Advanced Project Course: Secure Distributed and Embedded Systems

Aim

The project should have significant technical level that requires in-depth subject knowledge in at least one of the subjects networks, distributed systems, security or embedded systems. The project should be carried out in a professional manner, and should develop and consolidate the participants' skills in the area of specialization.

• Analyze and structure problems in the area of specialization.
• Apply knowledge and methods from a wide range of previous courses in the area of specialization.
• Independently acquire new knowledge, as required by the project.
• Integrate knowledge from many disciplines and apply them in the context of the area of specialization.
• Formulate a requirement specification for the project based on a project directive and thereby assess the feasibility of the project in terms of technical solutions and available resources.
• Present the project results for the client as well as for other students, which can not be presumed to be specialists in the techniques used.
• Actively contribute to a well functioning project group.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead the project work with the support of a project model, and with limited access to supervisory resources.
• Plan, implement and monitor a project in the area of specialization.

The result of the project work should:

• Attain high technical quality and be based on modern knowledge and practices in the relevant field of technology.
• Be documented in relevant project documents and relevant technical documentation.
• Be presented orally.
• Meet the requirements stated in the specification.

Content

Description of the projects, with project directives, are available on the course website. The projects will be closely linked to either ongoing research within the field of computer science or to companies active in this field. Examples could be develop a wide-area sensor data collection system, distributed system evaluation on Planetlab testbed or with cluster simulations, design and implementation of identity- and software-defined networks, or analysis of flight communication systems. The nature of the projects may change from year to year.