MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Spring 2004 Catalogue Supplement

6.893 Pervasive, Human-centric Computing (H)

L M 8:30-10am, W 8-9:30pm, Room 8-404
Dr. Larry Rudolph, Room NE43-208, 3-6562
Prereq.: 6.033
3-0-9

This subject qualifies as a Computer Systems and Architecture Concentration subject.

This course will cover many of the maturing technologies in input/output, networking, information infrasture. and ease-of-use that will become necessary as computers become small, pervasive, and in constant connection with each other. In particular, the course will cover handheld gui, speech, gesture, and location based input methods as well as several output mechanisms. Middleware systems that permit rapid integration of digital devices in the environment will also be studied in depth. Finally, several case-studies of other pervasive and ubiquitous systems will be analized.

The course will consist of lectures and tutorials. The tutorials will help the student in building systems using iPaq handhelds, cricket location hardware, security hardware, mobile phones, and 802.11 and bluetooth networks. Several assignments will involve interacting with groups of students in other parts of the world.