University of Illinois Chicago
Edge Computing Systems
Fall 2026

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  • Monday 10/05/2026

    Edge AI, YOLO, and Computer Vision at the Edge

    tl;dr: shrink the model, time the frames, trust the counter ...
    Artifacts: [slides]
    • Reading (P07): An Edge Computing Approach for Real-Time Wildlife Detection and Alert System using YOLOv8 on Raspberry Pi 5
    • Hands-on Time: YOLO, LocateAnything Inference and Latency Logging
    • Project Time: Group work time
  • Monday 09/28/2026

    Data Visualization, Data Management, and Analytics at the Edge

    tl;dr: time series, grafana, and charts that lie ...
    Artifacts: [slides]
    • Reading (P06): Human-Data Interaction, Exploration, and Visualization in the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities
    • Hands-on Time: Grafana and TimeseriesDB
    • Project Time: Group work time
  • Monday 09/21/2026

    Edge Devices, Sensors, and Edge Nodes

    tl;dr: devices, sensors, and podman ...
    Artifacts: [slides]
    • Reading (P05): Edge-computing-driven Internet of Things: A Survey
    • Hands-on Time: Device and Sensor Telemetry Collection
    • Project Time: Milestone 0 Presentations
  • Monday 09/14/2026

    Overview of Edge Computing and Edge System Architecture

    tl;dr: welcome to the edge ...
    Artifacts: [slides]
    • Hands-on Time: Docker and System Architecture
    • Reading (P04): The Emergence of Edge Computing
    • Project Time: Group work time
  • Monday 09/07/2026

    No Class (Labor Day)

    tl;dr: holiday ...
    Artifacts: [slides]
    • No class meeting: University holiday (Labor Day).
  • Monday 08/31/2026

    Edge Development Tooling and Best Practices

    tl;dr: some useful tips ...
    Artifacts: [slides]
    • Reading (P02): Gentle Introduction: Containerization at the Edge
    • Reading (P03): Performance Characterization of Containers in Edge Computing
    • Hands-on Time: SSH, Linux, Git, GitHub
    • Project Time: Team building for group project
  • Monday 08/24/2026

    Course Introduction and Light Introduction to Edge Computing

    tl;dr: how you will spend the semester ...
    Artifacts: [slides]
    • Reading (P00): Gentle Introduction: What is Edge Computing?
    • Optional Reading (P01): Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges
    • Hands-on Time: Docker (Podman) Hands-On
    • Project Time: Introductions and Project Interest Form

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