CSE118 - Applications in Ubiquitous Computing: Problem Session Schedule

CSE118 - Applications in Ubiquitous Computing (Fall 2011)

Friday Problem Session Schedule

Notes:

The topic and auxiliary readings are subject to change. Please check this space weekly for change.

Week 1 (Friday, 9/30): The research method and the class project [slides]

I will give an overview of the research method and the university's role in the world.

Suggested follow-on readings:

Report of the 1998 Boyer Commission, ``REINVENTING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities''

Week 2 (Friday, 10/7): Framing your project's motivation and claim, searching for related work [slides]

Suggested follow-on readings:

Serious Creativity, by Edward De Bono. [Creative thinking "Cheat Sheet"]

Week 3 (Friday, 10/14): Developing your project's research question(s) and solution approach plan [slides]

Week 4 (Friday, 10/21): Evaluation: Quantitative methods [slides]

Week 5 (Friday, 10/28): Evaluation: User studies, quantitative and qualitative methods [slides]

Suggested follow-on video:

Tutorial on pervasive computing user studies, by AJ Brush, Pervasive 2010.

Week 6 (Friday, 11/4): Quantitative and qualitative analysis, research contributions [slides]

Week 7 (Friday, 11/11): No Meeting (Veterans Day)

Week 8 (Friday 11/18): Presentations, public speaking, and demoing [slides]

Week 9 (Friday 11/25): No Meeting (day after Thanksgiving)

Week 10 (Friday 12/2): No Meeting