet; TCP and UDP
- Comcast and Bit Torrent protocol
- Network neutrality: an introduction
- How do you regulate the Internet?
- How do you make rules for technologies yet unseen?
- How do you regulate the Internet when the technologies keep evolving?
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If you enjoyed this free class, the Harvard Extension School offers a wide variety of courses in numerous fields. Search for classes and enroll for credit during the fall and spring registration periods.
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