Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing

CS 7470 Spring 2000

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Spring 99 Ubicomp class

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Instructors/TAs

Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt (Instructor)

Office: 256 College of Computing Building (CCB)
Phone: (404) 894-7243
Email: mynatt@cc.gatech.edu
Office Hours: TBD

Dr. Thad E. Starner (Instructor)

Office: 378 CRB (GTRI building at 10th and Dalney)
Phone: (404) 385-0816
Email: testarne@cc.gatech.edu
Office Hours:TBD

Kent Lyons (TA)

Office: FCLab CRB
Email: kent@cc.gatech.edu
Office Hours: TBD

Syllabus

This syllabus is subject to change as the semester progresses. It is the student's responsibility to regularly check the syllabus for updates. The purpose of the syllabus is to announce the topic for various lectures as well as reading assignments that students are responsible for reading before the lecture. As the semester progresses, significant changes to this syllabus will be indicated in RED.

March has been reorganized

Week Date Topic Readings Prepared
lectures Individual assignments

1 1/11 Introduction Grading PowerPoint'97 Fill in Who's Who

1/13 History and Visions history papers PowerPoint'97

2 1/18 History and Visions (cont'd) history papers PowerPoint'97

1/20 Physical Limitations - Power Feynman, Johnson,
and Martin papers
Starner power paper

3 1/25 Physical limitations - Heat Starner heat paper
Intel power guidelines HTML

1/27 Bill McNemene, Case study: Firefighting with wearables

4 2/1 Dr. Manny Oliver, Energy Systems Group, Motorola Context-aware computing
Automated capture PowerPoint'97

2/3 Application Themes for Ubicomp Context-aware computing
Automated capture 1-PowerPoint'97
2-PowerPoint'97 Technology tutorial
Initial Draft

5 2/8 More on Ubicomp Application Themes

2/10 Networking Basics General networking
and wireless PowerPoint'97

6 2/15 Networking (cont'd) Ubicomp-relevant
Body networks
RF ID

2/17 Wayfinding PowerPoint'97

7 2/22 Sensors and Positioning Positioning technologies HTML Project
Proposal

2/24 Sensors (cont'd)

8 2/29 Input for ubicomp Input technologies PowerPoint'97

3/2 Input for ubicomp (cont'd) Extended research papers
Initial Draft

9 3/6-10 Spring Break!

10 3/14 Interval presentation

3/16 Output Output

11 3/21 Output - Sound PowerPoint'97 Project
Design Document

3/23 Tangible/Graspable UI Applications

12 3/28 Project Presentations

3/30 Project Presentations (cont'd) Technology tutorial
Final Draft

13 4/4 Guest: Raj Bridgelall from Symbol

4/6 Wearable Applications

14 4/11 Wearable Computing Wearable applications

4/13 Everyday Use Wearable applications Extended research papers
Final Draft

15 4/18 Software Engineering Issues SE themes
Integration technologies
Operating systems PowerPoint'97

4/20 Wrap Up

16 4/25 Project Presentations Project
Prototype

4/27 Project Presentations

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Kent Lyons <kent@cc.gatech.edu>

Week	Date	Topic	Readings	Prepared lectures	Individual assignments
1	1/11	Introduction	Grading	PowerPoint'97	Fill in Who's Who
	1/13	History and Visions	history papers	PowerPoint'97
2	1/18	History and Visions (cont'd)	history papers	PowerPoint'97
	1/20	Physical Limitations - Power	Feynman, Johnson, and Martin papers Starner power paper
3	1/25	Physical limitations - Heat	Starner heat paper Intel power guidelines	HTML
	1/27	Bill McNemene, Case study: Firefighting with wearables
4	2/1	Dr. Manny Oliver, Energy Systems Group, Motorola	Context-aware computing Automated capture	PowerPoint'97
	2/3	Application Themes for Ubicomp	Context-aware computing Automated capture	1-PowerPoint'97 2-PowerPoint'97	Technology tutorial Initial Draft
5	2/8	More on Ubicomp Application Themes
	2/10	Networking Basics	General networking and wireless	PowerPoint'97
6	2/15	Networking (cont'd)	Ubicomp-relevant Body networks RF ID
	2/17	Wayfinding		PowerPoint'97
7	2/22	Sensors and Positioning	Positioning technologies	HTML	Project Proposal
	2/24	Sensors (cont'd)
8	2/29	Input for ubicomp	Input technologies	PowerPoint'97
	3/2	Input for ubicomp (cont'd)			Extended research papers Initial Draft
9	3/6-10	Spring Break!
10	3/14	Interval presentation
	3/16	Output	Output
11	3/21	Output - Sound		PowerPoint'97	Project Design Document
	3/23	Tangible/Graspable UI	Applications
12	3/28	Project Presentations
	3/30	Project Presentations (cont'd)			Technology tutorial Final Draft
13	4/4	Guest: Raj Bridgelall from Symbol
	4/6	Wearable Applications
14	4/11	Wearable Computing	Wearable applications
	4/13	Everyday Use	Wearable applications		Extended research papers Final Draft
15	4/18	Software Engineering Issues	SE themes Integration technologies Operating systems	PowerPoint'97
	4/20	Wrap Up
16	4/25	Project Presentations			Project Prototype
	4/27	Project Presentations