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ELEC 537 001 (CRN: 15668)
INTELLIGENT MOBILE SYSTEMS
Long Title: INTELLIGENT MOBILE SYSTEMS
Department: Electrical & Computer Eng.
Instructor: Garg, Nakul
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM TR (24-AUG-2026 - 4-DEC-2026)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 35
Section Enrolled: 9
Enrollment data as of: 26-APR-2026 10:47AM
Final Exam: GR Course-Dept Schedules Exam
Description: This course focuses on building intelligent mobile systems that sense, communicate, and make decisions under tight resource constraints like limited energy, compute, and bandwidth. Students will explore wireless communication, embedded sensing, and machine learning techniques for mobile applications. Topics include wireless localization, sensor fusion, on-device AI, energy harvesting, wireless imaging, and emerging techniques like 3D mapping and neural radiance fields. The course combines both the foundational principles and the state-of-the-art research in mobile computing and embedded intelligence. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Recommended background in signal processing, wireless communication, embedded systems, networking, and machine learning.