1 CS 426 Senior Projects Spring 2004 Course Syllabus January 21, 2004

2 Outline The Instructor The Students The Course The Texts Grading Scheme & Scale Policies Tentative Schedule Project Topics

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

4.The Instructor Sergiu Dascalu PhD in CS, Dalhousie U., Halifax, NS, Canada, 2001 Teaching and research at UNR since July 2002 Teaching and research at Dalhousie University, Canada, (software engineering focus) Teaching and research at the University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania, (RTS focus) Consultant for software development companies in Canada and Romania

5 The Students Registered as of today: 54 students Prerequisite: CS 425 Software Engineering or Instructor’s approval

6 The Course.. Classroom: Classroom: SEM 234, 2:30 - 3:45 pm Outline: This capstone course represents a coronation of the students’ academic work, involving the use of a significant part of their computer science expertise acquired while in school. A continuation of CS 425 Software Engineering, the 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 envisaged.

7.The Course. 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.

8..The Course Outline [cont’d]: In summary, the teams will present their work at the following stages: topic proposal (the concept), software specification (the requirements), design (the model), and implemented software (the 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 The Object Management Group: IBM / Rational Software: Several other addresses of websites that contain project-related resources will be indicated later by the instructor.

12 Grading Scheme. Tentative (subject to slight modifications): Project Deliverables [56%] Concept (P-I) 4% Concept (P-I) 4% Specification (P-II) 11% Specification (P-II) 11% Design (P-III) 13% Design (P-III) 13% Implementation, Integration, and Testing (P-IV) 28% Implementation, Integration, and Testing (P-IV) 28% Project Presentations and Publications [19%] Presentations (specs, design, workshop) (PRES-I, II, III) 9% Project website (PWEB) 6% Poster (POST) 4% Midterm examination (TEST) [16%] Class participation (classes & workshop, WS) [9%]

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 21Course syllabus 2Jan 26, 28 Lectures on UML and UP: Analysis Definition of project topics, Teams set 01/28 3Feb 2, 4 Lectures on UML and UP: Analysis Draw for presentations order, P-I due 02/05 4Feb 9,11 Lecture on UML and UP & Invited talk Project website set up (PWEB) 02/12 5Feb 18 Lecture on Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things” 6Feb 23, 25 Lectures on UML and UP: Design Project specification due (P-II) 02/26 7Mar 1, 3Project specification presentations (PRES-I)

18.Tentative Schedule 8Mar 08, 10Project specification presentations (PRES-I) 9Mar 13 – Mar 21Spring break, no classes 10Mar 22, 24 Invited talk and Lecture on UML: Implementation, P-III Design due 03/25 11Mar 29, 31 Recap for midterm test and Midterm Test 03/31 12Apr 05, 07Project design presentations (PRES-II) 13Apr 12, 14Project design presentations (PRES-II) 14Apr 19, 21 Invited talks and Project poster (POST) due 04/19 15Apr 26, 27 Project implementation, integration, and testing & internal project demos (P-IV) due 04/26 & 04/27 16Apr 30 Workshop presentations, demos, posters (WS, PRES-III) 04/30

19 Project Topics Proposed… Dr. Phil Goodman & Ms. Jenny Rassuchine, BRAIN Lab, UNR [01] Dynamic Network Theory: Visualizing Realistic Brain State Dynamics with Application to Future Technology Mr. James King & Dr. Phil Goodman, BRAIN Lab, UNR [02] Simulation Environment for IVO (Virtual Organisms) Mr. Sam Stokes, Microsoft [03] A Slot Machine That Uses Windows CE or Embedded XP and DirectX

20.Project Topics Proposed.. Dr. Nelson Publicover & Dr. John Sutko, Biomedical Engineering, UNR [04] Development of An Optimum Control Waveform for Rapidly Moving a Mass in 2-D Dr. Sami Fadali, Electrical Engineering, UNR [05] Software Tool for Qualitative Modeling of Complex Systems Mr. Lou Montulli, Epinions.com [06] Collaborative Musical Play List Generator

21..Project Topics Proposed. Mr. David Loeb, IntelliCorp [07] Free Cell: A Solitaire Game [08] Personalizing Web Content (Marketing Campaigns) [09] Configure-to-Order: Customizing a Product to Purchaser’s Requirements Mr. Brian Westphal and Dr. Fred Harris, CS, UNR [10] Translation System for the Redwood Environment [11] Online Integration System for the Redwood Environment Dr. Adrian Pasculescu, Alpas Solutions, Toronto [12] Diffweb: A Software Tool for Tree-Structured Document Contents Change Detection

22 …Project Topics Proposed Dr. Adrian Pasculescu, Alpas Solutions, Toronto & Mr. Josh Woolever, Moviso, Los Angeles [13] SPIDER-D: A Design Environment for Strata-Based Software Construction Mr. Jeff Wallace, EarthView Technologies & TMCC [14] PatternAlyzer: An Expert Classifier System for Identification of Software Patterns in Java Applications Mr. Manish Nilawar & Mr. George McKinlay, Research and Educational Planning Center, UNR [15] Interactive Simulations for Engineering Design Challenges