Mobile and Pervasive Computing – MPC

Course Coordinator: George Kakarontzas,      ECTS: 7.5,      Semester: B (Β)

Syllabus

Introduction to mobile and pervasive computing. Introduction to Flutter and setting up the programming environment. Application development, signing and publishing. Data storage with SQLite. Location management in mobile applications. Examples of location management. Creating graphical user interfaces. Examples of applications with creating graphical interfaces. Graphics (2D & 3D). Examples of using graphics in applications for mobile devices and games. Inter-process communication. Communication with business applications on the server-side. Audio, video and the use of the camera. Bluetooth, NFC, Networks and Wireless networks. Wireless Sensors and sensor networks. Examples of sensor applications in everyday life. The Internet of Things. Vision and definitions. Applications of the Internet of Things (e.g. smart cities, health, etc.). The Internet of Things reference architecture. Devices, Communication. Aggregators, data analysis, applications. Future trends for mobile applications and the Internet of Things.

Recommended Bibliography

  • Rap Payne: “Beginning App Development with Flutter: Create Cross-Platform Mobile Apps”, APress, 2019 (available through HEAL-LINK https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-5181-2)
  • Daria Orlova, Esra Kadah, and Jaime Blasco: “Flutter Design Patterns and Best Practices: Build scalable, maintainable, and production-ready apps using effective architectural principles”, ‎ Packt Publishing, 2024
  • Dan Chalmers: “Sensing and Systems in Pervasive Computing: Engineering Context-Aware Systems”, Springer, 2011
  • F. Akyildiz, W. Su, Y. Sankarasubramaniam, E. Cayirci: “Wireless sensor networks: a survey”, Computer Networks, Volume 38, Issue 4, 15 March 2002, Pages 393-422
  • Arampatzis, Th., Lygeros, J., Manesis, S.: “A Survey of Applications of Wireless Sensors and Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 719-724, 2005.
  • Mukhopadhyay, Subhas Chandra (Ed.): “Internet of Things: Challenges and Opportunities”, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014
  • Uckelmann, Dieter, Harrison, Mark, Michahelles, Florian (Eds.): “Architecting the Internet of Things”, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012

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