CS 795/895 - Cyber Physical Systems Seminar
Spring 2013: Tue 9:30am-10:45am, 1:30pm-2:45pm ECBS 2120

Announcements

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Staff

  • Dr. Tamer Nadeem
  • "nadeem AT cs.odu.edu"
  • E&CS 3204
  • Office Hours:
    Tue 11:00am-2:00pm

Announcements


  • 01/18/11 - Assignment and schedule of paper presentations are listed in the class calender below. Check your scheduled paper presentations. If you have have less than two presentations, email me with your choice of list of two papers that have no assigned presenter.

  • 01/16/11 - The list of papers to selct from for your presentation is here. Each student need to select 5 papers in which each from a different topic. Send me your selection by Thursday Jan 17, 2013.
  • 01/14/11 - Class' webpage is up. Please check for frequent updates/announcements

 

Course Description


Cyber physical systems are integrations of computation and communication with physical processes. Embedded computers monitor and control physical processes in real-time. As these embedded computers are increasingly networked, it is believed that there will be a revolutionary transformation. In this course, we will be understand the area of cyber physical systems and corresponding challenges and research directions. This is a seminar class in which students will be responsible for reading several research papers and presenting at least 2 papers to the class.

 

Course Overview


  • In this course, we will be understand the area of cyber physical systems and corresponding challenges and research directions.
  • Course requirements include (1) readings research papers for class preparation and class participation, and (2) in-class presentations of two or more papers/applications.

 

Prerequisites


No specific course prerequisite.

 

Text


No formal text; a number of relevant papers from recent journal publications and conference proceedings will be discussed in class.

 

Grading Scheme


  • Attendance                  30%
  • Presentation                 40%
  • Discussion Participation  30%

 

Academic Integrity / Honor Code


By attending Old Dominion University you have accepted the responsibility to abide by the honor code. If you are uncertain about how the honor code applies to any course activity, you should request clarification from the instructor. The honor code is as follows:
    •    "I pledge to support the honor system of Old Dominion University. I will refrain from any form of academic dishonesty or deception, such as cheating or plagiarism. I am aware that as a member if the academic community, it is my responsibility to turn in all suspected violators of the honor system. I will report to Honor Council hearings if summoned."

In particular, submitting anything that is not your own work without proper attribution (giving credit to the original author) is plagiarism and is considered to be an honor code violation. It is not acceptable to copy source code or written work from any other source (including other students), unless explicitly allowed in the assignment statement. In cases where using resources such as the Internet is allowed, proper attribution must be given.

Any evidence of an honor code violation (cheating) will result in a 0 grade for the assignment/exam, and the incident will be submitted to the Department of Computer Science for further review. Note that honor code violations can result in a permanent notation being placed on the student's transcript. Evidence of cheating may include a student being unable to satisfactorily answer questions asked by the instructor about a submitted solution. Cheating includes not only receiving unauthorized assistance, but also giving unauthorized assistance. For class files kept in Unix space, students are expected to use Unix file permission protections (chmod) to keep other students from accessing the files. Failure to adequately protect files may result in a student being held responsible for giving unauthorized assistance, even if not directly aware of it.

Students may still provide legitimate assistance to one another. You are encouraged to form study groups to discuss course topics. Students should avoid discussions of solutions to ongoing assignments and should not, under any circumstances, show or share code solutions for an ongoing assignment.

Please see the ODU Honor Council’s webpage for other concrete examples of what constitutes cheating, plagiarism, and unauthorized collaboration. All students are responsible for knowing the rules. If you are unclear about whether a certain activity is allowed or not, please contact the instructor.

 

Course Policies

Grading

The grading scale is as follows:
(+ and - modifiers will be applied as appropriate)

    90-100   A
    80-89   B
    70-79   C
    0-69   F

Late Assignments

Late assignments are not accepted.

Attendance

I expect you to attend class and to arrive on time. Your grade may be affected if you are consistently tardy. If you have to miss a class, you are responsible checking the course website to find any assignments or notes you may have missed. Students may leave after 15 minutes if the instructor or a guest lecturer does not arrive in that time.

Email

Students should activate their @odu.edu e-mail accounts and check them every day. If a student chooses to have his/her messages forwarded to another account, it is the student's responsibility to take the necessary steps to have them forwarded.

Classroom Conduct

Please be respectful of your classmates and instructor by minimizing distractions during class. Cell phones must be turned off during class.

Make-up Work

Make-ups for graded activities are possible only with a valid written medical or university excuse. It is the student's responsibility to give the instructor the written excuse and to arrange for any makeup work to be done. A makeup exam may be different (and possibly more difficult) than the regularly scheduled exam.

Disability Services

In compliance with PL94-142 and more recent federal legislation affirming the rights of disabled individuals, provisions will be made for students with special needs on an individual basis. The student must have been identified as special needs by the university and an appropriate letter must be provided to the course instructor. Provision will be made based upon written guidelines from the University's Office of Educational Accessibility. All students are expected to fulfill all course requirements.

Seeking Help

The course website should be your first reference for questions about the class. The course schedule will be updated throughout the semester with links to assigned readings. Announcements and frequently asked questions (FAQ) will also be posted to the course website.

The best way to get help is to come to office hours. If you cannot make office hours, please send an email to setup an appointment.

I am available via email, but do not expect or rely on an immediate response.



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