1. Environmental Monitoring Proposal for Module Characteristics Dr. Christopher Koutitas

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Bibliography  G. Bruce Wiersma (Editor) Environmental Monitoring ISBN-13: 978-1566706414 G. Bruce Wiersma  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 Nicholas M. AvourisBernd Page