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Edge Computing Systems
Fall 2026

Schedule

Current, up-to-date schedule for the course; the items on this page are subject to change.

  • Week
    Date
    Description
    Activities
  • 00
    08/24/2026
    Monday
    Course Introduction and Light Introduction to Edge Computing
    • Hands-on: Icebreakers and Project Interest Form
    • Reading: What is edge computing?
  • 01
    08/31/2026
    Monday
    Edge Development Tooling and Best Practices
    • Hands-on: SSH, Linux, Git, GitHub
    • Reading: Containerization at the Edge
  • 02
    09/07/2026
    Monday
    No Class (Labor Day)
    • No class meeting: University holiday (Labor Day).
    • Work this week: Assignments and activities to complete on your own (posted here).
  • 03
    09/14/2026
    Monday
    Overview of Edge Computing and Edge System Architecture
    • Hands-on: Docker and System Architecture
    • Reading: The Emergence of Edge Computing
  • 04
    09/21/2026
    Monday
    Edge Devices, Sensors, and Edge Nodes
    • Hands-on: Device and Sensor Telemetry Collection
    • Reading: Edge-computing-driven Internet of Things: A Survey
  • 05
    09/28/2026
    Monday
    Data Visualization, Data Management, and Analytics at the Edge
    • Hands-on: Grafana and TimeseriesDB
    • Reading: Human-Data Interaction, Exploration, and Visualization in the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities
  • 06
    10/05/2026
    Monday
    Edge AI, YOLO, and Computer Vision at the Edge
    • Hands-on: YOLO, LocateAnything Inference and Latency Logging
    • Reading: An Edge Computing Approach for Real-Time Wildlife Detection and Alert System using YOLOv8 on Raspberry Pi 5
  • 07
    10/12/2026
    Monday
    Field Testing, Benchmarking, and Edge System Evaluation
    • Hands-on: Benchmarking and Evaluations
    • Reading: A Survey on Edge Performance Benchmarking
  • 08
    10/19/2026
    Monday
    Optimization, Monitoring, and Security
    • Hands-on: Optimizations and Security Hardening
    • Reading: Toward Secure, Trustworthy, and Sustainable Edge Computing for Smart Cities: Innovative Strategies and Future Prospects
  • 09
    10/26/2026
    Monday
    Networking and Communication Protocols at the Edge
    • Hands-on: MQTT/HTTP/WebSocket Communication
    • Reading: A Survey of Communication Protocols for Internet-of-Things and Related Challenges of Fog and Cloud Computing Integration
  • 10
    11/02/2026
    Monday
    Scalability, Fleet Management, and Edge Orchestration
    • Hands-on: Fleet Simulation and Monitoring
    • Reading: A Delta-Aware Orchestration Framework for Scalable Multi-Agent Edge Computing
    • Due: HW7 - Wire the Node to the Cloud (MQTT/HTTP/WS)
  • 11
    11/09/2026
    Monday
    Deployment Hardening, Failure Modes, and Field Readiness
    • Reading: Distributed Security Orchestration with Adaptive Filtering and Data Minimization
    • Due: Milestone 2 Presentation
  • 12
    11/16/2026
    Monday
    Social Side of the Edge: Privacy, Ethics, Bias, and Legal Impact
    • Reading: A Survey on Security and Privacy Issues in Edge Computing-Assisted Internet of Things
  • 13
    11/23/2026
    Monday
    Edge Use Cases: Smart Cities, Industry, Healthcare, and Scientific Instrumentation
    • Reading: Edge AI Bridge: A Micro-Layer Intrusion Detection Architecture for Smart-City IoT Networks
  • 14
    11/30/2026
    Monday
    Future of Edge Computing and Final Demo/Report Preparation
    • Reading: Edge Computing: A Comprehensive Survey of Current Initiatives and a Roadmap for a Sustainable Edge Computing Development
  • 15
    12/07/2026
    Monday
    Final Project Presentation and Report Submission
    • Due: Final Project Presentation and Report