GTKU MS Embedded Software Program Orientation

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GT/KU MSEmbedded Software Program Orientation

• Kishore Ramachandran

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Georgia Tech Overview
State university in Atlanta, Georgia (with
physical campuses in Savannah, Metz, Singapore,
Athlone)
33 bachelors, 45 masters, 31 Ph.D. programs
18,000 students 60 undergraduate 40 graduate
3,000 engineering science degrees
Largest engineering school in the U.S.
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GT Rankings
 US News World Report 7th ranked public
university 4th ranked in engineering  Times
of London Global Rank 8th ranked in
engineering
Of more than 300 engineering schools in the
U.S., most top 5 rankings are shared by
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COC Overview

• College of Computing comprises
• School of Computer Science
• School of Interactive Computing
• Division of Computational Science Engineering
• Number of undergraduates 794
• Entering CS freshmen avg GPA 3.7, SAT 1374
• Number of graduate students 736

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COC Masters program growth
Overall enrollment
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COC Growing our faculty

• Number of CoC academic faculty 76
• Plus 11 joint appointments
• 25 research faculty
• 6 instructional faculty

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COC Honored Award-Winning Faculty

• AAAS Fellows 6
• ACM Fellows 9
• Guggenheim Fellows 2
• IEEE Fellows 4
• NAE Members 2
• Sloan Fellows 5
• NSF Career Awards 31
• DARPA Awards 5
• NSF Presidential YoungInvestigator Awards 4

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Back to GT-KU MS Program
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Who to Talk To

• Masters Program
• Faculty in Korea for general questions
• Professor H. Venkateswaran (venkat_at_cc.gatech.edu)
• Annika Kleinwaechter (akleinwa_at_cc.gatech.edu)
  Julie Williams (juliew_at_cc.gatech.edu) for
  administrative questions
• Ed Omiecinski for general info on MS program
  (edwardo_at_cc.gatech.edu)
• Kishore Ramachandran for questions specific to
  the KU program
• (rama_at_cc.gatech.edu)
• Leo Mark for general Program Management
  (leomark_at_cc.gatech.edu)

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Procedures

• RTFWP - Read The Fine Web Pagesfirst.
• Ga Tech Catalog - online. The last word on the
  official program rules
• CoC Web Site - forms, admin matters
• Grad Studies Site - Thesis forms, general info.
• GTKU website (http//gtku.cc.gatech.edu/ )
• Plan ahead.
• Never count on getting forms signed the same day
• Never assume that a faculty or staff person will
  be available immediately. Time-difference a
  problem too

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Deadlines and Forms

• Graduation Petitions must be signed and approved
  and in the registrars hands the semester BEFORE
  you plan to graduate.
• Due dates on our web site

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Embedded Software MS Program

• Institute requirements (http//www.catalog.gatech.
  edu/students/grad/masters/award.php)
• Program requirements (http//www.cc.gatech.edu/aca
  demics/grad/ms-program.shtml)
• GT/KU program web page
• (http//gtku.cc.gatech.edu/)

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TOEFL ELTS Requirements

• TOEFL
• 550 on the paper-based test
• 213 on the computer-based test
• 79 on the internet-based test
• ELTS
• ELTS score of 6
• TOEIC
• 700 or more
• NOTE
• Scores must be directly submitted to Graduate
  Admissions before December 15, 2008 for you to
  register for classes

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Prerequisite Requirements

• Courses that we expect you should have taken as
  an undergraduate
• Courses required for our BSCS cannot be counted
  towards our MSCS.
• Prerequisite Classes/Topics
• Networking and Communications
• Computer Architecture
• Systems (O/S)
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• Formal Languages and Automata Theory
• Human Computer Interaction
• Databases

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Curriculum- GT Course Offerings (tentative)

• Spring 09 (TAs on site for all three courses)
• CS 6505 Computability Algorithms (ON SITE)
• Professors H. Venkateswaran and Eric Vigoda
• CS 6310 Software Architecture and Design
• Professor Spencer Rugaber
• CS 6290 High Performance Computer Architecture
• Professor Milos Prvulovic
• Summer 09 (All courses on site)
• CS 8803 Languages and Compilers for Embedded
  Systems
• Professors Santosh Pande and Sean Lee
• CS 8803 Advanced Digital Design for Embedded
  Hardware
• Professor Sungkyu Lim
• CS 8803 Multimedia Communication
• Professor David Anderson
• Fall 09
• CS 8803 Mobile Robots (ON SITE)
• Professors Harvey Lipkin and Nader Sadegh
• ECE 6277 DSP Software Systems Design
• Professsor Vijay Madisetti

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Curriculum Rules for MS CS degree

• Need 8 GT courses (each 3 credits)
• gt Register for ALL GT courses each semester
• Graduation requirements
• 36 total credits
• 33 course credits required (24 GT, 9 transfer
  from KU)
• 3 project credits (CS 8903 from GT in Spring
  2010)
• Grades below C do not count
• Grades once earned do not disappear from
  transcript (e.g., repeating a course and getting
  a better grade does not replace the old bad
  grade)
• Minimum cumulative GPA for graduation 3.0

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Curriculum rules (contd.)

• Can I register for less number of GT courses?
• Yes, butcould result in delaying your graduation
• You need 8 GT courses to graduate and only 8 GT
  courses are offered in 2009
• Can I add a course?
• Deadline January 9, 4 PM EST
• Classes can only be dropped after this deadline,
  not added.
• Cannot change the basis of the course after this
  deadline (e.g., cannot change from pass/fail to
  letter grade)
• Can I drop a course?
• Yes, butcould result in delaying your graduation
• Drop without the course appearing on transcript
• Deadline January 9, 4 PM EST
• Drop with W for course
• Deadline February 27, 1159 PM EST

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Curriculum rules (contd.)

• What should I do if I register for less or want
  to add/drop a course?
• Immediately let Annika and Kishore know
• Why?
• The program pre-pays your tuition to GT assuming
  you are registering for all courses each semester
• GT will automatically send you a check for the
  dropped course
• You need to return the check to us so that we can
  apply it to you for the next semester
• You will not be able to register the following
  semester unless you return the check to us
  immediately

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Final MS project

• Spring 2010
• CS 8903 (3 credits)
• In your company as an intern with a GT or KU
  mentor and a company supervisor
• Approval
• Before the end of Fall 2009 submit proposal
• Permits will be issued once approved by me for
  registering for CS 8903 in Spring 2010
• Project report
• First approved by your company mentor and KU
  supervisor (deadline last day of classes)
• Given to me for approval and grade assignment

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GT Rules on Academic standing

• Minimum CGPA for graduation 3.0
• Students status (gtku.cc.gatech.edu -gt Academic
  -gt Requirements)
• Good standing -gt Warning -gt Probation -gt Dropped
• Good standing
• CGPA gt 2.7 AND no grade less than C in current
  semester
• Warning
• 2.0 lt CGPA lt 2.7 and/or
• grade for any course in current semester is below
  C
• Probation
• CGPA lt 2.0
• Dropped
• On probation for two consecutive terms and/or
• CGPA lt 2.0 and semester GPA lt 2.7
• How to return to Good standing from
  warning/probation?
• CGPA gt 2.7 AND grades for current term are all C
  or better

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GT Honor code

• Students are expected to act according to the
  highest ethical standards. The immediate
  objective of an Academic Honor Code is to prevent
  any Students from gaining an unfair advantage
  over other Students through academic misconduct. 
• Academic misconduct is any act that does or
  could improperly distort Student grades or other
  Student academic records. Such acts include but
  need not be limited to the following
• Possessing, using or exchanging improperly
  acquired written or verbal information in the
  preparation of any essay, laboratory report,
  examination, or other assignment included in an
  academic course
• Substitution for, or unauthorized collaboration
  with, a Student in the commission of academic
  requirements
• Submission of material that is wholly or
  substantially identical to that created or
  published by another person or person, without
  adequate credit notations indicating authorship
  (plagiarism)
• False claims of performance or work that has been
  submitted by the claimant
• Alteration or insertion of any academic grade or
  rating so as to obtain unearned academic credit
• Deliberate falsification of a written or verbal
  statement of fact to a member of the Faculty so
  as to obtain unearned academic credit
• Forgery, alteration or misuse of any Institute
  document relating to the academic status of the
  Student.

Important Talk to your professors and TAs and
clarify these rules Collaboration policy
specific to each course
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General Student Info

• Email Accounts
• Georgia Tech (PRISM) email
• Once you register for classes, an email account
  at Georgia Tech will be created for you. You
  will receive your account and your temporary
  password from Julie Williams (juliew_at_cc.gatech.edu
  ).
• College of Computing accounts
• http//www-static.cc.gatech.edu/tso/forms/account_
  form.shtml
• You must have a PRISM account before you can
  apply for a CoC account.
• Library access
• www.library.gatech.edu
• Honor code
• http//www.honor.gatech.edu/
• Academic rules and regulations
• http//www.catalog.gatech.edu/rules/6c.php

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Registration

• Registration information
• www.registrar.gatech.edu is a wealth of
  information, including how to help for class
  registration.
• Registration website
• https//oscar.gatech.edu/

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Registration

• Accessing Registration
• Go to https//oscar.gatech.edu
• Select "Secured Access Login"
• User ID gtID
• Enter PIN
• Select "Student Services Financial Aid" View
  Screenshot
• Select "Registration" View Screenshot
• Select "Term"
• Select "Add/Drop Classes" View Screenshot
• Add classes by typing in the course CRN or by
  searching.

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CS 6310 RKR Software Architecture Design

• CRN 25385, Section RKR
• Professor Spencer Rugaber
• Teaching Assistant Jinwoo Kang

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CS 6505 RKR Computability Algorithms

• CRN 25360, Section RKR
• Professors H. Venkateswaran and Eric Vigoda
• Teaching Assistants
• Shiva Kintali and Linji Yang

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CS 6290 RKR High Performance Computer Architecture

• CRN 28547, Section RKR
• Professor Milos Prvulovic
• Teaching Assistant JoonHo Baek

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Registration

• Deadlines for Spring Registration
• Monday January 5, 2009 by 5 PM !!!( EST)
• Gives us time to finalize fee payments for all of
  you at GT

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GT Spring 2009 Calendar

• Official GT school holidays
• January 19 (MLK Birthday)
• March 16-20 (Spring Break)
• Student visit to GT campus
• Week of March 23
• Korean Holidays
• January 25-27 (Lunar New Year)
• March 1 (National holiday independence movement
  day)
• Last day of classes
• April 24
• Final Exams
• April 27 May 1

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QA

• How to use office hours of TAs and professors?
• What kind of help can we expect from TAs?
• How to appeal scores on exams/homeworks?
• Is collaboration on homeworks and projects
  allowed?
• Can I take GT courses not offered for KU campus?
• Can I go to Atlanta to take GT courses?
• Can I do internship in the 4th semester in the US?