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COMP5047: Pervasive Computing (2011 - Semester 2)
| Unit: | COMP5047: Pervasive Computing (6 CP) |
| Mode: | Normal-Day |
| On Offer: | Yes |
| Level: | Postgraduate |
| Faculty/School: | School of Computer Science |
| Unit Coordinator/s: |
Professor Kay, Judy
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| Session options: | Semester 2 |
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| Site(s) for this Unit: |
http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~comp5047/ |
| Campus: | Camperdown/Darlington |
| Pre-Requisites: | None. |
| Brief Handbook Description: | This is an advanced course in HCI, Human Computer Interaction, with a focus on Pervasive Computing. It introduces the key aspects of HCI and explores these in terms of the new research towards creating user interfaces that disappear into the environment and are available pervasively, for example in homes, workplaces, cars and carried or work. |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Background in programming and operating systems that is sufficient for the student to independently learn new programming tools from standard online technical materials. Ability to conduct a literature search. Ability to write reports of work done. |
| Lecturer/s: |
Professor Kay, Judy
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| Timetable: | COMP5047 Timetable | |||||||||||||||
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| T&L Activities: | Laboratory: The weekly laboratory class will enable students to consolidate the key ideas for the week. Depending upon the topic, this laboratory session will involve small experimental activities, discussions or technical work. |
Attributes listed here represent the key course goals (see Course Map tab) designated for this unit. The list below describes how these attributes are developed through practice in the unit. See Learning Outcomes and Assessment tabs for details of how these attributes are assessed.
| Attribute Development Method | Attribute Developed |
| The essence of the course is to learn how to design pervasive computing systems, where this includes learning the relevant theory, its application, the techniques and their use. | Design and Problem Solving Skills (Level 5) |
| The lectures and all practical and project work will build discipline specific expertise in the area of building pervasive computing systems. | Discipline Specific Expertise (Level 5) |
| The assessment of the group project is based on a poster, a report and a demonstration. These will develop written and spoken communication skills. The practical class activities and the final examination will include short answers questions that will require good written communication skills. | Professional Communication (Level 4) |
| The major project involves working in a team. | Teamwork and Project Management (Level 4) |
For explanation of attributes and levels see Engineering/IT Graduate Attribute Matrix 2009.
Learning outcomes are the key abilities and knowledge that will be assessed in this unit. They are listed according to the course goal supported by each. See Assessment Tab for details how each outcome is assessed.
Design and Problem Solving Skills (Level 5)| Assessment Methods: |
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| Assessment Description: |
Workshop Skills: Lab mark. This is primarily a formative mark, with grades and feedback intended to inform the student about the quality of their work and area for improvement. There will be graded tasks during labs. Project: Project to create a prototype pervasive computing system, evaluate it and report on the approaches used for the design and evaluation. Final Exam: Final examination. This assessed the full content of the lectures, labs and project work. The exam mark, expressed as a percentage + 10% is a cap on the final grade. (So, for example, a pass on the unit requires an exam mark of at least 40%; a final mark of 60 requires an exam mark of at least 50%). |
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| Assessment Feedback: | Weekly reports on readings, seminar and studio activities are graded on a scale A, B, C, D. This is purely as formative feedback and is otherwise judged as a pass/fail part of the participation mark. To pass the unit, students must earn 80% on this participation mark. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Policies & Procedures: | IMPORTANT: School policy relating to Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism. In assessing a piece of submitted work, the School of IT may reproduce it entirely, may provide a copy to another member of faculty, and/or to an external plagiarism checking service or in-house computer program and may also maintain a copy of the assignment for future checking purposes and/or allow an external service to do so. Other policies Faculty policies regarding academic honesty and plagiarism, special consideration and appeals in Engineering and Information Technologies can be found on the Faculty's policy page at http://www.eng.usyd.edu.au/policies"> http://www.eng.usyd.edu.au/policies. School and Faculty policies are governed by Academic Board resolutions whose details can be found on the Central Policy Online site at http://www.usyd.edu.au/policy/"> http://www.usyd.edu.au/policy/. Policies regarding assessment formatting, submission methods, late submission penalties and assessment feedback depend on the unit of study. Details of these policies, where applicable, should be found above with other assessment details. |
| Online Course Content: | http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~comp5047/ |
| Note on Resources: | There will be additional online readings linked from the unit website. |
Note that the "Weeks" referred to in this Schedule are those of the official university semester calendar https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
| Week | Description |
| Week 1 | Introduction to HCI and Pervasive Computing, Overview of course, Overview of main project |
| Week 2 | User Centred Design - Eliciting user requirements |
| Week 3 | Design |
| Week 4 | Appliance computing and Ambient displays |
| Week 5 | Technical - Android |
| Week 6 | Technical - Android |
| Week 7 | Mobile web |
| Week 8 | Testing |
| Week 9 | Testing |
| Week 10 | Cognitive and physiological design drivers |
| Week 11 | Tabletop and embedded shared devices |
| Week 12 | Sensors and related technology, sample exam tasks |
| Week 13 | Future Pervasive Systems, discussion of exam |
| Exam Period | Assessment Due: Final Exam |
Course Relations
The following is a list of courses which have added this Unit to their structure.
Course Goals
This unit contributes to the achievement of the following course goals:
| Attribute | Practiced | Assessed |
| Design and Problem Solving Skills (Level 5) | Yes | 83.73% |
| Discipline Specific Expertise (Level 5) | Yes | 0% |
| Professional Communication (Level 4) | Yes | 16.29% |
| Teamwork and Project Management (Level 4) | Yes | 0% |
These goals are selected from Engineering/IT Graduate Attribute Matrix 2009 which defines overall goals for courses where this unit is primarily offered. See Engineering/IT Graduate Attribute Matrix 2009 for details of the attributes and levels to be developed in the course as a whole. Percentage figures alongside each course goal provide a rough indication of their relative weighting in assessment for this unit. Note that not all goals are necessarily part of assessment. Some may be more about practice activity. See Learning outcomes for details of what is assessed in relation to each goal and Assessment for details of how the outcome is assessed. See Attributes for details of practice provided for each goal.
