Tik-111.590 (2-3 cr) fall 2001
The key element of pervasive computing is the omnipresence of information devices. These devices can be embedded into cars, planes and even clothes. They may also be independent information appliances: mobile phones, screenphones or PDAs. This seminar focuses on the many emerging technologies and the sercives they enable.
The seminar is based on Uwe Hansmann's book Pervasive Computing Handbook. Most of the seminar topics come from this book.
Schedule
General Information
There are no official prerequirements for participation in this course, altough previous experience with the topics is helpful. The number of participants is limited to about 20 students (post-graduate students have higher priority). Professors Petri Vuorimaa and Lauri Savioja are the teachers while Tommi Ilmonen acts as an assistant.Course participation
Thsi course has three parts: speech (18 or 28 min), article (10 to 12 pages) and being opponent to another student during the final seminar.Grading
Students get a mark between 0 and 5. The grade will be a weighted average of article and seminar speech grades. The report has a weight of 75 % while the lecture a weight of 25 %. Both the paper and the speech must be accepted for a student to pass the course.Credits
Usually students will get two credits from the course. It is also possible to get three credits by making a longer report and a longer presentation. If you want to do so, please talk to the course personnel before returning the preversion of the report.Links
Seminar Pages
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Tommi Ilmonen - Tommi.Ilmonen_at_tml.hut.fi.
Last update 27.11.2001.
URL:
http://www.tml.hut.fi/Studies/Tik-111.590/2001s/index.html