Embedded Systems and Internet of Things (ES-IoT) MSc

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We have a multidisciplinary approach to teaching and you'll engage with students across all key electrical and electronic engineering disciplines. This offers a rich and diverse learning experience.

Our teaching consists of:

• lectures
• tutorials
• seminars
• practical lab sessions
• research-led projects
• group work
• laboratory work
• computing workshops
• personal supervision

You'll have the opportunity to carry out research and development projects in multi-million pound state-of-the-art facilities, and work alongside active collaborations between the University and industry.

Modules are taught by block delivery, allowing you to immerse yourself and understand the subject in more depth.

Depending on your modules, you'll be assessed through a combination of:

• Oral examination
• Oral presentation
• Report
• Written examination
• Written exercise

Assessment is by written examination at the end of each semester, coursework, and a project and dissertation conducted in association with one of the School's research groups.

MSc Project and Dissertation in Embedded Systems (Individual Project)

The School of Engineering has an international reputation for transformative engineering and technology research. You'll have the opportunity to be part of this research and development, particularly during your individual project.

You'll choose the topic of your research project, supported by our expertise. You'll combine the skills, knowledge and understanding gained from the modules you've undertaken and develop your research skills on a relevant topic.

Our innovative educational techniques will give you practical design skills and research methodologies.

You'll have the ability to:

• formulate planning and organisational strategies
• review and summarise relevant technical papers, reports etc
• ability to critique different techniques and strategies
• identify relevant/irrelevant material related to MSc studies

Examples of projects have included:

• IoT System for Oil Refineries
• M2M IoT Parking Management System
• Stochastic Physical Unclonable Function Implementation with SRAM

Your teaching and learning is also supported by Canvas. Canvas is a Virtual Learning Environment. You'll use Canvas to submit your assignments and access your:

• module handbooks
• course materials
• groups
• course announcements and notifications
• written feedback

Throughout your studies, you’ll have access to support from:

• peers
• academics
• personal tutors
• our University Student Services Team
• student representatives

You'll also be assigned an academic member of staff. They will be your personal tutor throughout your time with us. They can help with academic and personal issues.

Dr Alex Bystrov

Degree Programme Director

Areas of expertise:

• Low-power design, interconnect protocols, interfaces and synchronisation
• Electronics for security applications, physical unclonable functions, resilience to side-channel attacks
• Embedded systems and Internet of Things

Dr Matthew Armstrong

Senior Lecturer in Control of Electrical Power

Areas of expertise:

• Power electronics
• Advanced digital control of electrical power systems
• Design of novel power converter topologies
• Real-time digital control of power electronic converters
• Control of electric drives
• System modelling: system identification/parameter estimation
• Hardware in the Loop (HiL) emulation

Professor Said Boussakta

Professor of Communications and Signal Processing

Areas of expertise:

• Wired and Wireless Communications Networks
• Cryptography and Security
• Fast Algorithms and Transforms for Communications
• Communication Systems
• Digital Signal and Image Processing
• Digital Signal Processing in the Encrypted Domain

Professor Satnam Dlay

Professor of Signal Processing Analysis

Areas of expertise:

• Machine/deep learning
• Biometrics
• Image/signal processing
• Security
• Biomedical imaging
• 3D imaging and multimedia healthcare

Professor Gui Yun Tian

Professor of Sensor Technologies

Areas of expertise:

• Electromagnetic sensors
• Sensor array and sensor network
• Electromagnetic Non-destructive Evaluation Advanced signal processing monitoring systems and applications

Dr Domenico Balsamo

Lecturer in Microsystems Design

Areas of expertise:

• Sustaining computation during intermittent supply
• Graceful performance modulation for power-neutral energy harvesting devices
• HW/SW design of high-performance and low-power embedded systems
• Design of Wireless Sensor Networks for monitoring environmental conditions
• Energy efficiency in historical building
• Smart-Energy Harvesting Systems for Non-intrusive Load-Monitoring and Energy Metering

Dr Ahmed Abd El-Aal

EDA/CAD Systems Specialist

Dr Nick Coleman

Lecturer

Areas of expertise:

• Design of faster processors: general purpose microprocessors, or special-purpose devices for applications such as DSP and graphics
• Development of the European Logarithmic Microprocessor

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