CS 426 Senior Projects

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CS 426Senior Projects

• Department of Computer Science, UNR
• 2003

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Outline

• The Course
• The Teams
• The Projects
• The Results
• The Future

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The Course

• Part of CS undergrad curriculum since 1994
• Coronation of students academic work
• Follows CS 425 Software Engineering
• Team project oriented
• Includes invited talks external advisement
• Finalized by public workshop in May

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The Course

• Contents and requirements
• Lectures on UP and UML UID guidance
• Project in four phases
• Concept elaboration
• Specification
• Design
• Implementation, integration testing

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The Course

• Contents and requirements (contd)
• Presentations
• Peer evaluation feedback
• Midterm exam
• Project websites
• Posters
• Workshop organization participation

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The Teams

• 35 students in Spring 2003
• 10 teams, each of 3 or 4 students
• Most of the teams kept from CS 425
• Skilled, capable, determined
• Looking to graduating soon and getting employed

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The Teams

• ONE Bryan Miller, Eric Thornton, Derek Young
• TWO Cathy Osterhout, Steve Arnold, Chul Yim
• THREE James Hays, Bryan Phillips, Christian
  Rayburn
• FOUR Haipin Cua, Chang Huang, Leon Kania, T.
  McDole
• FIVE Yan Ha, Deanne Yumul, Joshua Estes, Chris
  Miles
• SIX Robert Davis, Steve Martens, Bryan
  Sullivan
• SEVEN Jitnapa Mahaviriyakul, Yumiko
  Shironouchi,
• Andy Klempau, Sohei Okamoto
• EIGHT Deanna Needell, Tamara Thiel, Jeff Stuart
  
• NINE Eva Sarwar, Justin Bradley, Ryan Simpson,
  Jo Oh
• TEN Josh Woolever, Eric Fritzinger, Vivek
  Sharan

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The Projects

• ONE Nevada Bently Non-Conforming Supplies
  Program
• TWO Ultimate Fitness Tracker (UFT)
• THREE Online Advisement System (OASIS)
• FOUR GL Object Rendering and Transformation
  (GORT)
• FIVE Mining Truck Simulator and Training
  (MINDS)
• SIX University-Student Employer Network (USE)
• SEVEN Secure Online Data Exchange (SODX)
• EIGHT University Class Scheduler (UCS)
• NINE Learning Companion and Self-Assessment
  Tool (VERITY)
• TEN Stratified Programming Integrated
  Development
• Program (SPIDER)
• Web-site http//www.cs.unr.edu/dascalus/sp.html

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The Projects Selections 1/3

• GORT GL Object Rendering and Transformation

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The Projects Selections 2/3

• UCS University Class Scheduler

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The Projects Selections 3/3

• SPIDER Stratified Programming Integrated
  Development EnviRonment

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The Results

• Good quality work on all projects
• All projects can be continued and enhanced
• Further work can involve both development and
  research
• Seven publications, with 24 student authors,
  presented at 4 conferences
• Important experience gained by both students and
  the instructor

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The Future

• Objectives
• Encourage and channel student creativity
• Lay the groundwork for dedication and excellence
  in teamwork
• Instill sound engineering practices
• Better prepare students for jobs

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The Future

• Priorities
• Build stronger connections with the industry
• Get better external and internal support for the
  course and its students
• Improve course contents and requirements
• Diversify project topics and increase projects
  impact
• Justify capstone course designation