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Environmental Monitoring
Proposal for Module Characteristics
Dr. Christopher Koutitas
Scope of the Course
Introduce the student to modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems used for environmental purposes
Gain knowledge on environmental informatics
Understand environmental monitoring systems
Investigate usefulness of real application scenarios
Duration of course is 33 hours
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction (3 hours) Introduction to Smartcities Introduction to Participatory environmental sensing Introduction to communication networks Introduction to Information systems
Chapter 2 Data Acquisition Systems and SCADA (6 Hours) Layers of DAS Sensors Layers Communication Networks Layer Wireless Sensor Networks Processing and data manipulation layer
Chapter 3 Algorithms and Techniques (8 Hours) Decision support systems Database management Optimization algorithms
Content
Chapter 4 Environmental Monitoring (5 hours) Types of Environmental monitoring systems (static, moving sensors,
etc) Deploying an environmental monitoring systems Monitoring rural areas Monitoring urban areas and microclimate
Chapter 5 Environmental informatics (6 hours) The environmental data Correlations Data mining Discrete event simulations and cellular automata
Chapter 6 Participatory Sensing (3 hours) Social networks and environmental monitoring Smart devices Smart applications
Chapter 7 Case studies (2 hours) Wild fire monitoring Urban microclimate
The Lecturer
Degree in Electrical or Mechanical engineering, Computer science, physical science
MSc Degree in relevant scientific fields
PhD in Telematics or Wireless sensor networks or environmental monitoring
Bibliography
G. Bruce Wiersma (Editor) Environmental Monitoring ISBN-13: 978-1566706414
Kim, Young J.; Platt, Ulrich (Eds.) Advanced Environmental Monitoring ISBN 978-1-4020-6363-3
Nicholas M. Avouris (Editor), Bernd Page (Editor) Environmental Informatics: Methodology and Applications of Environmental Information Processing ISBN-13: 978-0792334453