Advanced Topics in Ubiquitous Computing

Course Information

Instructor	Alex Mariakakis (email)
Instructor Office Hours	Saturdays, 4:00PM – 6:00PM (CSE 507)
Teaching Assistant	Eric Whitmire (email)
Teaching Assistant Office Hours	Sundays, 12:00PM – 2:00PM (CSE 507)
Course Time	Thursdays, 6:00PM – 8:50PM (EEB 003)

Course Description

The aim of this class will be to introduce you to ubiquitous computing (ubicomp). We will focus on how traditional topics of computing have evolved to support the vision of a connected, portable, and human-centric computing environment. Because ubicomp is an applied field, the course covers contributions across various fields: human-computer interaction, embedded computing, computer vision, distributed systems, machine learning, and electrical engineering. You will gain practical experience in developing sensing systems for activity recognition and gestural interaction. The course will be a combination of lectures, tutorials, class discussions, and demonstrations. You will be evaluated on your class participation, reading summaries, and individual assignments/mini-projects (6 assignments in total). Occasional tutorials on necessary skills will be provided at the first half of the class-time (e.g., Android and Arduino programming). The rest of the class time will be used for discussions on the required readings. You are allowed to work in groups to learn the material, but are required to complete and submit individual work. There are no pre-requisites for the course.

Schedule

Date	Discussion Topic, Readings, and/or Videos	Lectures and Tutorials	Assignments
Thu Mar 29, 2018	Introduction to Ubiquitous Computing	What is UbiComp? Sensors	A0 assigned
Thu Apr 05, 2018	History of UbiComp Required: The Computer for the 21st Century Mark Weiser, Scientific American, September 1991. Optional: Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in Ubiquitous Computing Gregory Abowd and Elizabeth Mynatt, ACM TOCHI 2000. What next, Ubicomp? Celebrating an intellectual disappearing act Gregory Abowd, UbiComp 2012.	Android	A0 due A1 assigned
Thu Apr 12, 2018	Novel Interaction Required: Soli: Ubiquitous Gesture Sensing with Millimeter Wave Radar Jaime Lien et al, SIGGRAPH 2016. Optional: Tomo: Wearable, Low-cost, Electrical Impedance Tomography for Hand Gesture Recognition Yang Zhang and Chris Harrison, UIST 2015.	Signal Processing
Thu Apr 19, 2018	Activity Tracking Required: A Long-Term Evaluation of Sensing Modalities for Activity Recognition Beth Logan et al, UbiComp 2007. Optional: Inferring Activities from Interactions with Objects Matthai Philipose et al, PerCom 2004.	Machine Learning Part I	A1 due A2 assigned
Thu Apr 26, 2018	Smart Homes Required: ElectriSense: Single-Point Sensing Using EMI for Electrical Event Detection and Classification in the Home Sidhant Gupta et al, UbiComp 2010. Optional: Televisions, video privacy, and powerline electromagnetic interference Miro Enev et al, CCS 2011.	Machine Learning Part II
Thu May 03, 2018	Low-Power Sensing Required: Energy-efficient computing for wildlife tracking: design tradeoffs and early experiences with ZebraNet Philo Juang et al, ASPLOS 2002. Optional: EM-Comm: Touch-based Communication via Modulated Electromagnetic Emissions Chouchang 'Jack' Yang and Alanson P. Sample, UbiComp 2017.	Arduino	A2 due A3 assigned
Thu May 10, 2018	Health Sensing Required: BiliCam: Using Mobile Phones to Monitor Newborn Jaundice Lilian de Greef et al, UbiComp 2014. Optional: BiliScreen: Using Mobile Phones to Monitor Newborn Jaundice Alex Mariakakis et al, UbiComp 2017.
Thu May 17, 2018	Fabrication Required: HapticPrint: Designing Feel Aesthetics for 3D Printing Cesar Torres et al, UIST 2015. BlowFab: Rapid Prototyping for Rigid and Reusable Objects using Inflation of Laser-cut Surfaces Junichi Yamaoka et al, UIST 2017. LaserOrigami: Laser-Cutting 3D Objects Stefanie Mueller et al, CHI 2013. faBrickation: Fast 3D printing of Functional Objects With Building Blocks Stefanie Mueller et al, CHI 2014. A Series of Tubes: Adding Interactivity to 3D Prints Using Internal Pipes Valkyrie Savage et al, UIST 2014. Acoustruments: Passive, Acoustically-Driven, Interactive Controls for Devices Gierad Laput et al, CHI 2015.	3D Printing	A3 due A4 assigned
Thu May 24, 2018	Wearables Required: Functional, RF-Trilayer Sensors for Tooth-Mounted, Wireless Monitoring of the Oral Cavity and Food Consumption Peter Tseng et al, Advanced Materials 2018. Optional: Chroma: A Wearable Augmented-Reality Solution for Color Blindness Enrico Tanuwidjaja et al, UbiComp 2014.	Arduino to Android	A4 due A5 assigned
Thu May 31, 2018	Edge Computing Required: Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges Weisong Shi et al, IEEE Internet of Things Journal. Optional: MobileNets: Efficient Convolutional Neural Networks for Mobile Vision Applications Andrew G. Howard et al, arXiv.
Thu Jun 07, 2018			A5 due