Please note that this schedule is tentative. Keep an eye on this page for any updates.

Week Date Topic Assigned Reading Submission Deadline Presentation
Week 1 Aug 26 Introduction: Signals, Sensors, and Noise
Aug 28 Intro to motion sensing
Week 2 Sep 2 Labor Day holiday
Sep 4 How to read a paper and write a review.
Project ideas. Paper 1: LiftRight
Week 3 Sep 9 Signal processing: Filtering; DFT; FFT
Sep 11 Sensor Fusion Paper 2.1: LookUp
Paper 2.2: MUSE Paper 1 review due Paper 1: Angad Singh
Week 4 Sep 16 Applications I: PDR and gait recognition
Sep 18 Project Proposal Presentations Paper 2.1 and 2.2 review due.
Read both; Review 1.
Week 5 Sep 23 Project Proposal Presentations
Sep 25 Quiz and Presentations Quiz 1 Paper 2.1: Murtaza Akil
Paper 2.2: Tanya Raj
Week 6 Sep 30 Intro to Applied ML Paper 3.1: HAR Survey
Paper 3.2: LIMU-BERT
Oct 2 Intro to DL and sequence modeling Paper 3.3: AccessWear
Week 7 Oct 7 Acoustic ranging and tracking
Oct 9 Paper Presentations Paper 3.1: Sidharth Bansal
Paper 3.2: Jayesh
Paper 3.3: Saumitra
Week 8 Oct 14 FALL BREAK
Oct 16 Quiz 1 In-class viewing with Tanmay. No lecture.
Week 9 Oct 21 Project Midterm Presentations
Oct 23 Project Midterm Presentations
Week 10 Oct 28 Localization: Trilateration, GPS Quiz 2
Oct 30 Wireless Networks Basics Paper 4.1: RADAR
Week 11 Nov 4 Midterm Exam Paper 4.2: SpotFi
Nov 6 Wireless Localization
Week 12 Nov 11 Beamforming and AoA Paper 5.1: BeepBeep
Paper 5.2: FingerIO Paper 4.2: Aditya
Nov 13 Software-defined radios demo Paper 5.1: Sara
Paper 5.2: Michael
Week 13 Nov 18 Mobile Health Paper 6.1: Vital-Radio
Paper 6.2: A-Spiro
Paper 6.3: ApneaApp Paper 4.1: Gautam
Nov 20 NO CLASS. Instructor at conference
Week 14 Nov 25 Introduction to Earable Computing Paper 7.1: Jawthenticate
Paper 7.2: Ear-AR
Nov 27 Thanksgiving break
Week 15 Dec 2 Paper Presentations Quiz 3 Paper 6.1: Benjir
Paper 6.2: Harsh Shah
Paper 6.3: Manan
Dec 4 TBD Paper 7.1: Adiba
Paper 7.2: Jamalia
Week 16 Dec 9 Final Project Presentations Lightning Round
Dec 15 Project Reports Due.
Please carefully read the policy about the project reports.