Internet of Things (Spring 2024)

Abstract

This course gives an introduction to IoT as well as practical experience with the design and implementation of end-to-end IoT systems.

Practical examples and exercises will predominatly be from domains Energy and Environment.

Description

The course will be composed of six parts:
    Architecture of IoT systems
    Sensing and actuation
    Operating system and abstraction levels in networked embedded systems
    IoT networking
    Security
    Energy aspects - consumption and optimization

Formal prerequisites

Before the course, the students should be able to:
     program in C and Python
     understand basic concepts of operating systems and distributed systems
     understand basic concepts of scientific method and measurement

Intended learning outcomes

After the course, the student should be able to:

• describe the architecture of IoT systems
• design, implement and evaluate networked embedded systems
• evaluate and compare a range of IoT networking technologies
• analyse the energy consumption of networked embedded systems
• analyse security issues associated with IoT systems
• design, implement and evaluate an IoT system
• reason about the societal impact of IoT systems

Ordinary exam

Exam type:
D: Submission of written work with following oral, Internal (7-point scale)
Exam variation:
D11: Submission with following oral exam based on the submission.