Information Processing (InfoProcess)

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 materail 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 methodolody, where a fully operational processing system needs to be designed.

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

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

This course is lab-based.

Important dates

• 21st Jan, Group Registration, group members must be from the same cohort (Group A or B)
• 31st Jan, Group Registration ends
• 14th Feb, Mid-term lab oral (20%), Q\&As as a group, for contents in all the labs
• 12th and 14th March, Demo showcase, Final lab oral
• 22nd March, Final Report (80%)

Full dates

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

• Week 2 (15th Jan): Lecture 1 (Intro and Lab 1), labs
• Week 3 (22nd Jan): Lecture 2 (Lab 2 and 3), labs, Group Registration starts
• Week 4 (29th Jan): Lecture 3 (By Sarim), labs
• Week 5 (5th Feb): Lecture 4 (By Sarim), labs
• Week 6 (12th Feb): Mid-term lab oral (Q\&As as a group, for contents in lab1-6)
• Week 7 (19th Feb): Labs for group projects, progress meeting
• Week 8 (26th Feb): Labs for group projects
• Week 9 (4th Mar): Labs for group projects
• Week 10 (11th Mar): Demo showcase, final lab oral

Lab schedules

Week Number	Date	Lab Name	Lab Time
2	18th Jan (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
3	23th Jan (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
3	25th Jan (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
4	30th Jan (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
4	1st Feb (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
5	6th Feb (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
5	8th Feb (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
6	14th Fen (Wed)	Lab Oral	10am-12am
7	20th Feb (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
7	22nd Feb (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
8	27th Feb (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
8	29nd Feb (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
8	5th Mar (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
8	7th Mar (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am
9	12th Mar (Tue)	Group A lab	4pm-6pm
9	14th Mar (Thu)	Group B lab	9am-11am

Lecture Slides

Week 2 lecture slides, Week 3 lecture slides,

Labs

Lab link (for lab1-6)