CSCE 4/5013 – Wearable & Ubiquitous Computing (Spring 2023)

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Syllabus – 40135013
Final Projects

Course Information

Instructor: Alexander Nelson
Lecture: T/Th – 2:00-3:15 BELL 2269
Office Hours: T/Th – 10:30-12:00, W 1-2

Schedule

 

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01/17/23 Syllabus Day & Lecture 1 – Introduction to Ubiquitous Computing
01/19/23 Instructor Sick Reading 1 – The Computer for the 21st Century
Reading 2 – The computer for the 21st century: Present security & privacy challenges
01/24/23 Inclement Weather – Remote Lecture (Information Theory)
01/26/23 Final Project Ideas
Lecture 2 – History of Ubiquitous Computing
Lecture 3 – Technical Challenges & Infrastructure
01/31/23 Inclement Weather – Remote Lecture (Arduino & Real-Time)
02/02/23 Inclement Weather – Remote Lecture (Finish Lecture 3)
Paper Presentation 1 – Sengers 2006
02/07/23 Lecture 4 – Data & Interaction Models
02/09/23 Paper Presentation 2 – Benford 2004
Lecture 5 – Implementation & Deployment
02/14/23 Lecture 6 – Evaluation
Lecture 7 – Systems and Devices (Part 1)
02/16/23 Paper Presentation 3 – Wu 2004
Lecture 8 – Systems and Devices (Part 2)
2/17 – Project Report 1 Due
02/21/23 Lecture 9 – Systems and Devices (Case Studies)
Arduino Example
02/23/23 Paper Presentation 4 – Chen 2023
Arduino Example
02/28/23 Lecture 10 – Communications & Networks
03/02/23 Paper Presentation 5 – He 2021
Lecture 11 – Protocols
3/03 – Project Report 2 Due
03/07/23 Lecture 13 – Location & Context Awareness
MQTT Practice
03/09/23 Paper Presentation 6  – Cohen 2018
MQTT Arduino Practice
MQTT Example Code
03/14/23 Assignment 2 Help & Soldering (in JBHT 237!)
03/16/23 Finish Lecture 13
Lecture 12 – WBANs/WPANs
Paper Presentation 7 – He 2020
3/17 – Project Report 3 Due
03/21/23 Spring Break
03/23/23 Spring Break
03/28/23 In Class Assignment 2 Help
03/30/23 Paper Presentation 8 – Maiti 2019
04/04/23 Lecture 19 – Ubiquitous User Interfaces
04/06/23 Paper Presentation 9 – Cao 2023
Lecture 14 – Location Awareness
4/7 – Project Report 4 Due
04/11/23 Lecture 15 – Introduction to Wearable Computing
Lecture 16 – Wearable Computing Fitness Tracking
04/13/23 Paper Presentation 10 – Breda 2023
Lecture 17 – Wearable Computing Medical Applications
04/18/23 Lecture 18 – Smart Watch Development
04/20/23 Paper Presentation 11 – Yang 2019 4/21 – Project Report 5 Due
04/25/23 Paper Presentation 12 – Wang 2015
Paper Presentation 13 – Falcao 2021
04/27/23 No Class – Meet With Teams
05/02/23 No Class – Meet With Teams 5/2 Final Project Video Due!
05/04/23 Final Exam Study Session – Topics 5/05 – Final Project Report Due!
05/11/23 Final Exam 12:45 PM to 2:45 PM

Projects

All dates are tentative and subject to change.

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Date Due

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2/9/2023 2/24/2023 Assignment 1
3/14/2023 3/31/2023 Assignment 2
4/4/2023 5/4/2023 Assignment 3

 

Resources

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Report Templates docx, latex, Rubric
Reading Summaries Template, Instructions
Course Textbook Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals — CRC Press
Arduino Install Instructions Instructions, Kit – Arduino MKR IoT Bundle
Course Discord Invite Link