University of California at Davis
The intend of this course is to explore challenges and research issues that arise when scaling information systems technology to a widely-distibuted environment such as sensor networks or the Internet. This course is intended to be highly interactive. The main activity will be discussions based around a set of papers. All students are required to read technical papers, to answer specific questions, and to prepare new questions prior to class discussions. Each student is required to lead the discussion on one or more of these technical papers. There are no exams. The students are required to complete a project. A selection of technical papers addressing specific topics will be used. No textbook is required.
Instructor: Demet Aksoy
03/18/2005