Information Processing (InfoProc)

Course code: ELEC50009

The aim of the module is to enable students to design information processing systems of medium complexity, by considering communication and computation costs, as well as local (embedded) and server-side processing. The module builds upon the material you have been taught in your EIE year two, and introduces the practical aspects of embedded processing, networking, and databases. The first part of the module consists of a series of practical labs where you will be exposed to the practical aspects of embedded processing, networking and datasets, followed by a practical component (i.e. coursework) with strong emphasis on the design methodology, where a fully operational processing system needs to be designed.

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

Develop an embedded system based on a CPU/FPGA
Apply signal processing. techniques to a time-series data considering their computational cost
Develop the communication infrastructure between a local node and a server
Design a database that communicates with the rest of the system
Judge the compute capabilities of different platform

This course is lab-based.

Important dates

6th Jan, Group Registration, group members must be from the same cohort (Group A or B)
13th Jan, Group Registration ends
12th Feb, Mid-term lab oral (20%), Q\&As as a group, for contents in all the labs
11th and 13th March, Demo showcase, final lab oral
21st March, Final Report (80%, this is aggregated and evaluated also based on the demo quality and final lab oral)

Full dates

Labs for Group As are on Tuesdays (4-6pm) and Bs are on Thursdays (9-11am) in the EEE level 1 lab.

Week 1 (6th Jan): Group Registration starts
Week 2 (13th Jan): Lecture 1 (By Aaron, Intro and Lab 1), labs, group registration ends
Week 3 (20nd Jan): Lecture 2 (By Aaron, Lab 2 and 3), labs
Week 4 (27th Jan): Lecture 3 (By Sarim), labs
Week 5 (3rd Feb): Lecture 4 (By Sarim), labs
Week 6 (10th Feb): Mid-term lab oral (Q\&As as a group, for contents in lab1-6)
Week 7 (17th Feb): Labs for group projects, progress meetings with Aaron or Sarim
Week 8 (24th Feb): Labs for group projects
Week 9 (3rd Mar): Labs for group projects
Week 10 (10th Mar): Demo showcase, final lab oral
Week 11 (17th Mar): Final report

Lab schedules

Week	Date	Lab Name	Lab Time
2	14th Jan (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
2	16th Jan (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
3	21st Jan (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
3	23rd Jan (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
4	28st Jan (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
4	30rd Jan (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
5	4th Feb (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
5	6th Feb (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
6	12th Fen (Wed)	Lab Oral	10am-12am
7	18th Feb (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
7	20th Feb (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
7	25th Feb (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
7	27th Feb (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
8	4th Mar (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
8	6th Mar (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
9	11th Mar (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
9	13th Mar (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am

Lecture Slides

Week 2 lecture slides, Week 3 lecture slides,

Labs

Lab link (for lab1-6)