203A - Introduction to Ubiquitous Computing

Notes from lecture 1

Class URL: www.ics.uci.edu/~lopes/teaching/ubicomp
 

About reading assignments.
Students sign up for two topics, but only one topic will be assigned to each student; the final assignment will be made by the Professor, according to students' preferences. Send preferences by Fri. Oct. 10 (to lopes@ics.uci.edu). Students' presentations start on the 6th lecture (Oct. 16). Planned slots per topic:

Topic

Number of slots

OS & Middleware 2
Comm. & Networking

3

Alternative media

2

Sensors

2

HCI 4
Security & Privacy

2

Software Engineering 1


About lecture 2 (Oct. 2).
Format: Workshop.
Mandatory readings: Weiser, Abowd-tochi
Additional readings: Allen, Constas, Dey, Harter, Marti, Rantanen, Ross
For each mandatory paper and one additional paper of your choice:
      (1) identify most interesting points;
      (2) add or rewrite small section/paragraph;
      (3) prepare an oral summary of 1 minute per paper related to (1) and (2).
Deliverable: a 1 page written summary.


About lecture 3 (Oct. 7)
Format: Workshop
Select a Sci-Fi movie/book.
Prepare a 5-minute-long oral presentation describing a Ubicomp situation.
Deliverable: a 1 page written summary or 1 PPT slide.