Advanced Topics in Software Systems This course is to study research trends in embedded systems with emphasis on sensor networks. An embedded systems is a system that interacts with its environment and the correctness is subjected to physical constraints imposed by the environment. Sensor networks are becoming the essential aspect of embedded system. The course will centre around the following themes: localization and coordination, modeling and analysis, networking, programming paradigms and supports, resource management, security, validation and certification. The class will identify a few sensor network applications and then explore design and implementation issues in-depth as group projects. The part of class time will be devoted in discussing and exploring the design alternatives and refining implementation plans of the group projects. Students are expected to participate in the following ways: In-class presentation of selected papers and/or source code, and doing a group project that involves the detailed design and prototype implementation of sensor network applications.
ISMA603
Distributed Computing
In the past few years, peer-to-peer (P2P) computing has not only dominated the headlines, but it has inspired a new wave of distributed systems research. Pioneering systems such as Napster, Gnutella, and SETI@home harness the vast storage, network, and computing resources at the edge of the network, and they provide large-scale, robust, and self-organizing services using unreliable nodes. Peer-to-peer research efforts such as CAN, Chord, Pastry, and others have taken these basic ideas and addressed some of the challenges in a more principled way. Many open problems remain in this area of distributed systems research, particularly those that result from extreme scale, heterogeneity of capabilities and participation, unreliability, and decentralized administrative structure. Key questions include what applications and services are appropriate for peer-to-peer architectures, as well as how to provide them. Can we top music swapping and searching for extraterrestrial life?
ISMA604
Advanced Programming
Advanced Programming The goals of this course are to gain a better understanding of the issues of querying, integrating, and otherwise sharing data across the Internet and the World-Wide Web. Data integration is perhaps the best- studied instance of this problem, and we focus on it for much of the semester. We begin with a study of relational query processing as a foundation, and then move on to answering queries using views and adaptive query processing. We also examine architectures for larger-scale or richer data exchange: wide-area data sharing (as proposed by projects such as Mariposa in the 1990s and Piazza today) and sharing with very expressive data definition formalisms (the Semantic Web). Finally, we hope to investigate several efforts to support data exchange scenarios that are not merely query-driven: publish- subscribe, groupware applications, collaborative web sites (such as sourceforge.net), and versioning based systems. Finally, we hope to investigate several efforts to support data exchange scenarios that are not merely query-driven: publish-subscribe, groupware applications, collaborative web sites (such as Sourceforge.net), and versioning based systems.
ISMA630
Seminar in Mis
The seminar paper will be prepared and presented by the student
JRB501
Mass Communication Systems
During this course birth of mass communication systems, how they reformed by political cultural legal and economical factors within a specific period, liberal and critical within the historical period, negative- positive approaches at mass communication will be explored. Moreover, relationship between communication world and its practices within different historical process and social changes, media-ideology, media-culture, media-democracy relationship will be examined; mass communication systems of countries like France, England, Germany and USA will be explored.
JRB502
Communication and Law
Communication, freedom, media law and freedom of information at political regimes, legal regulations both before and after 1982 Constitution at Turkey mass media, practices of media law in TRNC, rights of ideas, copyright and likes will be hendled during this course.
JRB532
Current Problem of Press and Manipulation
The advancement of the Turkish Press in the TRNC and Turkey, the situation of the press regarding technological developments, responsibility of the press in socio-economic development, relationship between state and media, problems of finance, personnel, management, market and distribution, Basın İlan Kurumu and its responsibilities, legislations, monopolisation and censorship will be investigated during the course.
JRB533
News Analysis
Reasons of differences at the presentation of news that occur according to the politics of broadcast of TV institutions, radio, and newspaper-journal will be examined. By using Frequency, categorical, evaluator and any other analysis techniques; certainty, solving suspicion and to enrich the reading is forming the main purpose of the course. In addition to this various news even its topics will be analysed, number of news, column regulation, picturing and typographic peculiarities will be investigated
JRB601
New Communication Systems
This course will look existing local visual andsoud communication systems and analyze how approaches and procedures can be adapted to existing ones.
JRB603
Philosophy of Communication
In every aspect of communication an in any communication application there are a number of disciplinary philosophical approaches that need to be adhered to. These will be looked at and developed to a point where they run parallel to each other.
JRB604
Media and Ethic
This course will look at the role that ethics plays informing people, changing their thoughts and efecting public opinion. This will be further emphasized by seminars on the role of ethics in communication.
JRB608
Media Economics
Like most organizations, the media thrives on the current economic atmosphere in regards to the communication sector, taking into account the norms set by the country's economic and market conditions. In this course, the supply of media products related to free market economy, the structure of the demand; market entry barriers, production inputs and cost analysis, market structure appropriateness to monopolization in the media with the labor and employment, and issues such as the situation of the media business in the face of economic crises are handled
LLM501
Modern Research Methods
We will concentrate on legal research methods, including classic research through law books, as well as more modern research through the Internet and other research means, including Westlaw, Lexis/Nexus etc
LLM502
Alternative Dispute Resolutions
This course will deal with the advantages and disadvantages involved in resolving disputes through other means than litigation. Accordingly, we will analyse arbitration, mediation, negotiation, conciliation, fact-finding etc.
LLM503
Legal Writing
Writing like a lawyer and also as an academician is what we will experiment, by using different techniques, concentrating on the best use of English language in getting our message forward as simply and efficiently as possible.
LLM504
Comparative Constitutional Law
This course will introduce students to the comparative study of the Constitutions. The main areas covered are " the characteristics and sources of the Constitutions " the Legislature " the implications of membership of the European Union " the Executive and Administration and their controls
LLM5053
European Union Law III & IV
These courses provide an introduction to the law of the European Union (EU). EU law is a newer legal system with some of the characteristics of international law combined with some features of a national legal system based on a written constitution. In addition to studying the areas of social and economic life in which the EU has exclusive or shared power to act, a large part of the course will deal with the relations between EU and national law. The social, political and economic context of the EU and the legal rules and judicial decisions will be analysed.
LLM505CO
European Union Law III & IV
These courses provide an introduction to the law of the European Union (EU). EU law is a newer legal system with some of the characteristics of international law combined with some features of a national legal system based on a written constitution. In addition to studying the areas of social and economic life in which the EU has exclusive or shared power to act, a large part of the course will deal with the relations between EU and national law. The social, political and economic context of the EU and the legal rules and judicial decisions will be analysed.
LLM506
Public International Law III
This course concerns legal relations between states as well as the role of the United Nations and other international organisations and, in the fields of human rights and international criminal law, the rights and duties of individuals. Students will be expected to have a grasp of basic principles of international law, including its sources, jurisdictional immunities, treaties and state responsibility; and of the application of those principles in such fields as international environmental law and the law of the sea. Public international law is important not only to provide an informed understanding of international affairs but also to increase the working understanding of the practitioner in a modern legal environment in which rules made at the international level have a growing impact domestically.
LLM507
Private International Law III
The private international law, also known as the conflict of laws, is the body of rules applied by the Courts to cases with a foreign element. It may be used to answer three questions: whether the Court should hear the case at all (jurisdiction) where it does hear the case, what law should apply to determine the substantive issue (choice of law) whether a judgement, decree or award of a foreign Court or tribunal should be recognised and enforced in England and Wales. Despite statutory implementation of a number of International Conventions and Law Commission reports, many issues on private international law are answered by reference to case law.
LLM508
Company Law III
This course deals with the way in which the law regulates companies and the facilities that the law offers to those in business such as limited liability and transferability of shares. It is also concerned with the corresponding burdens that they shoulder, such as duties of disclosure, compliance with statutory procedures and common law duties and the dynamics of the relationship between the shareholders, who own the company and the directors who manage it. The European Union policy of harmonising the company law of its members and the legislative changes of the United Kingdom will be analysed. The students will also be exposed to learning the skill of interpreting complex statutes and develop a critical analysis of the reasons for the change.
LLM509
International Environmental Law
This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the legal and administrative framework that regulates decision-making concerning the environment. It deals with legislation relating to town and country planning, certain special controls designed to protect the environment, and the basic statutory regime concerning the control of pollution. It is intended to give students an understanding of the legal concepts, processes and techniques which have been developed and the problems involved in defining and enforcing environmental standards, the way of making official decisions affecting the environment and the methods by which these decisions can be challenged.
LLM509MA
International Environmental Law
This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the legal and administrative framework that regulates decision-making concerning the environment. It deals with legislation relating to town and country planning, certain special controls designed to protect the environment, and the basic statutory regime concerning the control of pollution. It is intended to give students an understanding of the legal concepts, processes and techniques which have been developed and the problems involved in defining and enforcing environmental standards, the way of making official decisions affecting the environment and the methods by which these decisions can be challenged.
LLM510
Telecommunications Law
This area, which is heavily regulated by international law, will be analysed in light of EU regulations, and other laws in the UK, USA as well as the TRNC
LLM511
Cyber Law
The regulation of the Internet via international law and the possible legislation to avoid internet-related "crimes" will be discussed.
LLM512
Maritime Law
This course will be a thorough search into trade by sea and the legal implications involved to facilitate this important means of trade.
LLM513
International Business Transactions
This course discusses international trade as regulated by the EU, NAFTA, and other international organisations/instruments in light of the case law that has accumulated over the years.
LLM514
Public Policy Development and Legislation
This course will be an exercise in drafting of legislation and public policy in various areas.
LLM515
International Business Crimes
This course will address the law of transnational business and white collar crime. In today's global economy, and particularly in light of the recent worldwide financial crises, international white collar crime is an increasingly relevant and important facet of international business law. In this course, we will consider substantive crimes (e.g., international tax and money-laundering crimes); relevant procedural doctrines (e.g., extraterritorial jurisdiction); the role of international organizations in enforcing the law; and some of the important policy issues and challenges posed by international business crime.
LLM516
International Insurance Law
This course will examine insurance contract law - including the basics of insurance techniques - on a comparative basis. It will focus on the different legal systems of the EU`s Member States including the common law system and harmonization within the EU. The first part will give a general introduction into Insurance Contract Law and into the several insurance contracts and their wordings. It will also cover the specialities of property, liability, life, disability, accident and health insurance. The second part will deal with the activities of insurance agents and brokers. The third part will consist of a description of the particular requirements of extra contractual obligations between Insured and Insurer, focusing upon the duty of utmost good faith owed between the parties.
LLM517
International Business Law
A course in law as it applies to international business transactions in the global legal environment. Study of inter-relationships among laws of different countries and the legal effects on individuals and business organisations will take place. Topics include agency agreements, international contracts and regulations of exports and imports.
LLM520
Master's Thesis
The student is required to work with an approved advisor to prepare a well-researched and organised thesis in a topic to be approved by the Faculty.
LLM523
Legal Environment of Business
This course is designed to provide student with an overview of various legal concepts and principles impacting business. This course concentrates on the legal aspects of business ownership and management. Legal issues will include contracts, sales, consumer law, agency and employment law, property, risk management, environmental law.
LLM531
International Arbitration Law
The course will review the law and practice of international commercial arbitration as one of the key approaches to international alternative dispute resolution. The classes will cover a brief history of international commercial arbitration, the appointment and role of the party-appointed arbitrator and the chairman, jurisdictional issues, the role of national court systems, the organization of an international arbitration, provisional relief and interim measures of protection, discovery and production of evidence, the conduct of hearings, the tribunal`s deliberations and award, annulment and enforcement of awards, and the responsibilities of international arbitral institutions.
