Course pages 2014–15

Topical Issues

Overview

Topical Issues is a fairly unique course within the CS Tripos. It is intended to broaden horizons and to provide basic grounding in some hot topics in the industry. This means that the lectures are often standalone rather than being a flowing series, and the list of topics covered often changes to track current trends. Where possible, guest lecturers are used to get expert views.

There are two exam questions on the course in Part II, although many students attend for interest rather than with the intention of doing the questions in the exams.

Examples Sheets

Example sheet 1 can be downloaded here.

Example sheet 2 can be downloaded here.

Lecture Plan

The plan below is subject to change as the availability of guest lecturers can fluctuate at short notice. However, few changes are expected at this stage in the year.

F	24/04/15	Course intro, the Internet of Things	Robert Harle
M	27/04/15	Introduction to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)	Robin Heydon, CSR
W	29/04/15	RFID and NFC	Robert Harle
F	01/05/15	Bluetooth Mesh	Robin Heydon, CSR
M	04/05/15	Location Tracking: Core Principles	Robert Harle
W	06/05/15	Inertial Naviagation and Pedestrian Dead Reckoning	Robert Harle
F	08/05/15	GPS	Ramsey Faragher
M	11/05/15	SLAM and Opportunistic Positioning	Ramsey Faragher
W	13/05/15	WiFi Fingerprinting	Ramsey Faragher
F	15/05/15	Deep Belief Networs for Speech at Google	Matt Stuttle & David Singleton, Google
M	18/05/15	Advanced Vehicle Routing	Alan Jones, Cotares
W	20/05/15	UWB Radio	Andy Ward, Ubisense