Cybersecurity of Drones is an in-depth exploration of security and privacy challenges in cyber-physical systems (CPS), with a primary focus on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This course equips learners with the foundational knowledge and hands-on skills necessary to analyze, attack, and defend drone systems in real-world scenarios. You will gain expertise in drone architecture, embedded systems security, adversarial machine learning, and CPS resilience, equipping you to understand and mitigate vulnerabilities in UAV operations. Through lectures, research paper discussions, and hands-on labs, you will engage with cutting-edge cybersecurity techniques, including sensor spoofing, actuator manipulation, malware analysis and defensive mechanisms tailored for autonomous aerial systems. By the end of the course, you will not only have a deep technical understanding of drone cybersecurity but also the ability to design resilient and secure UAV architectures, in preparation for careers in cyber-physical security, embedded systems, and critical infrastructure protection.

Introduction to digital signal processing. Sampling theorem, discrete-time Fourier transform. Power spectrum, discrete Fourier transform and the FFT algorithm, Z-transform, digital filter design and implementation.

Fundamental issues associated with autonomous robot control. Emphasizes biological perspective that forms the basis of many current developments in robotics.

Fundamental issues associated with autonomous robot control. Emphasizes biological perspective that forms the basis of many current developments in robotics.

Creation of complex execution and storage mechanisms, based on instruction set architecture, for software design including high-level programming languages and operating systems. Programming design projects. Credit not allowed for both ECE 2035 and ECE 3035.

Introduction to microelectronic processing technologies and CMOS. Includes a laboratory for fabrication/testing of MOS transistors, basic CMOS circuits, integrated resistors and capacitors. Credit will not be awarded for ECE 4452 and ECE 4752.