Jeffrey J. Evans
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ECET 581S - Selected Topics in Sensor Networks  (Fall)

How will YOU help solve really BIG problems?

How about starting with billions of tiny computers, monitoring every aspect of your world?

Most people agree with the late Richard Smalley regarding his “Top 10” list of global problems. They included food, water, disease, and energy at the top of the list. These are problems you may have to deal with in your lifetime, problems that don’t know or care about politics, economics, or where you come from. One way to get information about where our water goes for instance is to measure it, using satellite images or clunky data loggers spread over the landscape. Another way is to take advantage of tiny electronics combined with wireless communications deploying “networks of sensors” or sensor networks. The application-specific nature of these networks presents new challenges in technology yet great opportunity for scientific discovery - to solve the BIG problems. This course is for students from many  disciplines, ranging from biological and chemical to agricultural and atmospheric sciences, and all areas in technology. You will be introduced to the general technological issues and constraints in sensor networking while focusing on a “core” issue or challenge in a specific application area as the central theme of each semester, and - YOUR INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM picks the application! You will be directly exposed to the current state-of-the-art in off-the-shelf sensor network components and the class will analyze the state of current standards and research trends.  Trips to a functioning, deployed sensor network in the field are also planned.

3 Credits    Prerequisites: Graduate Status


                                                                                              
ECET 581Y - High Performance Computing Systems  (Fall)

How will YOU help solve really BIG problems?

How about starting with lots of computers working as if they were one?

Most people agree with the late Richard Smalley regarding his “Top 10” list of global problems. They included food, water, disease, and energy at the top of the list. Industry also faces increasing challenges associated with product development, business management, and financial prediction and planning. One way to get information about financial trends for instance is to simulate them, using historical data and sophisticated models. These problems can grow to be very large, requiring many machines executing in parallel to obtain answers in a reasonable time. The nature of these machines presents new challenges in technology yet great opportunity for scientific discovery - to solve the BIG problems. This course is for students from many disciplines spanning    biological, chemical, agricultural and atmospheric sciences, computer sciences, and areas in engineering and technology. You will be introduced to the general technological challenges and constraints in high performance computing and cyberinfrastructure while focusing on operational issues such as file systems, systems software, libraries, interconnection systems and message passing, resource managers, and other tools.  You will build, benchmark, troubleshoot and maintain a computational cluster, while learning about trends in the state of the art. You will be capable of deploying and maintaining small to mid-sized cluster systems once you have completed this course.  Trips to functioning high performance computing facilities are also planned.

3 Credits    Prerequisites: Graduate Status


ECET 581T - Embedded Systems Security  (Spring)

Coming Soon!

 



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