CS 425 Software Engineering

1. CS 425Software Engineering Overview of Proposed Project Topics September 22, 2011

2. Summary • Topics by Dr. Kostas Bekris • Topic by Mr. Mike McMahon • Topics by General Electric (Mr. Ken Ceglia) • Topics by Mr. Richard Kelly • Topics by Bally Technologies • Topic by Ms. Ashley Greenwald • Topic by Dr. Jennifer Mahon • Nevada Climate Change Portal topics • Topic by Mr. Scotty Strachan • Topics by Sergiu Dascalu’s NCCP Team

3. Topics by Dr. Kostas Bekris • Contact info: bekris@cse.unr.edu Topics: Motion Planning, Robotics

4. Topic by Mr. Mike McMahon • Contact info: mcmahon@cse.unr.edu Topic: Home Sprinkler Automation

5. Home Sprinkler Automation For the geek household

6. Awful • They turn sprinklers on and off… • They have clocks

7. Better • Touchscreen • More programming options • Limited computer connectivity • Optional rain sensors

8. Geek-worthy • .NET • Netduino • Network connectivity • Touchscreen • Web interface • Phone interface

9. Cool Features • Automatic time synchronization (NTP) • Web interface • Phone interface (optional) • Touchscreen (optional) • Highly-configurable sprinkler groupings and schedules • Network connectivity • Ability to use moisture sensors and / or weather data • And others (like home lighting control)

10. Other Information • ACM .NET workshops • Windows Phone contest

11. Topics by General Electric (Mr. Ken Ceglia & Team) • GE team: Arthur, Gabe, Jeremy, Ken • Contact info: ken.ceglia@ge.com

12. University of Nevada & GESenior Project 2011 Jeremy, James, Gabe, Ken

13. General Electric, GE Energy • Where are we • What do we do • Project Ideas

14. Where are we, who are we • Minden Nevada Headquarters • Global, World Wide • Engineering in Minden • Mumbai, Austria, New Zealand • Growing…

15. What do we do • Machinery Protection Systems • Big Machines • Just like Health Care, but with a Machine • Big Machines, very expensive, Making • Gasoline, or Power • Look at recent Russian Crisis

16. Last Year’s Project • Jeremy, James, Gabe • Mobile Phone • Senior Project -> Internship -> Full Time Staff

17. Project Ideas • Mobile Phone Cable Check • iPhone or Android or Windows 7 • Mobile Databases • Plot Advisor, Neural Nets • AI, Math, Graphics • Statistical Alarms • GUI’s, Data and Math • MacBook Display • Apple, GUI’s, Database • Enhance Last Year’s Mobile • Mobile • Phone Alert • Mobile and WEB Make up your own!

18. Topics by Mr. Richard Kelley • Robotics Laboratory (Dr. Monica Nicolescu) • Contact info: http://www.cse.unr.edu/~rkelley/ • 2010 link to videos: http://www.cse.unr.edu/~rkelley/videos/

19. Topics by Bally Technologies • Mr. Saurabh Singh, Mr. Mark Lowell • Contact info: ssingh@ballytech.com Link to topics: PDF file

20. Topic by Ms. Ashley Greenwald • Contact info: greenwald.ashley@gmail.com Applying Behavior Analysis to Childbirth: The Effects of Prompting, Choice and Modeling on Experiential Pain During Labor

21. Topic by Ms. Ashley Greenwald • Childbirth in the United States is much different today than in centuries past. Whereas childbirth was once considered a natural process, the advent of modern medicine has taken the power of birth away from the woman and handed over to medical professionals. The “chain of interventions” that routinely occurs in hospitals has resulted in a 33% cesarean section rate and one of the highest infant mortality rates of all developed countries. Literature suggests that ineffective pain management techniques and unsupportive partners yield high levels of pain and suffering, resulting in the need for medical intervention wherein the women is left feeling disempowered and defeated.

22. Topic by Ms. Ashley Greenwald • The purpose of the present study is to examine how technology, incorporating in vivo behavioral techniques such as momentary prompting, choice, and modeling during contractions, effects the experience of sensory pain and perception of personal control during labor. Additionally, this study will examine how the treatment package effects requests for or use of medication during labor as well as its effect on partner participation and support during labor. • The technology of this intervention will be in the form of an iPad application. The iPad application will consist of three user components: identifying location of pain (i.e., back), identifying a pain management strategy for partner support (i.e., massage), identifying a pain management strategy for the laboring woman (i.e., labor positions). Based on the three selections, a short video clip will play of the exact behaviors that are recommended for the participants to engage in. The application will also collect data using a Likert-type rating scale of pain and perceived control following each contraction.

23. Topic by Dr. Jennifer Mahon • Collaborators: Dr. Bobby Bryant, Dr. Michael Leverington, Mr. Ben Brown, Ms. Miran Kim • Contact info: jmahon@unr.edu Tentative Topic Title: Bringing Imaginary Students to Life: A Simulation Environment for the Exploration of Students’ Personalities and Behavior

24. Nevada Climate Change Topics • NCCP link: www.sensor.nevada.edu • Presentation by S. Dascalu http://www.cse.unr.edu/~dascalus/NCCP.pptx

25. Nevada Climate Change Topics • Topic by Mr. Scotty Strachan [UNR Department of Geography] • Contact info: • scotty@dayhike.net • dascalus@cse.unr.edu Topic: Management System for Field Web Cameras

26. Nevada Climate Change Topics [Topic by Scotty Strachan] The Nevada EPSCoR climate observation network has deployed several PTZ Canon VB-C60 webcameras in remote field locations. It is anticipated that each of 12 separate stations will have a camera installed by the end of the year. These cameras currently are set to transmit images of pre-set views once per hour over a 10Mbps field IP network. The utility of these cameras could also be leveraged by implementing software control systems similar to security camera management, where a buffer of video or frequent frames is automatically captured and archived on a control server. Images are automatically analyzed in software for major changes, so that movement can be detected and recorded.

27. Nevada Climate Change Topics [Topic by Scotty Strachan] Development of such a system associated with the EPSCoR network would enhance site maintenance and security as well as provide an additional product for end users of station data. Identification of suitable software packages, precise deliverables, and initial implementation will require input and considerations from the perspectives of EPSCoR C.I. system security, usable field network bandwidth, and C.I. infrastructure cost. Familiarity with the built-in capabilities of the camera hardware will be necessary prior to deciding on additional details.

28. Nevada Climate Change Topics Other topics: • Climate Change Data Processing and Visualization Contact: Sergiu Dascalu, Mike McMahon • Software Tools for Model and Data Interoperability Contact: Sergiu Dascalu, Eric Fritzinger (ericf@cse.unr.edu)