This page links to a series of lectures given on the topic of applications and research areas of software. They were targeted to a group of first year engineering students, and so are fairly accessible to the general public. They touch on many different topics and research areas, all relating to software. I have posted them here because they may be of general interest.
How Facebook Software Is Made - Professor Michael Stumm
An Electrical Engineer’s Journey Into Software - Professor Vaughn Betz
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence - Xavier Snelgrove
From Software to Circuits - Professor Jason Anderson
Machine Learning and Big Data - Inmar Givoni
Software and Business - Bobby John
Mobile Software - Professor Jonathan Rose