Lecture Notes

In addition to the lecture presentations given by the instructor and guest lecturers, students in the course are required to make class presentations on the weekly topics and readings. All work is courtesy of either the faculty or the person named and used with permission.

WEEK # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES
1

Introduction to Ambient Intelligence

Prof. Patricia Maes

Introduction (PDF)
2

Intelligence Augmentation and Software Agents

Prof. Patricia Maes

Intelligence Augmentation (PDF)
3

Location Based and Context-Aware Systems

Prof. Patricia Maes and Students

Context Aware Systems (PDF)

Christine Liu - Hippie (PDF)

4

Interfaces With Common Sense

Invited Speakers:
Hugo Liu, Pushpinder Singh, and Pallavi Kaushik

Pushpinder Singh - Giving Computers Common Sense (PDF)
5

Ubiquitous Computing

Prof. Patricia Maes and Students

Some Computer Science Issues in Ubiquitous Computing (PDF)

Aaron Zinman - UbiComp Proceedings (PDF)

Sajid Sadi - Charting Past, Present and Future (PDF)

Sajid Sadi - Research in Ubiquitous Computing (PDF)

6

User Modeling, Personalization and Recommender Systems

Prof. Patricia Maes and Students

Recommender Systems (PDF)
7

Tangible and Ambient Interfaces

Prof. Patricia Maes and Students

 
8

Augmented Reality/Mixed Realities

Prof. Patricia Maes and Students

Aaron Zinman - Bridging the Paper and Electronic Worlds (PDF)

Sajid Sadi - What's Virtual Reality Good For? (PDF)

Sajid Sadi - Quick Overview of AR/VR Hardware (PDF)

Sajid Sadi - Virtual Reality: Past, Present, and Future (PDF)

9

The Meaning of Things

Invited Speaker: Judith Donath

 
10

Embedded Intelligence/Smart Objects

Prof. Patricia Maes and Students

 
11

Intelligent Environments

Prof. Patricia Maes and Students

 
12

Pervasive Computing and Wearables

Prof. Patricia Maes and Students