Seminar CSCE 481 Dr. Scott Schaefer

Staff Instructor Dr. Scott Schaefer HRBB 527B Office Hours: 3:45pm-4:45pm T/R (or by appointment) TAs Raniero Lara-garduno Aqib Bhat Vijaya Singh Karl Ott

Websites Course Page http://courses.cs.tamu.edu/schaefer/481_Fall2017

Unlike most classes… no theory Goals Unlike most classes… no theory Attempt to prepare you for life after TAMU Very applied, practical Introduce you to CS/CE outside classroom Satisfy W requirement

Assignments Resume Assignment – 1/23 Long Writing Assignment 1 – 2/6 Culture Assignment 1 – 2/13 Long Writing Assignment 2 – 3/1 Culture Assignment 2 – 3/10 Long Writing Assignment 3 – 4/3 Culture Assignment 3 – 4/17

Grading If ( All Short Writing Assignments Submitted && AVG(Short Writing Scores) >= 7 && All Long Writing Assignments Submitted && AVG(Long Writing Scores) >= 70% && Attended Classes (excluding this class) >=13 && Submitted 1+ revisions of a long assignment) then GRADE=‘A’ else GRADE=‘F’

Company Talks Several companies spanning wide variety of fields Be respectful. Pay attention. No electronics. Email me questions 1+ week prior to company visit with any questions you want company to answer while here. (I will moderate the list… no company secrets, etc…)

Company Talks 2/7 – Pariveda – Consulting 2/9 – National Instruments – CE/EE/Software 2/16 – Capital One – Financial Services 2/21 – Phillips 66 – Oil & Gas 2/28 – Two Sigma – Hedge Fund/Data Analytics