Class Objectives

This is an advanced graduate course on the emerging topic of pervasive computing. Students will acquire hands-on experience with wireless sensor networks and sensor platform technologies, and will learn how to develop sensor- and actuator-based end-to-end systems. The course will focus on sensor platforms, particularly TinyOS and the ATLAS platform. The course will cover emerging Service-Oriented Device Architectures and novel concepts for pervasive system programmability and application development. Students will gain significant hands-on experience working with the ATLAS platform.

Special Emphasis:

This year, we will emphasize sensor network technology. Paper presentations and term projects will be focused on this topic.

No textbook required.

Several papers from IEEE and ACM conference proceedings will be used. They can be accessed using the IEEExplore digital library and the ACM digital portals, both accessible for free from the UF campus network.

Thursdays 10-E1 (5:10 to 8:10 PM) in CSE 222

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TBA

• View the Term Paper Instructions (Word DOC).

• View the Term Projects Options (Word DOC).

There will be two exams scheduled as indicated in the class schedule. There will be no final exam.

Students are required to have access to (and bring with them to class) a wireless laptop. The following specs are required:

• CPU: Pentium III (or equivalent) or higher.
• Memory: 256 MB or higher.
• Networking: Wireless LAN (built-in or PC card) must be compatible with 802.11b standard.
• OS: Any operating system that has an available Java Runtime Environment / JDK.