东北大学

The Master of Science in Cyber-Physical Systems with a concentration in the Internet of Things (IoT) prepares our graduates for a world of connected devices. This innovative multidisciplinary program is designed to meet the demand for a new kind of specialist, one who can engineer and develop new interactive services; acquire, fuse, and process the data collected from sensors, actuators, controllers, and other devices; and develop architectures to interconnect these elements as part of larger, more diverse systems. It is expected that careers in this rapidly evolving area will encompass industry sectors ranging from energy, healthcare, transportation, infrastructure, to manufacturing.

This concentration integrates the study of wireless networking, protocols, sensor networks, security, software development, embedded systems, data analytics, and big data to provide students with the knowledge and tools to develop IoT applications, to analyze and design IoT architectures for different application domains, and to develop data analytic tools to analyze the large amounts of data generated by the massive deployment of IoT devices.

Degree Requirements

The program requires that a mix of core required courses and elective courses be taken—16 semester hours of core course work and a minimum of 16 semester hours of elective course work. Although there are some dependencies among the core courses, the program may be started in either the fall or spring semester. The core courses in data networks and/or concepts of object oriented design may be waived only if a student can demonstrate a satisfactory knowledge of either of these topic areas. The other two core courses may not be waived.

Special topics courses, as well as other courses not in the list of electives, may be used as electives with prior approval of the program director. A maximum of two courses from the Khoury College of Computer Sciences may be used as electives. Before taking any computer science course, prior approval is required from the program director.

Independent Study (CSYE 7978), usually 1 or 2 semester hours, or Software Engineering Project (CSYE 7945) in the Internet of Things must be carried out under the supervision of a professor and must have prior approval of the program director. Proposals for independent study or a software engineering project (IoT) need to be submitted at least one month before the start of the semester.