CS4289CS5289 Pervasive Computing

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CS4289/CS5289Pervasive Computing

• Lecturer K Y Lam
• Rm Y6414 Tel [phone]
• Email cskylam_at_cityu.edu.hk
• Tutors K Y Lam and Joe Yuen
• Rm B6417 (J Yuen) Tel [phone] (J Yuen)
• Email csjyuen_at_cityu.edu.hk (J Yuen)

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Course Objectives

• To introduce the basic concepts in pervasive
  computing
• To introduce the major characteristics and
  components of pervasive computing applications
• To introduce the key system design issues in
  pervasive computing, particularly in the areas of
  sensor networks and sensor data management,
  stream data processing, location dependent and
  context aware services, dissemination of
  real-time information, mobile networks and
  portable device technologies
• Understand the techniques and algorithms for
  designing high performance pervasive computing
  systems

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Assessment

• Assessment
• Examination 70 (2 hours exam)
• Coursework 30 (quiz, simple exercises and
  programming assignment)
• Conceptual and theoretical (exam)
• Examination (70) will be concentrated on the
  conceptual and theoretical materials introduced
  in the lectures
• Quiz 11 (around week 8, to be announced later)
• Assignment and Exercises 19
• CS5389 Students
• 3 Reports/exercises (13)
• One simple J2ME exercise (total 6 )
• CS4289 Students
• 2 Reports/exercises (8)
• Two simple J2ME exercises (total 11 )

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Topics (preliminary)

• Introduction to Pervasive Computing
• Overview of Pervasive Computing Systems Smart
  Spaces and Operational Issues
• Introduction to J2ME programming
• Devices, Tools and Development
• Overview of Mobile Networks
• Positioning and Location-based Services
• Context-aware Services
• Embedded Control and Surveillance
• Stream Processing and Temporal Consistency
• Data Dissemination Push and Pull
• Sensor Networks and Routing Algorithms
• Sensor Query Processing

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References

• Uwe Hansmann, Lothar Merk, Martin S. Nicklous,
  Thomas Stober, Pervasive Computing, Springer
  (Han)
• Charles E. Perkins, Ad Hoc Networking, Addison
  Wesley (Perkins)
• C, Siva Ram Murthy and B.S. Manoj, Ad Hoc
  Wireless Networks Architectures and Protocols,
  Prentice Hall (Murthy)
• H.M Deitel, P.J. Deitel, T.R. Nieto and K.
  Steinbuhler, Wireless Internet Mobile Business,
  Prentice Hall, 2002 (Deitel)
• George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg,
  Distributed Systems Concepts and Design, Addison
  Wesley (DS)
• Yi-Bin Lin and Imrich Chlamtac, Wireless and
  Mobile Network Architectures, Wiley, 2001.
  (Architecture)
• Andrew Jagoe, Mobile Location Services, Prentice
  Hall, 2003. (Mobile)
• M. Satyanarayanan, Pervasive Computing Vision
  and Challenges, IEEE Personal Communication,
  August 2001 (Sat)
• M. Kumar, Pervasive Computing Education, IEEE
  Distributed Systems (Kumar)

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References

• GSMhttp//ccnga.uwaterloo.ca/jscouria/GSM/gsmrep
  ort.html
• www.xbow.com
• www.mobileinfo.com
• www.rfid.org
• Other resources in the web .

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Some Suggestions

• How to take the course
• Attend all the lectures/tutorials
• Read the handouts before and after the lectures
• Read the reference books and assigned papers (and
  other related materials)
• To attend the quiz
• To complete the assignments and exercises
• Search the Internet for related technologies (it
  is changing rapidly)
• Not just memorize the keywords and concepts
• Need to know the problems, and then the
  solutions, and also the underlying principles
• Just  to remind, according to CityU regulations,
  1 credit unit is earned by approximately 40-50
  hours of student work over a semester (including
  lectures/tutorials/lab, assignments, and study). 
  For a typical 3 credit unit course, with 3 hours
  lecture/tutorial/lab, a student should spend
  roughly 80 to 110 hours of additional work
  outside of class (each week 3-4hr 40-60hr for
  assignment works)