MIT 6.883 & SMA 5508

Pervasive Human-Centric Computing

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Spring Semester, 2006

Slides (1 per page and 2 per page) available before lecture; slides with annotations (SA's) will be available 24 hours after lecture.

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Slides are available the morning before each lecture. Print them out only if you want to take notes on them. Lecture notes are available after the lecture. The lecture notes include pictures of the slides, so you don't need to print both.

Monday	Wednesday
Feb 6 (Reg Day)	Feb 8 L1: Overview slides (1 pp) (2 pp) Readings: Designing Calm Technology Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown. A slightly update html version is also available here. Computer Science Challenges for the Next Ten Years Slides by Mark Weiser
Feb 13 L2: iPaq, Python & Connectivity Larry's Slides (ppt) (pdf 1spp, 2 spp) Guido van Rossum's Slides (ppt) (pdf 1spp, 2 spp) Jamey Hicks linux-ipaq Slides (ppt) (pdf 2 spp) Annotations plus slides not ready yet. Readings: Dive Into Python and a Python Tutorial	Feb 15 L3: Sockets & Bluetooth Slides (ppt) Readings: Chapters 1, 2, and 4 of a book-in-progress on bluetooth programming. (pdf -- 42 pages) Whole book (mainly addition of chapter 3, on C programming, which you will not need) (pdf -- 77 pages) Zigby (discussion postponed to later in semester)
Feb 21 L4: Bluetooth Larry's Slides (ppt) (pdf 1spp, 2 spp) Problem Set 2 out Readings: Something on pocketpc vs symbian vs linux Symbian Python Programming	Feb 22 L5: Location -- GPS Larry's Slides (ppt pdf: 1spp 2spp) How GPS Works (ppt pdf 1spp 2spp) Information on GPS receiver data formats Readings: Location Aware Application Privacy Concerns (Barkuus-Dey & Ackerman-Darrell-Weitzner) (also see article by Barkuss-Dey "Is Context-Aware Computing Taking Control away from the User?" UbiComp 2003, pp 149--156 -- not sure if we have permission to pu this on the web. Write to me for a copy) Mobile Context Aware Survey Context Aware Toolkit (download software) Google Maps API
Feb 27 L6: Location -- API Larry's Slides (ppt pdf: 1spp 2spp) Readings:	March 1 L7: Location Cricket BATS (ppt, 1 spp, 2 spp) and Crickets (ppt, 1 spp, 2 spp) Readings Cricket Reference Manual (pdf) Suplimentatl Readings: BATS (Active Badges) html Sentient Computing (pdf) Context Aware App (pdf) Kalman Filters (pdf) Bayesian Techniques (pdf) and with Voronoi Graph (pdf) Tracking with Crickets (pdf) Self Configuring Beacons (pdf) Rest Detection (pdf) Ubisense (company) (html) Bodhi's Phd Thesis (pdf 199 pages)
March 6 L8: Phone Programming Slides (ppt, 1 slide per page , 2 slides per page) Symbian Python Reference Version 1.3 (80 pages pdf) Readings:	March 8 L8: GUI and Phone Programming Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:
March 13 L10: Human Factors	March 15 L11: Accessibility Issues Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:
March 20 Preliminary Project Presentations Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:	March 22 Preliminary Project Presentations
March 27 spring break	March 29 spring break
April 3 L12: Speech Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:	April 5 L13: Speech Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:
April 10 L14: Handwriting Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:	April 12 L15: Vision Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:
April 17 no class	April 19 L16: Kiosk Slides only Lecture notes including slides Readings:
April 24 L17: Security Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:	April 26 L18: Operating System Issues Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:
May 1 L19: To Be Announced Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:	May 3 No class (GR5 demos)
May 8 L20: TBA Slides only Lecture notes with slides Readings:	May 10 Quiz 2
May 15 Demo Day	May 17 Demo Day