2. Connecting IT Education to the Physical World using Smartphones David Starobinski, ECE/ENG Boston University Instructional Innovation Conference March 26, 2010

3. IT Curriculum

4. US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment of computer software engineers and computer programmers is projected to increase by 21 percent from 2008 to 2018, much faster than the average for all occupations. By 2015, more than 75 percent of the jobs will require workers with special skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

5. Computer Software Engineering Traditional ViewModern View

6. Smartphone Mini laptop/netbook +…. Powerful sensors

7. Smartphone Sensing Apps Remote Health Care (AirStrip) Smart Energy (Google PowerMeter)

8. Curriculum Innovation Smartphone programming assignment Developed by Idan Warsawski (BS, Eng ‘12) and Hongchang Wu (MS, Eng ’10) Offered in EC 441 (Intro to Computer Networking)

9. Android Socket

10. Main Screen

11. Finger Paint App

12. Sensor App Shaking of a phone causes the paired phone to vibrate

13. Smart Transportation T-Nav Senior Design project Subway arrival predictor Developed by Abin Ajayakumar (Eng ‘09), Moses Chen (Eng ‘09), Nael Musleh (Eng ‘09), Chris Ogorzalek (Eng ‘09), Patrick Raspante (Eng ‘09).

14. T-Nav: Social Networking + GPS

15. T-Nav: Graphical User Interface

17. Summary Smartphone is a disruptive technology – Sensing capabilities enable rich interaction with the physical word Inter-disciplinary: – Computing – Engineering – Physical and life sciences – Health care – Sociology… Lots of opportunities