CMSC 818G/CMSC498Z
Course Overview
Information-Centric Design of Context-Aware Systems
Spring 2017
Aim: The aim of this course is to present an overview of different
aspects of the field of context-aware computing and systems.
Topics to be covered (tentative):
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Context,
Context-aware computing,
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Information
dynamics,
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Location –
indoor and outdoor,
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Design and
implementation of Context-aware systems,
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Context
modeling, Context reasoning, Learning from context,
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Systems aspects such as distributed and federated architecture,
performance of context-aware systems
Course work: The lectures will be broken down into 7 units of 4 classes each. Each unit will have 3 lecture classes followed by a discussion and project
update class.
Assignments: Each assignment will be done
individually and will consist of paper readings and a short
presentation/discussion and write up based on them.
Project: Every project group has to do a course project. There will be regular
project updates in class where students will present the work done so far.
Exams: There will be one mid-term and one end-term exam.
Grading: Grades will be based on assignments,
projects, and exams.
Textbook: There is no textbook for this course. Papers will be
assigned for reading.
This course counts as a PhD/MS/MS Comps qualifying course in Systems.
last modified 01/25/2017 AKA