IPRO 304 - Portable and Secure Data Storage System
Spring, 2006
Instructor: Wai Gen Yee (yee@iit)
Time: 5:00 - 6:15pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Location: SB 107
Office hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1-2pm, in SB226c
Class Web page: www.cs.iit.edu/~waigen/classes/ipro304spr06/

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News:

May 17, 2006: Pictures have been posted.
May 5, 2006: We won the Design Track and were second overall in the Exhibits category!

Description:

A Chicago-area start-up is excited about working with this IPRO team to develop a cost-effective solution for storing and manipulating information on a portable flash memory device and allowing secure, accurate, selective data transfer between this portable flash memory device and existing personal computers and computer networks. There are immediate opportunities for commercializing this technology to meet current market needs in the health care field, if it can be developed to meet the performance requirements outlined below.

The system must be capable of nearly failsafe prevention of unintentional transfer of unwanted data or malicious code during any transaction between the flash memory device and a personal computer or computer network. The solution should be easy to use and compatible with most personal computers and computer networks. The solution may involve the unique use of existing hardware and/or software, or the development of new hardware and/or software, or a combination of these.

The IPRO team will work with the sponsoring entrepreneurs sponsoring the project and the instructor(s) to establish goals and tasks that involve the following issues: reliability, security, virus protection, multi-platform compatibility. The team may invest time in understanding the state-of-the-art, creating a requirements document, investigating best commercially available solutions to meet the requirements, exploring new solutions, developing and testing a prototype, and otherwise advancing toward commercialization. This may require more than one semester.

In addition to computer science and computer engineering majors, this project can benefit from students interested in investigating the opportunity for improving the availability and effective use of patient health care information through one or more technology solutions. This can include students majoring in psychology, design, business and information technology or pursuing a pre-med path.

Course Goals:

Deliverables:

Important Dates:

January 19: Team formation.
January 26: Initial design document.
February 28: Status report for sponsors.
March 30: Status report for sponsors.
April 27: Final status report for sponsors.
May 5: IPRO day.