CS 546: Intelligent Embedded Systems

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CS 546 Intelligent Embedded Systems

• Gaurav S. Sukhatme
• Robotic Embedded Systems Lab
• Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems
• Computer Science Department
• University of Southern California
• gaurav_at_usc.edu
• http//robotics.usc.edu/gaurav/CS546

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People

• Professor Gaurav Sukhatme
• Gaurav not Professor Sukhatme, or Professor
  Gaurav, or Sir, or Professor, or hey you
• gaurav_at_usc.edu
• TA Karthik Dantu (be nice to him, he has real
  power)
• dantu_at_usc.edu
• Grader Vinay Malekal
• malekal_at_usc.edu

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Introduction

• Course outline
• Sign up sheet
• Questionnaire
• Grading
• Project
• Readings
• Q A

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Interaction

• Course webpage is at
• robotics.usc.edu/gaurav/CS546
• Check every day
• you are responsible for keeping up with the class
• web updates
• email updates
• If you have a question first check the web page,
  dont fire off an email to me or Karthik or Vinay

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Interaction

• Come (prepared) to class
• might learn something
• read online notes and papers before class
• Come to TA office hours (details on website) or
  schedule an office hour with me
• come with meaningful questions, not to chat
• On the signup sheet, give me a reliable email
  address that will work all semester. Unless you
  have a great reason not to this should be your
  USC address

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Readings

• Lecture notes and/or papers for each class are
  online (or soon will be)
• Before coming to class, you must read the
  assigned papers
• For some papers you need turn in a written
  summary and critique (details on the web page)

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Grading

• Paper summaries and critiques 10
• 4 programming assignments 40
• Project 50
• No midterm or final exam

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Questionnaire

• A quick assessment of whether you have the
  background for this class
• If you dont have the background, you will not be
  permitted to register for the class
• If you didnt turn in a questionnaire to the CS
  office, fill it out now, and turn it in

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Project

• I will suggest project teams (negotiable to a
  certain extent)
• I will assign projects to teams (negotiable to a
  certain extent)
• Each team designs and develops an application for
  the ENS box a new platform from Aevena Corp.
  (some exceptions)
• You will be given hardware to work with
• take care of it
• due back at the end of the semester
• you break it, you buy it

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Project

• 3/7 Design review 1 written report and in
  class presentation
• 4/4 Design review 2 written report and in
  class presentation
• 4/25 Final report and presentation

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Project

• Start early
• Most of you will find that your grade will
  strongly depend on the project
• experience shows that the big variations happen
  there
• very little hand holding is provided (no code
  stubs, few hints)
• largely open-ended projects
• Start early

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So what is this class about ?

• How to design scalable, distributed,
  application-level software for embedded systems
  which have constraints on processing, power,
  communication
• In particular our interest is in systems that
  interact with the physical world through sensors
  and (to a lesser extent) actuators
• Combine a set of readings about state of the art
  research with learning by doing

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Course Outline

• Introduction
• Background and building blocks
• Principles of sensing and actuation
• Networking overview
• Time synchronization
• Localization
• Energy management
• Adaptive sampling and data management
• Project presentations
• Spring break
• Environmental monitoring
• NAMOS
• Project presentations
• NIMS
• Guest lecture Cyclops
• Final project presentations