Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 6.883 (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Pervasive Human Centric Computing (SMA 5508) 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Dr. Larry Rudolph 
• Course Introduction:
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  6.883 Pervasive Human Centric Computing (SMA 5508)
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a partial set of lecture notes and a list of readings. In addition, sample quiz questions are available in the exams section.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course is broad, covering a wide range of topics that have to do with the post-pc era of computing. It is a hands-on project course that also includes some foundational subjects. Students will program iPAQ handheld computers, cell phones (series 60 phones), speech processing, vision, Cricket location systems, GPS, and more. Most of the programming will be using Python®, but Python® can be learned and mastered during the course.

  This course was also taught as part of the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) programme as course number SMA 5508 (Pervasive Computing).