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Senior Projects

Senior Projects. Fall 2009 Meeting 1 August 24, 2009. Welcome. Capstone course What is a capstone? Why a capstone course? Your goals for the course? Ancillary activities Job search and other next steps Fun with computing Fun without computing Breadth of knowledge. Course Web Site.

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Senior Projects

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  1. Senior Projects Fall 2009 Meeting 1 August 24, 2009

  2. Welcome • Capstone course • What is a capstone? • Why a capstone course? • Your goals for the course? • Ancillary activities • Job search and other next steps • Fun with computing • Fun without computing • Breadth of knowledge

  3. Course Web Site • Central repository for information and instructions • Linked from “My Courses” • Check it now

  4. Systems

  5. SEL (aka MSC 158) • Hawk • Userid/pswd: LDAP. Make sure it works • Rational suite • Visual Studio • Macs • Room access • Remote access • Remote login • FTP

  6. UNIX • Sun cluster • Userid/Pswd: • Tools • Awk • Perl • Grep • Remote access • Secure shell • FTP

  7. Special Systems • Freeware • Can be downloaded and installed • Costware • Department or other funds may be available • Small systems • iPhone, iPod Touch • Interesting interfaces • Multitouch table

  8. THE Project

  9. Time Commitment • 3 credit course • Project class implies 4-5 hours per week per credit outside of class • 15 calendar weeks • 3 x 4.5 x 15 = 202.5 person-hours

  10. Project Log • Due each Monday, 10:00 a.m. • Submitted as a Word document attached to an email • File name is <last name><mmdd>.doc • Example: beck0824.doc • Documents in four sections • Team meetings: time, place, results (if applicable) • Individual effort, either as a team member or as a single person, including time estimate by task to nearest 15 minutes • Next week’s plans—starting at 1:20 p.m. ET of the submission day • Obstacles to progress

  11. Interim Project Reports • M, 8/31: Initial Project Description • W, 9/16: Sprint Review 1 • W, 10/7: Sprint Review 2 • W, 11/4: Sprint Review 3 • M, 11/23: Sprint Review 4

  12. Final Project Presentations • Senior Projects Fair, Reading Day: F, 12/11 • Final Sprint Review and Code Release: M, 12/14, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. • Sigma Xi Research Day • Research conference

  13. Modified Agile Development • Describe the agile development process

  14. Forgetfulness For the next few minutes, FORGET about the project that you think you want to do, that you planned for all summer.

  15. Software Development Project • Team-based • Complex software system • Identifiable customer for inclusion in the participatory design process • Based, perhaps, on software engineering requirements document

  16. Research Project • Substantial research project • Results suitable for publication and judging for awards

  17. Collaboration • TWISTZ: Team Work in Several Time Zones • Partners • University of Uppsala, Sweden • American University of Science and Technology, Beirut, Lebanon • and others as projects evolve

  18. Publication

  19. Print • Survey article • Research paper • Requirements document • User’s manual

  20. Print Tools • MS Word • Which version? • PCTeX • Essential for well-produced mathematical expressions • EndNote • Handles bibliographic material

  21. Oral • Presentation with supporting visuals

  22. Poster • Conference presentation • Hall display • CS style, which will be defined later.

  23. Web-Based • Web site • Wiki • Blog • Social network group

  24. Competition • Sigma Xi poster • CCSC meeting • ACM Student Research Poster Competition • NCUR conference • CRA undergraduate research • Google • Microsoft: Imagine Cup

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