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