Computer Science 528 - Mobile and Ubiquit. Computing

This course will introduce students to the field of mobile sensing and ubiquitous computing (Ubicomp) - an emerging CS research area that aims to design and develop disruptive technologies with hardware and software systems for real-world messy, noisy and mobile scenarios. The students will learn how to build mobile sensing systems, how to implement it with ubiquitous computing tools, how to make sense of the sensor data and model the target variables. Lastly, the students will learn how to critically think about problems in many application areas including Human-Computer Interaction, Medicine, Sustainability, and Transportation, and subsequently practice to find appropriate Ubicomp solutions. Specifically, the course focuses on formal lectures, class discussions, hands-on data collection, prototyping exercises, assignments and end of the term final project. Students will be required to lead discussions, debate, critique papers, do mini-projects and assignments and run an end of term final project.

Open to junior and senior Computer Science majors who have completed both COMPSCI 230 and 240 with a grade of C or better. PREVIOUSLY COMPSCI 590U. LECT 01 FOR UNDERGRADS; LECT 02 FOR GRADS. SEATS HELD IN LECT 02 FOR INCOMING GRAD STUDENT REGISTRATION. SOME BACKGROUND IN MACHINE LEARNING, SIGNAL PROCESSING, EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, PHYSICAL COMPUTING IS HELPFUL. INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION FOR STUDENTS WITH ALTERNATE PREREQUISITES. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ONLINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.