IT Workshop 3

Faculty member:
Nagesh Kolagani

Teaching Assistants:
Aravind Ashok, Shyam Nandan Rai (UG4)
K Shravya, V Sai Vineeth K Reddy, K Ambuj Tiwari (UG3)
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Course outline
Primarily project based:
Proposed Sri City based projects:
(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRVOi4f8MspTV6w
iRCqixlqhqNS1vznUQ8Ggt0SV3RA/edit?usp=sharing)
E.g.
Weather monitoring
Transportation management
Energy management
Water supply management
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Weather monitoring
Gather real-time weather data such as:
temperature,
humidity,
wind speed, etc.
from various sensors at multiple locations in Sri City and
make it available to users through a web portal for easy
viewing (E.g. http://weather.sricity.in/bcentre/index.htm).
Combine it with other sources of weather data such as IMD
website and present to users using easy-to-use visualization
tools.
Show predictions in the short and medium term.
Detailed specification of projects is to be drawn up by
students in consultation with Dr. Venkatesh (Sri City).

Weather monitoring
E.g. http://weather.sricity.in/bcentre/index.htm

Weather monitoring
E.g. http://weather.sricity.in/bcentre/index.htm

Weather monitoring
E.g. http://www.imd.gov.in/pages/main.php

Transportation management
GPS tracking of vehicles: The users should be able to see
location of a desired set of vehicles (e.g. IIIT cars and buses)
on a web GIS map in real time.
Car pooling/Vehicle usage management: Develop a web
portal for faculty to place transportation requests and for a
coordinator to plan and meet these requests. Appropriate
SMS alerts should be generated.

Survey of transportation requirements: Collect data on type

of trips made by Sri City residents each week and understand
their key transportation requirements. Provide a mobile app
for this purpose so that the resident can say what purpose
each trip is for.
Detailed specification is to be drawn up by students in
consultation with Dr. Siva prasad and Mr. Sunil.

Other potential projects

Energy management:
Survey of energy consumption patterns in student
hostels for better energy planning/distribution
management: Collecting data on room occupancy by
students.
Water supply management:

To be decided.

Course Evaluation
Entirely project based:
Around Mid-sem 1:

20%

Around Mid-sem 2:

30%

Around End-sem:

50%

Group projects
Faculty will (randomly?) select a member from the group.
His/her performance in individual interview/presentation will
decide group grade.
Inform groups and project/topic preference by 3rd week
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Technologies
Software
web2py framework

http://www.web2py.com/
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18065445/web2py/
web2py_manual_5th.pdf)
Hardware
As needed (e.g. IoT)

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http://www.web2py.com/

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web2py
Set up web2py framework on Linux OS in lab
Do a simple assignment

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