Lectures
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EdgeVision Presentation III
tl;dr: five outstanding talks by graduate students
Attendance is mandatory for everyone, missing will impact participation score.
Time Topic Presenter 02:00 - 02:15 Edge based crowd safety monitoring and response at concerts/stadium events Dhanush 02:15 - 02:30 Edge-Based Event and Object Triggering for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Nick 02:30 - 02:45 Smart Factory Predictive Maintenance Using Edge Sensors Niket 02:45 - 03:00 Real-Time Genomic Sequencing Analysis at Edge Peter 03:00 - 03:15 Edge-Based Smoke and Wildfire Early Detection via Event-Triggered Vision Analytics Samin Reminder: Do weekly survey by COB next Monday
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EdgeVision II
tl;dr: five outstanding talks by graduate students
Attendance is mandatory for everyone, missing will impact participation score.
Time Topic Presenter 02:00 - 02:15 Orbital Edge Computing for Earth Observation Niccolo 02:15 - 02:30 Delivery Robot-Observed Sidewalk Accessibility Saumya 02:30 - 02:45 Edge-Based Real-Time Construction Site Hazard Detection and Worker Safety Alert System Nishanth 02:45 - 03:00 Edge-Based Real-Time Power Grid Fault Detection using PMU / Micro-PMU Data Aagam 03:00 - 03:15 Edge-Based Neuro-Visual Search for Augmented Reality V -
EdgeVision I
tl;dr: five outstanding talks by graduate students
Attendance is mandatory for everyone, missing will impact participation score.
Time Topic Presenter 02:00 - 02:15 Edge-driven Urban Change Detection System for Structured City-Scale Environmental Versioning Aaqel 02:15 - 02:30 Low-Latency Aerial Object Detection at the Edge Chris 02:30 - 02:45 Edge-Cloud Collaborative Video Analytics System for Crowd Gathering Detection in Metro Stations Sai 02:45 - 03:00 Edge-Enabled Satellite Processing for Natural Disaster Monitoring Vipul 03:00 - 03:15 Edge-Based Video Analytics for Train Platform Safety Monitoring Purva Reminder: Do weekly survey by COB next Monday
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Project Day
tl;dr: time for teams to meet on projects ...
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Gridiron Milestone 2 - Day 2
tl;dr: 10 minute milestone presentations ...
Attendance is mandatory for everyone, missing will impact participation score.
Time Team Topic Team Members 2:00 – 2:10 Bills EdgeGuard Nano Ahmad, Malek, Ryyan, Elvin 2:12 – 2:22 Vikings Goose Chase Aaqel, Sufiyan, Jordy, Maryam 2:24 – 2:34 Seahawks Student Occupancy Detection Sheldon, Owen, Thomas, Vipul 2:36 – 2:46 Lions Intelligent Edge-Powered Parking Management Peter, Sai, Logan, Rudhva 2:48 – 2:58 Ravens Edge-Native Distracted Driving Detection System Yusif, Adam, Noah, Mario 3:00 – 3:10 Bengals Real-Time Alternate Reality Crowd Analytics Max, V, Oday, Dhanush Reminder: Do weekly survey by COB next Monday
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Gridiron Milestone 2 - Day 1
tl;dr: 10 minute milestone presentations ...
Attendance is mandatory for everyone, missing will impact participation score.
Time Team Topic Team Members 2:00 – 2:10 Dolphins Jargon Edge Transcription Device (JET) Arneal, Trey, Sam, Luke, Katie 2:12 – 2:22 Eagles Conveyor Belt Package Damage Detection Brian, James, Tristain, Aagam 2:24 – 2:34 Packers Edge Computing Baby Monitor Michael, Elizabeth, Alejandra, Samin 2:36 – 2:46 Bears Weather Estimation Using Clothing Logan, Eric, Ron, Vidhi 2:48 – 2:58 Cowboys Wildlife Sound Prediction using Edge and Cloud Computing Niket, Saumya, Purva, Elias 3:00 – 3:10 Rams LocalJarvis Chris, Niccolo, Nicholas, Nishanth -
Future of the Edge
tl;dr: what's next ...
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- Edge AI: A Taxonomy, Systematic Review and Future Directions, Cluster Computing, 2024, Sukhpal Singh Gill et al. (PDF)
- Edge Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Review of Evolution, Taxonomic Frameworks, and Future Horizons, arXiv, 2025, Mohamad Abou Ali et al. (PDF)
Reminder: Do weekly survey by COB next Monday
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Project Workday
tl;dr: making progress one day at a time ...
Readings:
- Scalable Edge Cloud Platforms for IoT Services, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Aug 2020, Balázs Sonkoly et al. (PDF)
Reminder: Do weekly survey by COB next Monday
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Scalability and Management
tl;dr: how big can the edge get ...
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- GreenScale: Carbon-Aware Systems for Edge Computing, arXiv, Apr 2023, Young Geun Kim et al. (PDF)
Reminder: Do weekly survey by COB next Monday
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Gridiron Milestone 1
tl;dr: 5 minute milestone presentations ...
Attendance is mandatory for everyone, missing will impact participation score.
Time Team Topic Team Members 2:00 – 2:05 Packers Edge Computing Baby Monitor Michael, Elizabeth, Alejandra, Samin 2:06 – 2:11 Cowboys Wildlife Sound Prediction using Edge and Cloud Computing Niket, Saumya, Purva, Elias 2:12 – 2:17 Bears Weather Estimation Using Clothing Logan, Eric, Ron, Vidhi 2:18 – 2:23 Dolphins Jargon Edge Transcription Device (JET) Arneal, Trey, Sam, Luke, Katie 2:24 – 2:29 Rams LocalJarvis Chris, Niccolo, Nicholas, Nishanth 2:30 – 2:35 Vikings Goose Chase Aaqel, Sufiyan, Jordy, Maryam 2:36 – 2:41 Bills EdgeGuard Nano Ahmad, Malek, Ryyan, Elvin 2:42 – 2:47 Eagles Conveyor Belt Package Damage Detection Brian, James, Tristain, Aagam 2:48 – 2:53 Ravens Edge-Native Distracted Driving Detection System Yusif, Adam, Noah, Mario 2:54 – 2:59 Lions Intelligent Edge-Powered Parking Management Peter, Sai, Logan, Rudhva 3:00 – 3:05 Seahawks Student Occupancy Detection Sheldon, Owen, Thomas, Vipul 3:06 – 3:11 Bengals Real-Time Alternate Reality Crowd Analytics Max, V, Oday, Dhanush -
No Class (Professor Papka on Travel)
tl;dr: team project building time ...
Reminder: Do weekly survey by COB next Monday
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Networking and the Edge
tl;dr: connecting the edge together ...
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- Federated Learning in Mobile Edge Networks: A Comprehensive Survey, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2020, Wei Yang Bryan Lim et al. (PDF)
Reminder: Do weekly survey by COB next Monday
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Infrastructure for NVIDIA Edge Devices
tl;dr: add on software for the edge ...
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- YOLOv3: An Incremental Improvement, arXiv, Apr 2018, Joseph Redmon, Ali Farhadi (PDF)
- Edge Intelligence: Concepts, Architectures, Applications, and Future Directions, ACM TECS, Oct 2022, Javier Mendez et al. (PDF)
- Federated Learning in Mobile Edge Networks: A Comprehensive Survey, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2020, Wei Yang Bryan Lim et al. (PDF)
Reminder: Do weekly survey by COB next Monday
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Containers for the Edge
tl;dr: getting started with Docker
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- OneEdge: An Efficient Control Plane for Geo-Distributed Infrastructures, ACM SoCC, Nov 2021, Emmanuel Suarez et al. (PDF)
Reminder: Do weekly survey by COB next Monday
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Pitch Day
tl;dr: team will present pitch for project idea during class time ...
Artifacts: [slides]
Show up at your assigned time with your team, and please wait in the hallway until you are called.
Time Team Topic Team Members 2:00 – 2:05 Ravens Edge-Native Distracted Driving Detection System Yusif, Adam, Noah, Mario 2:06 – 2:11 Bills EdgeGuard Nano Ahmad, Malek, Ryyan, Elvin 2:12 – 2:17 Bears Weather Estimation Using Clothing Logan, Eric, Ron, Vidhi 2:18 – 2:23 Rams LocalJarvis Chris, Niccolo, Nicholas, Nishanth 2:24 – 2:29 Packers Edge Computing Baby Monitor Michael, Elizabeth, Alejandra, Samin 2:30 – 2:35 Bengals Real-Time Alternate Reality Crowd Analytics Max, V, Oday, Dhanush 2:36 – 2:41 Lions Intelligent Edge-Powered Parking Management Peter, Sai, Logan, Rudhva 2:42 – 2:47 Seahawks Student Occupancy Detection Sheldon, Owen, Thomas, Vipul 2:48 – 2:53 Eagles Conveyor Belt Package Damage Detection Brian, James, Tristain, Aagam 2:54 – 2:59 Dolphins Jargon Edge Transcription Device (JET) Arneal, Trey, Sam, Luke, Katie 3:00 – 3:05 Vikings Goose Chase Aaqel, Sufiyan, Jordy, Maryam 3:06 – 3:11 Cowboys Wildlife Sound Prediction using Edge and Cloud Computing Niket, Saumya, Purva, Elias -
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Edge Sensors to Edge Devices
tl;dr: connecting things together ...
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- Scalable Edge Cloud Platforms for IoT Services, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Aug 2020, Balázs Sonkoly et al. (PDF)
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Edge Computing Architecture
tl;dr: what are the components of edge computing system
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- Mobile Edge Computing, Fog: A Survey and Analysis of Security Threats and Challenges, Future Generation Computer Systems, Jan 2018, Rodrigo Roman, Javier Lopez, Masahiro Mambo (PDF)
- Extend Cloud to Edge with KubeEdge, IEEE/ACM SEC, Oct 2018, Ying Xiong et al. (PDF)
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Introduction to Edge Computing
tl;dr: class kickoff, what is edge computing?
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- Edge and Fog Computing: Vision and Research Challenges, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering (SOSE), 2019, Schahram Dustdar, Cosmin Avasalcai, Ilir Murturi (PDF)
- A Survey on Mobile Edge Computing: The Communication Perspective, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Oct 2017, Yuyi Mao et al. (PDF)
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Data Visualization
tl;dr: brief introduction to graphs and data ...
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- Challenges and Opportunities in Edge Computing, IEEE SmartCloud, Nov 2016, Blesson Varghese et al. (PDF)
- The Emergence of Edge Computing, IEEE Computer, Jan 2017, Mahadev Satyanarayanan (PDF)
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Background Material II
tl;dr: a bit more of a look at infrastructure you will need for class ...
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- Edge Computing: A Survey, Future Generation Computer Systems, Aug 2019, Wazir Zada Khan et al. (PDF)
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Background Material
tl;dr: a look at infrastructure you will need for class ...
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- What is edge computing and how it is reshaping the future, Edge Industry Review, March 20, 2025 Abhishek Jadhav (PDF)
- Blog Post: What is Edge Computing?, AWS Post (PDF)
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Turn Devices into Data Scientists (Video)
tl;dr: review of key syllabus points and video ...
Artifacts: [slides]
Readings:
- Demystifying Edge Computing – Device Edge vs. Cloud Edge, Forbes, Sep 15, 2017, Jankiram MSV (PDF)
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Blog Post: A Beginner’s Guide to Edge Computing, Vipul Vaibhaw (PDF)
- Turn devices into data scientists—at the edge - Simon Crosby (SWIM.AI) [Watching in Class]
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