Year:11/12
Department:Computing and Communications (School of)
Level:Postgraduate (Masters level)
Learning Hours:200
Credit Points:20
Course Convenor:Dr MD Hazas
Status:Live
Assessment Rules
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Curriculum Design: Outline Syllabus
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Device trends: smart embedded devices, information appliances and wearable computers
Sensing and context acquisition in ubiquitous computing: location and identification technologies, wireless sensor platforms, and distributed machine perception
New trends in networking and communications, e.g. proximity-based networking and communication protocols for wireless sensor networks
Human interaction in ubiquitous computing environments: tangible user interfaces, ambient displays and augmented reality interfaces.
Privacy and security Educational Aims: Subject Specific: Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
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This course will consider technology trends in devices, networks, physical interfacing and discuss challenges in system, software and interaction design towards ubiquitous computing.
Learning Outcomes: Subject Specific: Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
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- obtain an understanding of key technologies involved in the development of the next generation of computing systems, and gain insights into design challenges both from a systems viewpoint and from a human-computer interaction perspective.
- be exposed to technology trends and system design challenges that are expected to have a major impact across a wide range of application domains.
Curriculum Design: Select Bibliography
back to topStudents will be provided with selected papers on state of the art developments in Ubiquitous Computing for preparation of a presentation in class.
