For the reading assignment, you are to submit a report about three selected papers. The selection process for the papers will be as follows: By Oct 17 you will submit by e-mail a proposal that describes the overall topic/problem that you want to address in your study and a list of paper you want to read and discuss.

The proposal should consist of a half-page description of the problem, and the issues you are interested in, and a list of 6 paper references, selected from at least 4 conferences. At most one author should appear in more than one paper (at most two papers). The papers shall be selected from the last 4-5 years of the following venues:

• IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS)
• IEEE Real-Time Application Symposium (RTAS)
• ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS)
• IEEE Internet of Things Journal
• 2014 IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT)(focus on technical presentations)

I will then look at the proposal; based on your selection of papers, we will agree on 3 papers that you will discuss in your written report.

The report (hard due date: December 6, 2013) shall have the following format:

1. Introduction (1-2 pages): Describe and motivate the problem. Decribe the general state of the art, related work. Give a very short overview of the three papers and how they fit together.
2. Analysis of papers (1-2 pages each, 3 papers): Each analysis summarizes the paper, describes the contributions, describes the links to the other papers in the area and the other papers in your selection. You then describe the underlying assumptions made in the paper and discuss their validity. The key is that you should write a critical analysis of the paper, not just a summary.
3. Summary (1-2 pages): Summarize how the three papers contribute to the understanding of the issue, what remains to be done, and how you foresee the development on the topic of study over the next several years.