Unit One Computer Technology
Section A Vanishing Point: The Rise of the Invisible Computer
Exercises
Section B The Myth of Cyber-Security
Unit Two Wireless Communication Technology
Section A The Race for 5G. Why China Wants to Lead Next Generation Wireless Internet
Exercises
Section B What Is 5G Technology? How Will It Change the Way You Use the Internet?
Unit Three Satellite Navigation Systems
Section A The Global Positioning System for Military Users.Current Modernization Plans and Alternatives
Exercises
Section B How GPS Receivers Work
Unit Four Internet of Things
Section A Panopticon as a Metaphor of the Internet of Things--Why Not? But If It Were the Opposite?
Exercises
Section B Internet of Things
Unit Five Artifi Intelligence
Section A Franken-Algorithms: The Deadly Consequences of Unpredictable Code
Exercises
Section B Regulating Artifi Intelligence
Unit Six Bitcoin
Section A The Future of Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin and Beyond
Exercises
Section B Everything You Need to Know about Bitcoin, Its Mysterious Origins, and the Many Alleged Identities of Its Creator
Unit Seven Big Data
Section A The So Contract 2.0: Big Data and the Need to Guarantee Privacy and Civil Liberties
Exercises
Section B What Is Big Data?
Unit Eight Quantum Computing
Section A Cryptography after the Aliens Land
Exercises
Section B Quantum Leaps
Unit Nine Deep Learning
Section A From Not Working to Neural Networking
Exercises
Section B Deep Learning: What It Is and Why It Matters
References

本教程适用于研究生和高年级本科生阅读和写作教学。教程信息量大、起点高、实用性强。文章选自近年来非常不错报刊，题材新颖，语言规范。本教程由9个单元组成，每个单元围绕一个主题展开，内容涉及计算机、无线通信、卫星导航、物联网、人工智能、比特币、大数据、量子计算和深度学习。每单元包括Section A和Section B两个部分：Section A由课文和课后练习组成。课文选材涉及近期新科技动态，能引发读者思考。课后练习形式包含阅读理解、难句释义、词汇短语、难句翻译、句式结构和学术写作。教程的写作训练以学术英语写作中常用的写作技巧为主，并编配有相应练习，旨在为学生的专业英语论文写作打下良好基础。Section B选材以介绍技术架构为主，便于学生掌握近期新科技发展动态。