1 CS 426 Senior Projects Spring 2005 Course Syllabus January 19, 2005

2 Outline The Instructors The Students The Course The Texts Grading Scheme & Scale Policies Tentative Schedule Project Topics (initial)

3 The Instructors. Sergiu Dascalu Room SEM-236 Telephone Web-site Office hours:   Monday 4:00 - 5:00 pm and Wednesday 1:30 – 2:30 pm or by appointment or chance

4.The Instructors Brian Westphal Room SEM-255 A#1 or SEM-205 Telephone Web-site Office hours:   Tuesday 4:00 - 5:00 pm and Wednesday 1:30 – 2:30 pm or by appointment or chance

5 The Students Registered as of today: 53 students Prerequisite: CS 425 Software Engineering

6 The Course.. Classroom: Classroom: SEM 234, 2:30 - 3:45 pm 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.

7.The Course. Outline [cont’d]: The instructors 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.

8..The Course Outline [cont’d]: T The teams will deliver and present project work at the following stages: topic proposal (concept), software specification (requirements), design (model), and implemented software (final product). At the beginning of the semester the teams will set up websites for their projects, websites that will be then 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, demos, and posters.

9 The Texts. Required textbook: [Arlow’02] Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt, "UML and the Unified Process: Practical Object- Oriented Analysis and Design," Addison Wesley, 2002, ISBN: Recommended textbook: Recommended textbook: [Norman’02] Donald Norman, The Design of Everyday Things, Basic Books, 2002, ISBN: [Norman’02] Donald Norman, "The Design of Everyday Things," Basic Books, 2002, ISBN:

10.The Texts Additional readings: Additional readings: For each individual project an additional 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. 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.

11 Initial WWW Pointers Course website: The Object Management Group: IBM / Rational Software: Several other addresses of websites that contain project-related resources will be indicated later by the instructors

12 Grading Scheme. Tentative (subject to slight modifications): Project Deliverables [58%] Concept (P-I) 4% Concept (P-I) 4% Specification (P-II) 12% Specification (P-II) 12% Design (P-III) 14% Design (P-III) 14% Implementation, Integration, and Testing (P-IV) 28% Implementation, Integration, and Testing (P-IV) 28% Project Presentations and Publications [18%] Presentations (specs, design, workshop) (PRES-I, II, III) 8% Project website (PWEB) 6% Poster (POST) 4% Midterm examination (TEST) [16%] Class participation (classes & workshop, WS) [8%]

13.Grading Scheme Notes on grading: Notes on grading: For grade A: at least 90% overall, at least 85% in class participation and at least 60% in test For grade A: at least 90% overall, at least 85% in class participation and at least 60% in test There are no make-up tests or homework in this course

14 Grading Scale Numerical-letter grade correspondence Numerical-letter grade correspondence A A A A B B B B B B C C C C C C D D D D D D F< 50 F< 50

15 Policies. Late submission policy: Late submission policy: No late days for presentations, demos, posters and test Maximum 2 late days per project deliverable Each 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)

16.Policies Legal notices on the world-wide web: Legal notices on the world-wide web: Read and comply with accompanying legal notices on websites accessed Specify references used 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: Do not plagiarize. Plagiarism and cheating will not be tolerated. Please read the policies of University of Nevada, Reno regarding academic dishonesty:

17 Tentative Schedule. Week #Dates (M, W)Contents 1Jan 19Course syllabus 2Jan 24, 26 Lectures on UML and UP: Analysis Definition of project topics, Teams set 01/26 3Jan 31, Feb 2 Lectures on UML and UP: Analysis, Design Draw for presentations order, P-I due 02/04 4Feb 7, 9 Invited talk & Lecture on UML and UP: Design Project website set up (PWEB) 02/11 5Feb 14, 16 Lecture on D. Norman’s “Design of Everyday Things” & Lecture on UML and UP: Design 6Feb 23 Lecture on UML and UP: Implementation Project specification due (P-II) 02/24 7Feb 28, Mar 2Project specification presentations (PRES-I)

18.Tentative Schedule 8Mar 7, 9Project specification presentations (PRES-I) 9Mar 14, 16 Invited talk & Recap for midterm test P-III Design due 03/17 10Mar 22, 24 Lecture on UML and UP: Implementation Midterm Test 03/23 11Mar 29, 31Spring break, no classes 12Apr 4, 6Project design presentations (PRES-II) 13Apr 11, 13Project design presentations (PRES-II) 14Apr 18, 20 Invited talk and Workshop preparation Project poster (POST) due 04/18 15Apr 25, 27 Project implementation, integration, and testing & internal project demos (P-IV) due 04/25 & 04/26 16Apr 29 Workshop presentations, demos, posters (WS, PRES-III) 04/29

19 Potential Project Topics… Mr. Lou Montulli, Reno Digital photography thumbnail viewer and photo editor [01] Digital photography thumbnail viewer and photo editor [02] MP3 library system with edit and search capabilities [03] Shared whiteboard application with P2P capabilities ax preparation website (to create and file 1040 form) [04] Tax preparation website (to create and file 1040 form) Affinity based web site tailored for UNR students (like Orkut or Tribes but tailored for the university) [05] Affinity based web site tailored for UNR students (like Orkut or Tribes but tailored for the university) New scripting language with OOP, garbage collection and dynamic functions [06] New scripting language with OOP, garbage collection and dynamic functions

20.Potential Project Topics.. Mr. Jason Truppi, Galena Inc., Reno [Copyright ® Jason Truppi] [07] Unix Tracker [08] Open Source AVL [09] In-Car Community Traffic Tracker Heath Workman, CS426, UNR [10] General purpose small embedded system David Colborne, CS426, UNR [11] Trinary computer emulator Joe Liu, CS426, UNR [12] Computer game on managing finances & other assets

21..Potential Project Topics. Dr. Kendra Cooper, University of Texas at Dallas [13] JFreeChartAssistantTool to describe and generate charts [14] myCASE Tool to support OO software development [15] Quality assurance review assistant tool Mr. Jeff Elpern, Reno/Tahoe Software Quality Institute Mr. David Loeb, Excelerate Software, Reno Mr. Cristian Birloncea, IBM Toronto Dr. Phil Goodman, UNR Dr. Stephane Some, University of Ottawa

22 …Potential Project Topics Dr. Sushil Louis, UNR Dr. Fred Harris, UNR Dr. Sergiu Dascalu, UNR Mr. Brian Westphal, UNR Other …