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Syllabus – 4013 — 5013
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Instructor: Alexander Nelson
Lecture: MWF – 12:55-1:45 JBHT 239
Office Hours: MWF – 10:00-11:00 and by appointment
Schedule
Date |
Notes |
Info |
|---|---|---|
| 01/14/19 | Lecture 1: Introduction to Ubiquitous Computing | Reading 1: The Computer for the 21st Century — Mark Weiser Reading 2: Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals — Chapter 1 through Section 1.1 (pp. 1-14) |
| 01/16/19 | Instructor Absent — Discussion on Readings 1 & 2 | Discussion Questions |
| 01/18/19 | Lecture 2: History of Ubiquitous & Wearable Computing | |
| 01/21/19 | No Class — Martin Luther King Holiday | |
| 01/23/19 | Finish Lecture 2 & Discuss Project Ideas | Reading 3: Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals — Chapter 2 through Section 2.2 (pp. 38-51) |
| 01/25/19 | Lecture 3: Ubiquitous and Wearable Challenges | |
| 01/28/19 | No Class — Instructor Sick | |
| 01/30/19 | Finish Lecture 3 & Lecture 4: Data & Interaction | Reading 4: Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals – Chapter 2 (pp. 51-64) |
| 02/01/19 | Presentation Example & Finish Lecture 4 | Reading 5: The Error of Our Ways, Benford 2004 |
| 02/04/19 | Lecture 5: Implementation and Deployment | |
| 02/06/19 | Lecture 6: Evaluation & Begin Lecture 7 | Reading 6: Wu 2004 |
| 02/08/19 | Presentation – Wu 2004 & Lecture 7: Sensors | |
| 02/11/19 | Finish Lecture 7: Sensors | |
| 02/13/19 | PWM Demo & Lecture 8: Actuators and Displays | Reading 7: Sengers 2006 |
| 02/15/19 | Presentation – Sengers 2006 & Lecture 9: Storage and Case Study | Assignment 1 Released & Report 2 Due |
| 02/18/19 | Lecture 10: Wireless Communications | |
| 02/20/19 | Finish Lecture 10 | Reading 8: Wang 2015 — Joe |
| 02/22/19 | Presentation – Wang 2015 & Arduino Sketch | Assignment 1 (part 1) due |
| 02/25/19 | Lecture 11: Protocols & Python Script | |
| 02/27/19 | Finish Lecture 11 | Reading 9: Ananthabhotla 2018 — David |
| 03/01/19 | Presentation – Ananthabhotla 2018 & Lecture 12: WBAN/WPAN | Assignment 1 due & Report 3 Due |
| 03/04/19 | Finish Lecture 12 & Lecture 13: Location and Context Awareness | |
| 03/06/19 | Finish Lecture 13 | Reading 10: Bentley 2018 — Enrique |
| 03/08/19 | Presentation – Bentley 2018 & Finish Lecture 13 | |
| 03/11/19 | Lecture 14: Location Awareness | |
| 03/13/19 | LCD Demo | Reading 11: Zhu 2018 — Joe |
| 03/15/19 | Presentation – Zhu 2018 & Presentation – Fully Homomorphic Encryption | Report 4 Due |
| 03/18/19 | No Class — Spring Break | |
| 03/20/19 | No Class — Spring Break | |
| 03/22/19 | No Class — Spring Break | |
| 03/25/19 | Study Topics & Mid Review | |
| 03/27/19 | Midterm Exam | Reading 12: Shilkrot 2015 — David |
| 03/29/19 | Presentation – Shilkrot 2015 & Hand back midterms | |
| 04/01/19 | Lecture 15: Intro to Wearable & Lecture 16: General Purpose vs. Application Specific | |
| 04/03/19 | Lecture 17: mHealth and Wearable Health | Reading 13: Boldu 2018 — Haoyan |
| 04/05/19 | Presentation – Boldu 2018 & $1 Recognizer Example & Python Code | Report 5 Due |
| 04/08/19 | Lecture 18: Smartwatches | |
| 04/10/19 | Review Project 2, Project 3 Example Code | Reading 14: Haoyan |
| 04/12/19 | Presentation & Finish Smartwatch Primer | |
| 04/15/19 | Lecture 19: Ubiquitous User Interfaces | |
| 04/17/19 | Finish Lecture 19 | Reading 15: Enrique |
| 04/19/19 | Presentation & Finish Lecture 19 | |
| 04/22/19 | Final Project Presentation — Session 1 | Presentation Rubric |
| 04/24/19 | Final Project Presentation — Session 2 | |
| 04/26/19 | Final Project Presentation — Session 3 | |
| 04/29/19 | Final Project Presentation — Session 4 | |
| 05/01/19 | Final Exam Review – Study Topics | |
| 05/03/19 | No Class — Dead Day | Final Report Due — Rubric |
| 05/06/19 | Final Exam — 12:45 – 2:45 JBHT 239 |
Projects
All dates are tentative and subject to change.
Date Assigned |
Date Due |
Project Link |
Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/15/2019 | 2/22/2019 & 3/1/2019 | Assignment 1 | |
| 3/6/2019 | 3/27/2019 (3/29 for 90%) | Assignment 2 | Project 2 Solution |
| 4/9/2019 | 4/19/2019 | Assignment 3 | Flash Example Human Readable Time Example |
Resources
Type |
Links |
|---|---|
| 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 Feedback | Survey – Send anonymous feedback about the course to the instructor |