ECE 498 ICC

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in electrical and computer engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: 0 to 4 undergraduate hours. 0 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

This course offers in-depth coverage on existing and emerging IoT and cognitive computing topics. Detailed topics include definition and characteristics of IoT; IoT enabling technologies; smart domains and applications; IoT systems; IoT design methodology; machine learning and deep learning; embedded GPU and FPGA for IoT; IoT servers and cloud; data analytics for IoT; cognitive computing; cognitive systems design; cognitive application workloads; IoT security; hands-on learning experience to build IoT systems; and various case studies such as smart city, smart home, and IoT for healthcare. Machine problems working with actual IoT computing devices together with homework assignments will be given to reinforce the understanding and learning of the techniques and topics. Prerequisites: CS 225 or ECE 385. This course will be offered synchronously.