Seminar
Announcement, Fall 2001
Mobile and Ubiquitous
Computing
CSCI 7143-002: Topics in
Computer Systems –
Mobile Computing
The
dawn of the age of ubiquitous computing is upon us. Everyday devices such as wireless PDA’s, video-enabled cell
phones, Bluetooth-enabled toys, sensors, I/O devices, household appliances, and
kiosks will be interconnected and able to interact with one another. Our goals are to understand the
state-of-the-art in mobile and ubiquitous computing research, and to build
creative research projects in this area.
This seminar will include such topics as:
·
Service
discovery protocols: e.g. Jini, UPNP, SLP
·
Ubiquitous
Computing systems: e.g. HP’s Cooltown, Microsoft’s EasyLiving, Compaq’s Itsy,
Xerox’s PARCTab
·
Location-aware
computing: e.g. Active badge system, RADAR, Cricket, GPS
·
Mobile
TCP/IP networking: e.g. wireless TCP, Mobile IP, ad-hoc routing
·
Low-power
computing: Itsy, low-power design of applications, networking protocols, and
hardware
·
Security:
e.g. 802.11b WEP, authorization/access control
Depending on time, additional topics may include
wireless multimedia, GUI’s for mobile devices, mobile databases, and
multi-device computing. Students will
be asked to build/create an innovative research project for presentation at the
end of the semester. There will also be
a couple of interim assignments.
Instructor: Professor Rick Han, rhan@cs.colorado.edu, ECOT 521
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and
familiarity with TCP/IP networking. Interested undergrads should contact the instructor.
Schedule
& Location:
MW 4-5:15 pm, ECOT 831 (originally MUEN D144)
Course number: CSCI 7143-002, Call # 14491. See also the CS Web site: https://www.cs.colorado.edu/courses/schedules/fall/fall.html