Ubiquitous & Pervasive Computing  2012S

Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing

Spring Semester, 2012
Computer Science and Information Engineering Department
資訊工程學系與研究所
Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia
資訊網路與多媒體研究所
National Taiwan University
國立臺灣大學
Class Time: Mon 2:20 ~ 5:00 pm
Room: CSIE 310


Course Description:

"The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it." Mark Weiser, "Computer for the 21th Century," Scientific American, September, 1991.

Ubiquitous and pervasive computing (UbiComp/PerCom) is about how computing will be used in the future. It is about moving beyond the traditional desktop computing model, into embedding computing into everyday objects and everyday activities. The vision is that the virtual (computing) space will be seamlessly integrated with our physical environment, such that we as people cease to take notice of computing artifacts. In this course, we will focus specifically on the following topics to realize this vision of ubiquitous computing:

This is a research-level course with the goal of preparing graduate students and (senior) undergraduate students for research in the area of ubiquitous and pervasive computing. This course will have four main components: in-class discussion, a few mini-assignments, a big semester-long project, and many paper reading & presentation. We expect "in-class discussion" to dominate this course's learning process. Papers will be used as references to generate discussion as well as ideas for course projects. In the course projects, students will form teams to explore actual design and prototype of ubiquitous computing systems.

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