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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to M2M Premier Academic Programs. This section details university programs and other course curriculums teaching the use and development of machine-to-machine technology. To begin, please browse the selection of programs below.
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Curriculum/Program Title:
Wireless Engineering Research & Education Center
Description:
The Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) have developed, and have obtained approval for, a new undergraduate program leading to the Bachelor of Wireless Engineering degree. There are two tracks in this program, one concentrating on the design of hardware and the other on the design of software for wireless devices and networks. This new program is one of the first of its kind in the United States.
Last Updated:2008
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BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
Curriculum/Program Title:
Graduate Certificate Supply Chain Management
Description:
Curriculum focuses on key concepts and applications in supply chain management. Student must also focus on one key area: RFID (radio frequency identification) or Operations Excellence Along the Supply Chain. Course offered jointly with the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Last Updated:2008
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BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Curriculum/Program Title:
Telecommunications and Networks Option
Description:
Building on the knowledge and skills gained in the first year of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology program, students will learn the basic principles to develop complete telecommunications systems. These systems will include land mobile radio, digital data transmission, wireless systems, fiber optic links, microwave links, satellite communication systems, LANs and WANs, digital signal processing (DSP), computer control and testing of communications equipment.
Last Updated:2008
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CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Curriculum/Program Title:
Wireless and Photonics Engineering
Description:
Wireless in combination with optical fiber will then cover every part of a wide spectrum, ranging from wideband communications in a small cell (WLAN and Bluetooth) up to global satellite systems. High bandwidth video and data will now be possible to transfer, enabling many new applications and, truly, now “the sky is the only limit”.
Last Updated:2008
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GLOBAL TELECOM UNIVERSITY
Curriculum/Program Title:
Global Telecom Training Institute
Description:
Master in Telecommunications Regulation and Policy
The GTU/GTTI provides an opportunity to exploit the evolution of telecommunication and information technology in the training sector.
Last Updated:2008
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GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Curriculum/Program Title:
Telematics
Description:
Telematics ("Telematik") is information and communications technology. Its field of activity covers hardware and software. The master degree (Dipl.-Ing.) is based on the bachelor degree (Bakk.techn.).
Last Updated:2008
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GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Curriculum/Program Title:
Cisco Routing/Network Configuration
Description:
This program provides students with the knowledge and skills to prepare for occupations in the field of local and wide area networks. Students learn network connectivity concepts, standards and protocols used to connect network devices. In addition, students learn how to use CISCO IOS software in a lab environment and how to install networking hardware and software in routers, switches and other network equipment.
Last Updated:2008
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LAMAR UNIVERSITY
Curriculum/Program Title:
College of Engineering
Description:
Bachelor, masters, and PhD degrees in electrical engineering with option for sensor networks
Last Updated:2008
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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Curriculum/Program Title:
RFID Lab
Description:
RFID Lab was established in the School of Packaging at Michigan State University by Professor Robb Clarke in 1999. RFID Lab focuses on applied RFID research to develop understanding interaction between RFID and product, package, and distribution environment. The goal is to apply this knowledge to develop guidelines to assist RFID implementation as well as the solutions for RFID integration problems.
Last Updated:2008
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MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Curriculum/Program Title:
RFID Program
Description:
Middlesex Community College offers two programs focusing on RFID technology: RFID Certificate program, and an Associate Degree Program in Science in Computer, Software & Networking Technology with a concentration in RFID. Both programs are designed so that graduates will be able to install, test, and maintain RFID systems.
Last Updated:2008
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NORTH LAKE COLLEGE
Curriculum/Program Title:
Logistics Technology — Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Description:
North Lake College offers an RFID Certificate in Logistics Technology. The curriculum, designed to prepare graduates for entry-level positions in RFID development fields, requires 46 credit hours, which can be completed in three semesters.
Last Updated:2008
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OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Curriculum/Program Title:
Associate Degree in Applied Science: RFID Certificate
Description:
The goal of Oakton's Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Program is to prepare students for RFID opportunities in the workplace. The lab will provide students with hands-on experiences working directly with software, tags, readers, and infrastructure. Students will learn the technology and be able to communicate the business value of an RFID implementation.
Last Updated:2008
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OHIO UNIVERSITY
Curriculum/Program Title:
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology: Manufacturing Information Technology (MIT) Focus
Description:
Ohio University's Automatic Indentification and Data Capture Lab focuses on research relating to RFID and other M2M application. The department offers several classes relating to RFID (354, 400, 491 in the Bachelor of Science Programs).
Last Updated:2008
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OTA TRAINING
Curriculum/Program Title:
RFID Courses
Description:
Led by professional RFID instructors, these courses are geared toward teaching students the fundamentals of RFID.
Last Updated:2008
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PENN STATE BEHREND
Curriculum/Program Title:
RFID in Engineering and Business School Curriculum
Description:
The RFID Technology Center at Penn State Behrend conducts research in the field of RFID. The college offers several courses that relate RFID into the engineering and business curriculum.
Last Updated:2008
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RFID4U
Curriculum/Program Title:
RFID Certification and Training
Description:
Dedicated fully to RFID training, RFID4U provides many different classes and seminars on RFID technology. RFID4U has training facilities across the United States, as well as online courses.
Last Updated:2008
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RICE UNIVERSITY
Curriculum/Program Title:
Center for Multimedia Communication
Description:
Using a multidisciplinary approach, The CMC conducts basic theoretical and experimental research that leads the transformation of wireless communications and networking by bringing together expertise from computer networking, signal processing, optics, applied mathematics, and computer engineering.
Last Updated:2008
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RIDGEWATER COLLEGE
Curriculum/Program Title:
Wireless Communications Laboratory
Description:
This program emphasizes understanding of radio frequency fundamentals, employing a systems approach along with component-level troubleshooting and analysis. Systems integration and networking are also studied. This multi-faceted approach to understanding the operation and troubleshooting of communication systems enables graduates to become effective technicians in the wireless industry. 
Last Updated:2008
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TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN
Curriculum/Program Title:
Telecommunication Networks Group
Description:
The general interest of TKN are architectures and protocols for communication networks. In our research we actually focus on mobile multimedia communication following the internet approach.
The research has three complementary aspects. The curriculum addresess fundamental issues of the systems suggestingnew architectural approaches and new protocols. For better understanding and investigating the features of these solutions it develops appropriate performance models (mostly simulative) as well as prototype implementations in hardware and software.
Last Updated:2008
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TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Curriculum/Program Title:
Electrical/Electronics Core
Description:
All students in Avionics Technology, Biomedical Equipment Technology, Computer Maintenance Technology, Electrical/Computerized Control Systems & Robotics, Electronics Technology, Laser Electro-Optics Technology, Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology and Telecommunications Technology take basic electronic courses through the Electrical/Electronics Core (EEC). The EEC introduces these students to the basic electronic skills they will need for their chosen technical area. TSTC realizes that students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and learning experiences. The EEC department is designed with flexibility which allows students to move through basic electrical/electronics courses at a level which will help ensure a high student success rate.
Last Updated:2008
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Curriculum/Program Title:
Wireless Networking & Communications Group
Description:
WNCG supports a board research agenda in wireless networking and communication. Ongoing work ranges from antennas and propagation, advanced radio technologies, wireless networking, to wireless multimedia applications. A broad range of methodologies are employed as well, from theoretical investigations of fundamental limits, a variety of simulation technologies, to working prototypes of advanced wireless nodes and networks.
Last Updated:2008
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UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE
Curriculum/Program Title:
Graduate Certificate: Supply Chain Management
Description:
Curriculum focuses on key concepts and applications in supply chain management. Student must also focus on one key area: RFID (radio frequency identification) or Operations Excellence Along the Supply Chain. Program offered jointly with Boise State University.
Last Updated:2008
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - SAM WALTON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Curriculum/Program Title:
RFID Lab and courses
Description:
The RFID Research Center spans many disciplines including retail, supply chain, industrial engineering, and computer science, among others. Lab research and seminars led by Dr. Bill Hardgrave.
Last Updated:2008
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
Curriculum/Program Title:
Berkeley Wireless Research Center
Description:
BWRC consists of 60 graduate students and 12 faculty engaged in pre-competitive public domain research into the design issues supporting next generation wireless communication systems. Application areas of interest include: improved spectrum utilization, cognitive radios, ultra-low power sensor networks, advanced a/d and d/a converters, RF/mm-wave circuits and low-power digital circuits. Proof-of-concept prototypes are designed using BWRC's unique design flows and fabricated using state-of-the-art processes. The Center includes a complete laboratory for circuit and system evaluation from DC to 110 GHz.
Last Updated:2008
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE
Curriculum/Program Title:
Embedded Systems Engineering
Description:
Today’s embedded systems development ranges from microprocessor-based control systems, to systems-on-chip (SoC) design, and device software development. A myriad of implementations can be found in consumer electronics, medical devices, and commercial and military applications. This program looks at embedded systems engineering as a synergistic function between hardware and software device design and development. Participants learn the essential concepts of embedded systems development through a practical hands-on approach utilizing industry design automation (EDA) tools and design kits.
Last Updated:2008
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (UCLA)
Curriculum/Program Title:
RFID Course
Description:
The course will introduce state-of-art in RFID systems technology with specific focus on designing and analyzing RFID systems. Other topics to be discussed include: hardware and middleware issues, middleware technology in the context of developing applications, standardization efforts in the industry and their current applications, and applications of RFID in various industries including supply chain, retail, homeland security, manufacturing, etc. Industry leaders will be invited to give guest lectures. Students will work on hands-on projects in RFID using equipment in the RFID Lab.
Last Updated:2008
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
Curriculum/Program Title:
Telecom Center
Description:
With the new Specialty in Telecommunications, the UH Cullen College of Engineering is educating engineers to lead the booming field of telecommunications engineering and its management. Its fundamentals are still included in the traditional areas of electronics, communication systems, computers, analog and digital signal processing, guided-wave transmission, wireless transmission and others, but these areas are adapted to fit new technological developments in the communication areas.
Last Updated:2008
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Curriculum/Program Title:
RFID Courses for businesses
Description:
RFID courses focus on helping businesses understand RFID and its potential for improving their processes, including reduced labor and operational costs, better inventory control, fewer shipping errors, improved utilization of fixed assets, and decreased losses due to theft and counterfeiting. The university will also do on-site classes to accomodate businesses at their jobsite.
Last Updated:2008
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
Curriculum/Program Title:
Logistics Graduate Certificate Program
Description:
The Logistics graduate certificate program includes several classes relating to M2M, including "Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems in the Supply Chain," as well as others dealing with Supply Chain Management. Courses are designed for professionals interested in continuing their education and students preparing to complete a master or doctoral degree.
Last Updated:2008
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
Curriculum/Program Title:
Center for Systems, Communications, and Signal Processing
Description:
The Center was established to bring together the faculty working in the areas of systems, communications, and signal processing and to foster a strong partnership with the local telecommunications industry.

Research areas include: Digital Signal Processing, Digital Communications, Wireless Communications, Modeling of Medical and Biological Systems, Speech Processing, Modeling and Analysis of Nonlinear Systems, Image and Video Compression, and Control Systems.
Last Updated:2008
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO
Curriculum/Program Title:
Digital Signal Processing & Communications Research Group
Description:
The Signal Processing and Communications (SPC) affinity group at the University of Texas at El Paso is a group of Electrical and Computer Engineering students, both undergraduate and graduate, which share a technical interest in Digital Signal and Image Processing, Communications Systems, Computer Vision, etc.
Last Updated:2008
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