Masters, Wireless and Embedded Systems

x in the city

Hi Folk

Been offered a place on this course in Bradford Uni, brand new course also. would this be a wise course to do, seems quite interesting and should bring a lot of employment prospects?

DublinDilbert

I would say go for it!

This area is going to be massive in the future. There is a constant push to get information back from everything and have everything accessible over a network or the internet...

How much is there on the practical side of embedded systems?

greener&leaner

What is Bradford Uni like?
The UK isn't like here where all the universities are roughly equal in reputation and quality. A degree from some of them won't be worth the paper it's written on.

x in the city

Its a 1 year Masters, recognised b y the IEEE, and the washington accord also so he says.

I got a BEng in Microelectronics, absolutely dying for work but nothing going, graduated in 2006, a overseas grad role with in Japan was shelved due to cutbacks.

My final yr project at uni was power analysis of a wireless network, so I prob got the offer based on my final year thesis.

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MSc in Wireless Sensor Networks

Today, sensors are an intrinsic part of our everyday lives. With the technological advances in Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and wireless network technologies, low-cost, low-power, multi-functional miniature sensor devices are now available on the market.

When networked together over a wireless medium, these devices provide an overall result of their collaborative sensing functionality. This has raised a whole new field of research in wireless sensor networks and their applications. It is expected that wireless sensing technologies will be the dominant driving force behind ubiquitous communications and computing in the years to come. The restrictions on the use of this technology appear to be limited only by imagination and ingenuity.


Ethos of the Course

The proposed course is motivated by the technological development and advances in the area of wireless sensor networks and addresses specifically the foreseeable demand for professionals in this exciting branch of the telecommunications and wireless/mobile computing industry. The course is designed to meet the need for graduates with specialist skills in electronic engineering, telecommunications engineering and computing sciences to support this emerging technology.


Future Prospects

The School of Engineering, Design and Technology’s new MSc programme in Wireless Sensor Networks aims to deliver a skilled workforce in the telecommunications and IT sections of a large variety of public and private sectors including health care, construction and civil engineering, manufacturing, transport, security and surveillance, environmental agency for environmental surveillance and monitoring.

Graduates from this exciting course can also embark on a research career at the University of Bradford or other institutes (both UK and overseas) in the areas of wireless communications networks, including ad hoc networks in general, and more specifically in wireless sensor networking and applications of wireless sensor technologies in various sectors.


Typical Module Structure

Generic modules : These are fundamental to electronics and telecommunication systems and are made up of existing modules including Digital Signal Processing, Signals and Systems Theory as well as Cryptography and Network Security

Subject specific modules : These comprise new modules specially designed for this new course including Mobile Robotics and Wireless Sensor, Sensor Networking and Protocols and Data Fusion.

Research modules: These comprise existing modules, viz. PGDip project, Research Seminar Series, MSc project.


The subject specific modules combine both theoretical and practical approaches:


Mobile Robotics and Wireless Sensors : Through a series of hands-on practical sessions based on autonomous robotic applications, necessary skills for the design, implementation and integration of hardware and software components to produce a functional system will be developed. This includes the design and development of a functional interface between sensors and actuators to trigger sensing and control functions through both wired and wireless technologies.

Sensor Networking and Protocols : This describes possible applications of wireless sensor networks and different sensor network architectures, sensor communications and routing protocols, as well as investigates performance issues

Data fusion : This describes the mechanism of data collection, assimilation and analysis by combining both signal processing and artificial intelligence techniques through both lectures and lab-based sessions.



Research Projects

The School of Engineering, Design and Technology is well placed to deliver this study programme. Following the award of the HEFCE SRIF 2 £550K grant for the establishment of the MSCRC, which brings together key research-active staff in the field of mobile, wireless and satellite communications, a fully-equipped laboratory in Wireless Sensor Technologies will be established. This laboratory will host MSc project students and will provide a focal point for students on this new programme. MSc projects will be created based on industrial led programmes to bridge the gap between theory and industrial practise. Your Research Project will be carried out under the supervision of our academic staff often alongside current PhD projects in the following subject specific areas:


• Networks including mobile ad hoc networks and sensor networks Routing in wireless multi-hop

• Software and hardware design and implementation of wireless sensing technologies

• Sensor data collection, assimilation and manipulation

• Wireless sensor network architecture design

• Robotic control with wireless sensors

• Wireless sensor network security


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whats the consensus? I applied for the new course at CIT also, embedded systems. still waiting to hear from them.