1. UE141 NN: Wireless Sensor Networks Murat Demirbas 244 Bell Hall, demirbas@cse Office Hour: Wed 4-5pm

2. Course objectives Enable students to explore wireless sensor networks and ubiquitous computing topics in depth in a small group with a hands-on approach, improve skills in critical thinking and in oral and written expression, and understand the academic challenges and rewards of attending a research university

3. Grading %30 Seminar participation %40 Assignments %30 Project No textbook required

4. Course schedule  Aug 29: WSN and Ubiquitous computing vision  Sep 5: Synthetic serendipity Assignment1  Sep 12: WSN applications  Sep 19: WSN applications Assignment2  Sep 26: WSN hardware platforms Assignment3  Oct 3: Emergent/Swarm behavior Assignment4  Oct 10: Emergent/Swarm behavior

5. Course schedule  Oct 17: Tinyos tutorial for WSN programming  Oct 24: Tinyos tutorial Assignment5  Oct 31: Project ideas presentation by students  Nov 7: Project ideas (cont)‏  Nov 14: MAC layer + Time sync + Localization  Nov 21: Fall Recess, no class  Nov 28: Routing + Querying + Tracking  Dec 5: Project presentations

6. Communication Check the course webpage for links, course materials  www.cse.buffalo.edu/~demirbas/UE141.html www.cse.buffalo.edu/~demirbas/UE141.html Feel free to use the class email-list to point to interesting material

7. Informal survey Have you heard about WSNs before? Have you read any book/article on swarm behavior? Do you have programming experience? Are you an avid sci-fi reader? Have you heard about Vernor Vinge? Have you heard about Neil Stephenson?