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Stevens Institute of Technology Howe School of Technology Management Syllabus TM 619: E-Commerce Technologies Fall, 2005 Monday, 6:15 pm Manu Malek Lieb 215 Tel: 201-216-5611 Fax: 201-216-8249 mmalek@ Office Hours: Wed. 3:30 – 5:00 and by appointment Course Web Address: Overview Electronic Commerce is an exciting field that requires integration of the Internet, telecommunications, multimedia technologies, computing hardware and software, human-machine interface, and business models. This course provides an understanding of e-commerce and related architectures, protocols, and technologies. The course starts with introducing the e-commerce concept, objectives, benefits, and market drivers. Then the architectures and technologies of e-commerce are presented and a framework for it is established with emphasis on its interdisciplinary nature. The course addresses the e-commerce underpinning techniques and technologies including the Internet, WWW, multimedia, intelligent agents, the client-server paradigm, and data mining techniques. Security in e-commerce is addressed by presenting types of security attacks, security mechanisms, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Intranets, and extranets. Implementation issues in e-commerce, including the design and management of its infrastructure (access network, core network, data center network, and servers) and applications are discussed. M-commerce is addressed; electronic payment systems with their associated protocols are described; and various B2C and B2B applications are presented. Policy and regulatory issues in e-commerce are also discussed. Cross-listed with CS 619, CpE 619, and NIS 619 Learning Goals After taking this course, the student will be able to: Describe e-commerce objectives, benefits, and its types Understand the architectures and protocols involved in e-commerce Understand the basic underpinning techniques and technologies in e-commerce Provide basic hardware and software requirements to build an