• Targeting audience: graduate students who are interested in pursuing research in Sensor Network.
• Aim: Introduction to and Wireless Sensor Network and their applications.
• Nature of the course: Mostly based on paper discussion.

• Wireless sensor network
• Phone sensing

The aim of this course

• Know what is Sensor Network
• Familiarize with the typical research cycle
• Know how to write and present your work in English

• If you don't have sufficient background, try to review the following books
• Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking), 3rd Edition, Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie , ISBN 1-55860-833-8
• Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 3rd Edition, James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, and Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-97699-4

Prof. Kun-chan Lan
Office: Room 309 (East Block, Yun-Ping building, Kuang-Fu Campus)
Office hours: 11-12pm on Monday, 11-12pm on Wednesday, or by appointment via e-mail

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TEL: +886 6 2757575 ext 62550

Jensen Office: Room 402 (East Block, Yun-Ping building, Kuang-Fu Campus)
Office hours: 14-16pm on Wednesday
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TEL: 06-2757575 ext.62520 ext. 35

• Have taken fundamental courses on data networks and know basic things from layer 3 and above
• Know how TCP/IP network works and some basic networking terms
• Some software skill such as Unix, C/C++, or experience with scripting language

• Paper review and presentation – 40%
• Survey paper – 20%
• Final project (40%)

Extra credit
         * Class participation
         * Up to 10%

• week 1 (9/18) out for conference
• week 2 (9/25) Administration issues
• week 3 (10/2) Tutorial on TinyOS and sensors (Jensen)
• week 4 (10/9) Tutorial on programming on Android phone (John)
• week 5 (10/16) Introduction to Mobile Ad hoc Network
• week 6 (10/23) Introduction to Sensor Network (I)
• week 7 (10/30) Introduction to Sensor Network (II)
• week 8 (11/6) Introduction to Vehicular Sensor Network (I)
• week 9 (11/13) Tutorial on VANET simulation (Jensen)
• week 10 (11/20) Introduction to Vehicular Sensor Network (II)
• week 11 (11/27) Tutorial on EEG Sensing (Cosmo)
• week 12 (12/4) Phone Sensing
• week 13 (12/11) Sensor network and Cloud Computing
• week 14 (12/18) Sensor Data Dissemination
• Week 15 (12/25) Participatory Sensing
• week 16 (1/1) School holiday
• week 17 (1/8) Final Project demo

• Pick 2 SensorNet-related papers that interest you from the reading list
• The paper you review should be related to the survey paper you’re going to do
• Send TA the list by the end of week 3 (10/2)

• What are the major issues addressed in the paper? Are these issues important?
• Novelty and creativity of the paper?
• Technical depth of the paper?
• What are the strengths of the paper?
• What are the weakness of the paper? Can you improve the paper?
• Writing style and readability?

• Do you describe the motivation of the paper?
• Do you describe the methodology used in the paper?
• Do you point out the strength of the paper?
• Do you point out the weakness or limitations of the paper?
• Is your presentation understandable?

• Reading-based
• 2 paper reviews from the reading list on the course web page

Survey paper
         * Write a survey paper form the list of topics given 
                  - Submit a 6-page, 10-pt-font, single-spaced report by the end of week 10
         * Topics for survey paper
                  - Phone Sensing
                  - Sensor Network for HealthCare
                  - Vehicular Sensor Network
         * Tips for writing survey paper
                 - Categorize first
                 - Should have at least 20 references

Formality
         * Individual project or group project (i.e. 1-2 persons per group)

Write-up
         * At least 6-page, 10-pt-font, single-spaced report by the end of final week

Project Presentation
         * Each person will submit a project report
         * Each person will present your project work
         * The class and I will give you our feedback on the work

Topics for Term project
        * Phone Sensing
                - Display your brain-wave on the phone
                - Display the car sensor data on the phone
                - Tongue Diagnosis (中醫舌診) on the phone
                - Collaborative Trajectory sharing
                - Collaborative bandwidth sharing
        * If you want to do something other than the above topics
                - Send me proposal about what you want to do
                - Convince me it’s an interesting topic

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