CS3720 Adv. Topics on Internet of Things

Location: Jan 11-25 on Zoom.  ID: 92926715959
Location: Jan 30-April 30  SENSQ 6516 (near the water fountains)
Office hours (Sennott Sq 6423): Mon 3:00-4:15pm, Wed 5:45-7:15pm, or by appointment

Daniel Mosse 6243 Sennott Square, 412-624-8923, mosse@cs.pitt.edu

• Purpose of the course

  IoT (or IOT, aka Internet of Things) is everywhere. This seminar is intented to further the knowledge of IoT development as well as specific issues in the design of these systems. After completing this course, the student will be able to understand the issues in the design basic IOT systems.
  

  In this seminar we will examine several aspects and techniques of IOT, including power management issues, security problems, real-time networks, fault tolerance issues, and other related issues (covering anything that we may find interesting, nothing that we do not find interesting).  We will drive the class based on student interests and current topics.
  

• Pre-requisites

  Students are assumed to know basic operating system principles, such as scheduling, response time, deadlocks, critical sections (undergraduate level).
  

• Grading system

  There will be no exams and rarely assignments, except for reading assignments, which will be frequent. The grade for the course will be divided into

  • 15% in-class (or online) quizzes and reviews on the material to be read weekly
  • 25% presentation of 2-3 papers chosen by the student with approval of the instructor  (2 presentations throughout the semester)
    
  • 15% class participation
  • 45% project, which can be either of the following (both options include a 5-page, 1.5 spacing, 1-inch margin, 11-pt font, written report):
    • programming project on or in a Real System
    • simulation of a problem, with results of the simulated solution
    • in-depth presentation of a problem, with an extensive literature review, an analysis of shortcomings and a solution.
    The project has an estimated 75 hours total work per student, (5hrs per week on average) ; this is in addition to writing project descriptions, reports, etc. The goal of this project is to produce a workshop-quality paper, with the further objective of publishing a paper. Students are welcome to coordinate projects with their fellow students (ie, form groups!  max group size = 2) in order to make the project more comprehensive.

  
  

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• List of Topics
  • Introduction to IOT
  • Sensor networks
  • Embedded systems
  • Real-time systems
  • Cloud
    
  • Resource and application models
  • Fault tolerance techniques
  • Power and energy management
  • Security
  • Ethics
  • Data streaming
  • Commercialization/innovation
  
  

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• Format of the Course

  This course will begin with the instructor presenting the basic concepts, and relevant issues to give students a strong background in the material. This first part of the course will take approximately 4 weeks. In the next 11 weeks, the students will be responsible for reading, understanding and presenting papers of the student's election (with the help of the instructor, if desired; with approval of the instructor in any case). The papers presented will also be discussed in class by the class.

  The programming part of the course will entail understanding how an IOT system works, and familiarizing oneself with it. Students suggest projects, or may take projects suggested by the instructor. Projects may be individual or in groups, depending on the scope and length of the project.  Groups are encouraged.

  
  

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• Texts

  No textbook will be required, as we will examine recent papers published in the literature. References will be available in advance.