Course Syllabus January 24, 2012

Course Syllabus

January 24, 2012

CS 426/CPE 426 Senior Projects in Computer

Science/Computer Engineering

University of Nevada, RenoDepartment of Computer Science & Engineering

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Outline

The Instructor The Students The Course: CS/CPE 426 The Texts Grading Scheme & Grading Scale Policies Tentative Schedule

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The Instructor

Sergiu Dascalu Room SEM-236 Telephone 784-4613 E-mail [email protected] Web-site www.cse.unr.edu/~dascalus Office hours:

T 11:00 am - 12:00 pm or by appointment or chance

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The Students

Registered as of today:

CS 426: 38 students CPE 426: 6 students

Prerequisite:

CS 425 Software Engineering

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The Course: CS 426..

Classroom: AB-109, TR 9:30 - 10:45 am

Outline: A continuation of CS 425 Software Engineering, this capstone course emphasizes team collaboration and application of modern engineering approaches to software construction. The development by each team of an original, industry-strength software product is the main objective of the course.

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.The Course: CS 426.

Outline [cont’d]:

The instructor will present lectures on the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and its application to object-oriented analysis and design and the teams will report on their progress by giving presentations and submitting deliverables related to the project.

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..The Course: CS 426

Outline [cont’d]:

The teams will deliver and present project work at the following stages: topic proposal and software specification (concept and requirements), design (model), and implemented software (in-progress and final product). At the beginning of the semester the teams will set up project websites, which will be updated regularly to reflect the progress of the projects. At the end of the semester there will be a public Senior Projects Workshop with project presentations, video clips, demos, and posters.

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The Course: CPE 426..

Classroom: AB-201, MW 9:30 - 10:45 am

Outline: This capstone course emphasizes team collaboration and application of modern engineering approaches to building computer-based systems that include a significant hardware component. The development by each team of an original, industry-strength project (software + hardware system) is the main objective of the course. Projects must be designed and implemented in the context of realistic engineering constraints and must follow effective engineering standards and practices.

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.The Course: CPE 426.

Outline [cont’d]:

The instructor will present lectures on the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and its application to object-oriented analysis and design and the teams will report on their progress by giving presentations and submitting deliverables related to the project.

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..The Course: CPE 426

Outline [cont’d]:

The teams will deliver and present project work at the following stages: topic proposal and software specification (concept and requirements), design (model), and implemented software (in-progress and final product). At the beginning of the semester the teams will set up project websites, which will be updated regularly to reflect the progress of the projects. At the end of the semester there will be a public Senior Projects Workshop with project presentations, video clips, demos, and posters.

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The Texts.

Required textbook: [Arlow’05] Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt, "UML and the Unified Process: Practical Object-Oriented Analysis and Design," Second edition, Addison Wesley, 2005.

Recommended textbook: [Heim’07] Steven Heim, The Resonant Interface: HCI Foundations for Interaction Design, Addison-Wesley, 2007;

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.The Texts

Additional readings:

For each individual project an additional book (project domain book) will be consulted, together with at least four reference articles (journal papers, conference papers, or web publications). This extra reading will be assigned shortly after the project topics will be defined by the teams. The project domain book and the articles will be used as references in presentations and project deliverables.

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Initial WWW Pointers

Course website: www.cs.unr.edu/~dascalus/sp2012.html

The Object Management Group: www.omg.com

Several other addresses of websites that contain project-related resources will be indicated later

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Grading Scheme CS 426.

Tentative (subject to slight modifications):Project Deliverables [60%]

Concept & Specification (P1) 10%Design (P2) 10%Progress demo (P3) 10%Implementation, Integration, and Testing (P4) 30%

Project Presentations and Publications [25%]Presentations (design, workshop) (PRES-I, II, WKS) 9%Project website (WEB) 5%Project video clip (VIDEO) 6%Poster (POSTER) 5%

Midterm examination (TEST) [12%]Class participation (classes & workshop, WKS) [3%]

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.Grading Scheme CS 426

Notes on grading:For grade A: at least 90% overall, at least 90% in class

participation and at least 60% in testTo pass the course: at least 50% overall and at least 50%

in project parts P3 and P4 There are no make-up tests or homework in this courseNote that poor class participation can significantly

decrease your overall grade

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Grading Scheme CPE 426.

Tentative (subject to slight modifications):Project Deliverables [60%]

Concept & specs based on engineering standards (P1) 10%Design with realistic engineering constraints (P2) 10%Progress demo (P3) 10%Implementation, Integration, and Testing (P4) 30%

Project Presentations and Publications [25%]Presentations (design, workshop) (PRES-I, II, WKS) 9%Project website (WEB) 6%Project video clip (VIDEO) 5%Poster (POSTER) 5%

Midterm examination (TEST) [12%]Class participation (classes & workshop, WKS) [3%]

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.Grading Scheme CPE 426

Notes on grading:For grade A: at least 90% overall, at least 90% in class

participation and at least 60% in testTo pass the course: at least 50% overall and at least

50% in project parts P3 and P4 There are no make-up tests or homework in this

courseNote that poor class participation can significantly

decrease your overall grade

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Grading Scale

Numerical-letter grade correspondenceA 90 -100 [maximum

100]A- 87 - 89B+ 83 - 86B 78 - 82B- 75 - 77C+ 71 - 74C 66 - 70C- 63 - 65D+ 59 - 62D 54 - 58 D- 50 - 53F < 50

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Policies.

Late submission policy:No late days for presentations, demos, and testMaximum 2 late days per project deliverableEach late day penalized with 10%No subdivision of late days (e.g. in hours) Example: a 90/100 worth project deliverable gets

81/100 if one day late (90*0.9 = 81) or 72/100 if two days late (90*0.8 = 72)

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.Policies

Legal notices on the world-wide web: Read and comply with accompanying legal notices on websites accessed

Specify references used Do not plagiarize. Plagiarism and cheating will not

be tolerated. Please read the policies of University of Nevada, Reno regarding academic dishonesty: www.unr.edu/stsv/acdispol.html

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Tentative Schedule CS426/CPE426. Week # Dates (T, R) Contents

1 Jan 24, 26 Course syllabus, Introduction

2 Jan 31, Feb 02 Lectures on UML & UP

3 Feb 07, 09Project group meetings

PWEB due 02/10/2012

4 Feb 14, 16 Project group meetings

5 Feb 21, 23UML Lectures

Project concept & specification due (P1) 02/24/2012

6 Feb 28, Mar 01 Presentations round 1 (PRES-I)

7 Mar 06, 08Presentations round 1 (PRES-I)

Project design due (P2) 03/07/2012

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.Tentative Schedule CS426/CPE4268 Mar 13, 15 UML Lectures/Invited speakers

9 Mar 20, 22 Spring break, no classes

10 Mar 27, 29Lecture/Invited speaker

Midterm test (TEST) 03/29/2012

11 Apr 03, 05Project group meetings

Project poster (POSTER) due 4/06/2012

12 Apr 10, 12Project progress demos (P3)

Project video (VIDEO) due 4/16/2012

13 Apr 17, 19 Presentations round 2 (PRS-II)

14 Apr 24, 26 Presentations round 2 (PRS-II)

15 May 01, 03 Implementation - internal project demos (P4)

16 May 04Workshop presentations & public demos (PRS-III) 05/04/2012;

Deliverables P4 due 05/08/2012