General Information
Description
The objective of the course is to introduce the spectrum of research on mobile sensing. The lectures cover a range of sensing and computing techniques and connect them to various applications in analytics, localization, cyber-physical systems, mobile health, and wearables. This course is designed with multidisciplinary students in mind. Every topic begins from first principles and gradually ramps up to the system design, implementation, and application, helping students to understand the state-of-the-art developments in this area and initiate research. The students will also need to present state-of-art research in the class.
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Prerequisite:
The course is designed to be self-contained. It will cover introductory materials on mathematics and signal processing basics. Familiarity with the undergraduate level calculus, probability, linear algebra, and programming will be helpful.
Grading:
Textbook:
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Course Schedule
(This schedule may change due to unforeseen events and students' evolving interests)
Date
Topic
Presenter
Topic 0: Ice Breaker
Jan-10-2022
Lecture 0.1: Overview of the course and logistics
Tianxing Li
Jan-12-2022
Lecture 0.2: Final project ideas, and StudentLife study
[Reference] StudentLife: Assessing Mental Health, Academic Performance and Behavioral Trends of College Students using Smartphones
[Reference] SmartGPA: How Smartphones Can Assess and Predict Academic Performance of College Students
Tianxing Li
Jan-17-2022
Holiday break
Topic 1: Sensors
Jan-19-2022
Lecture 1.1: Working principles of sensors and Signal Analysis Basics
Tianxing Li
Jan-24-2022
Lecture 1.2: Sensor data smoothing and denoising
Tianxing Li
Jan-26-2022
1-1 Session: Discuss final project ideas
Students
Jan-31-2022
1-1 Session: Discuss final project ideas
Students
Topic 2: Waves
Feb-2-2022
Lecture 2.1: Properties of waves
Tianxing Li
Feb-7-2022
Lecture 2.2: Voice-based Health Analytics
Tianxing Li
Topic 3: Mobile Health
Feb-9-2022
Lecture 3.1: Activity Recognition
Tianxing Li
Feb-11-2022
Project Proposals due on Feb-11-2022, 11:59 pm US Eastern Time
Feb-14-2022
Lecture 3.2: Physiological Sensing and sleep monitoring
Tianxing Li
Feb-16-2022
Lecture 3.3: Non-invasive Glucose monitoring
[Reference] Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring Using Polarized Light
Tianxing Li
Feb-21-2022
No class
Topic 4: Nice Gestures
Feb-23-2022
Lecture 4.1: Gesture Recognition Using Unconventional Sensors - Part 1
[Reference] Human Sensing Using Visible Light Communication
[Reference] Practical Human Sensing in the Light
[Reference] Reconstructing Hand Poses Using Visible Light
Tianxing Li
Feb-28-2022
Lecture 4.2: Gesture Recognition Using Unconventional Sensors - Part 2
[Reference] Self-Powered Gesture Recognition with Ambient Light
[Reference] Pyro: Thumb-Tip Gesture Recognition Using Pyroelectric Infrared Sensing
[Reference] Acustico: Surface Tap Detection and Localization using Wrist-based Acoustic TDOA Sensing
Tianxing Li
Topic 5: Localization
Mar-2-2022
Lecture 5.1: Indoor Localization
[Reference] Augmenting Indoor Inertial Tracking with Polarized Light
Tianxing Li
Mar-4-2022
Sign on GoogleSheet due on Mar-4-2022, 11:59 pm US Eastern Time
Mar-7-2022
Spring break
Mar-9-2022
Spring break
Mar-14-2022
Lecture 5.2: Outdoor Localziation - Part 1
[Reference] Energy Efficient GPS Sensing with Cloud Offloading
[Reference] GPS C/A Code Signal Structure
[Reference] The Origins of GPS
Tianxing Li
Mar-16-2022
Lecture 5.3: Outdoor Localziation - Part 2
Reference] COIN-GPS: Indoor Localization from Direct GPS Receiving
Tianxing Li
Topic 6: Power, power, power
Mar-18-2022
Mid-project review report due on Mar-18-2022, 11:59 pm US Eastern Time
Mar-21-2022
Lecture 6.1: Lower-power sensing
[Reference] Towards Battery-free HD Video Streaming
[Reference] Ultra-Low Power Gaze Tracking for Virtual Reality
[Reference] Battery-Free Eye Tracker on Glasses
Tianxing Li
Topic 7: No string attached
Mar-23-2022
Lecture 7.3: Visible Light Communication
[Reference] Towards Battery-free HD Video Streaming
[Reference] AmphiLight: Direct Air-Water Communication with Laser Light
Tianxing Li
Topic 8: A spectrum of applications
Mar-28-2022
No class (MobiCom travel)
Mar-30-2022
No class (MobiCom travel)
Apr-4-2022
Lecture 8.1:
[Paper 1] ChestLive: Fortifying Voice-based Authentication with Chest Motion Biometric on Smart Devices
[Paper 2] LIMU-BERT: Unleashing the Potential of Unlabeled Data for IMU Sensing Applications
[Paper 3] SonicFace: Tracking Facial Expressions Using a Commodity Microphone Array
Yuanda Wang, Shengjie Zhu, Juexing Wang
Apr-6-2022
Lecture 8.2:
[Paper 1] WiForce: Wireless Sensing and Localization of Contact Forces on a Space Continuum
[Paper 2] EarFisher: Detecting Wireless Eavesdroppers by Stimulating and Sensing Memory EMR
[Paper 3] Handwriting-Assistant: Reconstructing Continuous Strokes with Millimeter-level Accuracy via A!achable Inertial Sensors
Karthik Karur, Yangru Zhou, Shengjie Zhu
Apr-11-2022
Lecture 8.3:
[Paper 1] A Nationwide Study on Cellular Reliability: Measurement, Analysis, and Enhancements
[Paper 2] SenseCollect: We Need Efficient Ways to Collect On-body Sensor-based Human Activity Data!
[Paper 3] WiStress: Contactless Stress Monitoring Using Wireless Signals
Karthik Karur, Yangru Zhou, Juexing Wang
Apr-13-2022
Lecture 8.4:
[Paper 1] ShaZam: Charge-Free Wearable Devices via Intra-Body Power Transfer from Everyday Objects
[Paper 2] Wi-Fruit: See Through Fruits with Smart Devices
[Paper 3] NELoRa: Towards Ultra-low SNR LoRa Communication with Neural-enhanced Demodulation
Yihua Zhang, Yuanda Wang, Honglin Bao
Apr-18-2022
Lecture 8.5:
[Paper 1] FaceBit: Smart Face Masks Platform
[Paper 2] PPFL: Privacy-preserving Federated Learning with Trusted Execution Environments
[Paper 3] The Design and Evaluation of a Mobile System for Rapid Diagnostic Test Interpretation
Yihua Zhang, Honglin Bao, Logan Cummings
Topic 9: Your Turns
Apr-20-2022
Lecture 9.1:
[Paper 1] Smartphone-Based Tapping Frequency as a Surrogate for Perceived Fatigue. An in-the-Wild Feasibility Study in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
[Final project presentation 1] Yuanda Wang
[Final project presentation 2] Shengjie Zhu
Logan Cummings
Apr-25-2022
Lecture 9.2:
[Final project presentation 1] Juexing Wang
[Final project presentation 2] Karthik Karur
[Final project presentation 3] Yangru Zhou
Students
Apr-27-2022
Lecture 9.3:
[Final project presentation 1] Yihua Zhang
[Final project presentation 2] Honglin Bao
[Final project presentation 3] Logan Cummings
Students
Apr-30-2022
Final report due on Apr-30-2022, 11:59 pm US Eastern Time