Topic outline

  • First lecture: 16 April 2019, 10:15-12 in room T5


    Learning Outcomes: You will learn how to build multi-organizational applications that utilize data from Internet of Things sources (mobile, personal devices etc) as well as Industrial Internet sources (manufacturing systems, maintenance systems, ...), Web sources (weather forecasts, energy prices, ...). You will also learn how to enable "intelligent control" between those systems, thereby building "Systems of Systems" applications.

    Content: Hands-on examples and real systems will be studied, Systems of Systems architectures will be drafted for different application domains. Concepts such as Green Information Systems, Closed-Loop Lifecycle Management, Total Cost of Ownership and Fleet Management are key concepts for the achievable benefits from Systems of Systems. The main scope of the course is on architecting Information System Architectures for "Big Systems”; however, business aspects, as well as societal and environmental aspects of such systems will be considered.

    Lectures in 2019

    • 16 April (room T5): Practical arrangements. Background and introduction: from Internet of Things to Systems of Systems (SoS). Definitions of SoS.
    • 18 April (room T3: Presentation of project topics, practical arrangements. Lecture: How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition (based on HBR article by Porter and Heppelmann) and related articles.
    • 23 April (room T5): Business Ecosystems (by Anssi Smedlund).
    • 25 April (room T3): Standards, standardisation activities, reference architectures, ...
    • 7 May (room T5): How to implement SoS in reality.
    • 9 May (room T3): Security in SoS and IoT.

    Assessment Methods and Criteria: Project work, examination

    Project: Use Case specification from proposed ones or self-defined

    • Groups of 1-4 people
    • Grades: failed, accepted, excellent ("excellent" raises examination assessment by one, except if it is already 5)
    • Deadline for report: May 31st
    • Mentoring sessions: 
      • May 14
      • May 16
      • May 21
      • May 23

    Examination: May 31st, 2019, at 13:00-16:00