Lectures and Papers

The class schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Lec #1: Introduction and Course Overview

Mon, Sep 14, 2020

• Lecture slides [PDF]

• Lecture video [Zoom]

• S. Keshav, How to Read a Paper, SIGCOMM CCR 2007.

Lec #2: Sensing & Localization

Mon, Sep 21, 2020

• Lecture slides [PDF]

• Lecture video [Zoom]

• Required: Intro to Localization, Wireless Sensing

• Optional: Cricket, RADAR, Wikipedia:GPS, Contactless Vital Sign Sensing

Lec #3: Connectivity - BLE & Communications

Mon, Sep 28, 2020

• Lecture slides [PDF]

• Lecture video [Zoom]

• Required: Browsing the Web of Connected Things, Underwater-to-Air Communications

• Optional: The Wireless Channel

Lec #4: Power - Energy Harvesting & Backscatter

Mon, Oct 5, 2020

• Lecture slides [PDF]

• Lecture video [Zoom]

• Required: WISP, RFind (Section 2.1 only), RFind (Section 3.1 only)

• Optional: RFID-based Sensing

Mon, Oct 12, 2020: No Class (Indigenous Peoples’ Day)

Lec #5: Acoustic Sensing & Imaging

Tues, Oct 13, 2020

• Lecture video [Seminar Series by Prof. Lili Qiu (UT Austin)] [Lecture Discussion]

• Required (2 papers): High-Precision Acoustic Tracking, Acoustic Imaging

• Optional (2 papers): Follow Me Drone, Device-Free Acoustic Tracking

Lec #6: Smart Surfaces for Indoor Wireless

Mon, Oct 19, 2020

• Lecture video [Seminar Series by Prof. Kyle Jamieson (Princeton)] [Lecture Discussion]

• Required (2 papers): Programmable Radio Environments, Large Inexpensive Arrays

• Optional (2 papers): RFocus, Metasurfaces

Lec #7: IoT Security

Mon, Oct 26, 2020

• Lecture video [Seminar Series by Prof. Kevin Fu (UMich)

• Required (2 papers): Trusting the Physics of Sensors, Light Commands

• Optional (2 papers): Hacking Inertial Sensors, Inaudible Commands

Lec #8: 5G, Millimeter-Waves, & Self-Driving Cars

Mon, Nov 2, 2020

• Lecture video [Seminar Series by Prof. Haitham Hassanieh (UIUC)

• Required (2 papers): Through-Fog Imaging, Millimeter-Wave Networks

• Optional (2 papers): Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Software Radio, Google Soli Project

Lec #9: Mobile Health Biomarkers

Mon, Nov 9, 2020

• Lecture video [Seminar Series by Prof. Tanzeem Choudhury (Cornell)]

• Required (2 papers): Visible Light Communication, Piezo-Acoustic Backscatter

• Optional (4 papers): Mindless Computing, EmotionCheck, BoostMeUp, Regulating Feelings

Lec #10: Visibile Light Communications and Sensing

Mon, Nov 16, 2020

• Lecture video [Seminar Series by Prof. Xia Zhou (Dartmouth)]

• Optional (2 papers): Metamaterials, Localization

Mon, Nov 23, 2020: No Class (Thanksgiving Break)

Lec #11: Low-Power Wide-Area Networks

Mon, Nov 30, 2020

• Required (2 papers): Choir, Quail

• Optional (2 papers): Joltik, Opr

Lec #12: Project Presentations & Demos

Mon, Dec 7, 2020