COT 6930 Mobile Multimedia, Spring 2006

Prof. Hari Kalva
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL 34031
EMail: hari@cse.fau.edu

Course Syllabus [ HTML | PDF]
Lecture notes is available to students via Blackboard

Class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 10:50 pm in FEEDS Studio (Room TBD)
Office Hours: 11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon, Tue and Thr or by appointment.

Grading

Product Report (10%, due date April 17, 2006)

Each student will be assigned two commercial, Mobile Multimedia related products. Students will write a summary/report on the product (up to 2 pages) based on the information available on the web sites and other resources (e.g., phone call to a sales rep or other published reports). Assume that your audience is technically competent with background in Mobile Multimedia. Focus on the main functionality and technology behind the products. Don't put anything in the report that you do not understand. If you use any information form other sources such as news reports, list the source/URL in the references section. Your report should give the reader a fairly good idea of what the product does, technologies involved, potential bottlenecks, desirable features, alternative technologies that can improve the product etc. Use the student number from the project proposal list to identify the two products assigned to you. The report should include your name and the product name. Submit reports as MS Word or PDF files. The file names should follow the naming convention: <prod num>_<last name>.doc.

Project

Course project gives you an opportunity to gain indepth knowledge and experience on topics of interest. This is also an opportunity to apply your background/knowledge to Mobile Multimedia. Hands-on development is a good way to gain quick understanding of concepts, problems, and solutions. There is significant amount of software that you can use to develop your project. A list of project suggestions will be made available shortly.

Start exploring project ideas today! Students can form teams of up to two people for the class project.

Project Proposal (5%, due date TBD): Discuss the project with me as soon as possible. You have to get a verbal approval from me before submitting your project proposal.

Peer review (5%, Date assigned 2/24/06, Due date: 3/6/06): You will have an opportunity to review your classmates' proposals. Each student will review two project proposals that are randomly assigned to them. You have to submit a 1-page review for each proposal. Write a short review (about 200 words) based on your understanding of the topic. The review has to be insightful. A review that just says: "great project, way to go!" gets a 0. The review can include constructive criticism, suggestions for improvements, pointers to similar research, changing the scope etc. Include any references that you think are relevant. Your suggestions will help the proponents in shaping their project. All the reviews will be anonymized before they are returned to the proponents. Your review will be graded and accounts for 5% of your final grade.

Term Projects