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Nov 27 : The final deadline for P4 (Implementation) is Wednesday December 13 at 5:00 pm. Prior to this, project demos will take place on Monday December 11 and Tuesday December 12 according to the schedule shown below in section Project Teams.
Nov 27 : The study required for the final exam and a couple of sample exams from previous years are available in section Tests below. The final exam will take place on Monday December 18, from 4:30 pm (in SEM-261).

Textbook

[SE-7] Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 7th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2004.

Lectures

Lecture 01 (Aug 28): Course syllabus: PowerPoint presentation and pdf handout
Lecture 02 (Aug 30): Course syllabus (continued) and students presentation
Lecture 03 (Sep 06): Chapter 1: Introduction to Software Engineering PowerPoint presentation
Lecture 04 (Sep 11): Chapter 4: Software Processes PowerPoint presentation
Lecture 05 (Sep 13): Invited speaker, Dr. Stephen Mayville, Chapter 4: Software Processes (cont'd), and HP CoolTown video clip
Lecture 06 (Sep 18): Chapter 5: Project Management PowerPoint presentation and Preparation Assignment 1
Lecture 07 (Sep 20): Invited speaker, Dr. Brian Beck, Biochemistry, UNR and Chapter 6: Software Requirements PowerPoint presentation
Lecture 08 (Sep 25): Invited speaker, Dr. Fred Harris, CSE, UNR and Chapter 6: Software Requirements (cont'd)
Lecture 09 (Sep 27): Invited speaker, Mr. Kenneth Ceglia, GE Energy, NV
Lecture 10 (Oct 02): Invited speaker, Dr. Sushil Louis, CSE, UNR and Preparation Assignment 2
Lecture 11 (Oct 04): Invited speaker, Dr. Bobby Bryant, CSE, UNR and Chapter 8: System Models PowerPoint presentation
Lecture 12 (Oct 09): Preparation Project Part 1 and Preparation Midterm 1
Lecture 13 (Oct 11): IGT visit: Mr. Joe Resnick, Mr. Danny Mireles, Mr. Dave Kemp
Lecture 14 (Oct 16): Chapter 11: Architectural Design PowerPoint presentation
Lecture 15 (Oct 18): Midterm #1 [pdf]
Lecture 16 (Oct 23): Invited speaker, Dr. Tim Casey, Institute for Innovation and Informatics, UNR PowerPoint presentation
Lecture 17 (Oct 25): Project P2 preparation & Requirements and UML Use Case Modeling (from [Arlow and Neustadt, 2002]) PowerPoint presentation
Lecture 18 (Oct 30): Invited speaker, Mr. Jeff Elpern, Reno/Tahoe Software Quality Institute
Lecture 19 (Nov 01): Chapter 16: User Interface Design PowerPoint presentation
Lecture 20 (Nov 06): Chapter 15: Real-Time Software PowerPoint presentation
Lecture 21 (Nov 08): Chapter 17: Rapid Software Development PowerPoint presentation
Lecture 22 (Nov 13): Chapter 21: Software Evolution
Lecture 23 (Nov 15): Invited speaker, Dr. Vic Grout and Mr. Stuart Cunningham, Centre of Advanced Internet Research, University of Wales, UK.
Lecture 24 (Nov 20): Midterm #2 [pdf].
Lecture 25 (Nov 22): Individual project preparation/team meetings
Lecture 26 (Nov 27): Chapter 22: Verification and Validation Powerpoint presentation
Lecture 27 (Nov 29): Chapter 23: Software Testing Powerpoint presentation
Lecture 28 (Dec 04): Chapter 25: Managing People Powerpoint presentation
Lecture 29 (Dec 06): Individual project preparation/team meetings
Lecture 30 (Dec 11): Project demos on Monday December 11 and Tuesday December 12 as per schedule indicated in section Project Teams below

Homework

Essay: for graduate students only, pdf and word. Due December 1 (topic title) and Friday December 15 at noon (the essay itself).
Project Part 4: pdf and word with instructor's checklist_file. Due December 11/12 (demos) and Wednesday December 13 at 5:00 pm (deliverables).
Project Part 3: pdf and word with checklist_file. Due Tuesday, November 28 at 23:59 pm.
Project Part 2: pdf and word with checklist file. Due Friday, November 3 at 5:00 pm.
Project Part 1: pdf and word. Due Friday, October 13 at 5:00 pm.
Assignment 2: pdf and word. Due Thursday, October 5 at 5:00 pm.
Assignment 1: pdf and word. Due Thursday, September 21 at 5:00 pm.

Tests

Final Exam: Monday December 18, 4:30 - 6:30 pm in SEM-261. Details of study required are available here.
Sample exams: Final_2004 and Final_2005.
Midterm Test #2: Monday November 20, 4:00 - 5:15 pm. Details on study required are available here.
Sample tests: T2_2004 and T2_2005.
Midterm Test #1: Wednesday October 18, 4:00 - 5:15 pm. Details on study required are available here.
Sample tests: T1_2004 and T1_2005.

Project Teams

Team One: David Carr, Ben Menesini, Austin Stanhope, Mark Harmer
  • Project: SMORTS (Space-based Massively Online Real-Time Strategy)
  • External advisor: Dr. Sushil Louis, CSE Department, UNR
  • Demo: Monday, December 11 at 6:00 pm

    Team Two: Cody Hermansen, Joshua Dittrich, Jeremy Hinman
  • Project: UIlogy - File Management Software
  • Demo: Tuesday, December 12 at 5:30 pm

    Team Three: Cirel Menor, Ayako Okamoto, Christian Fey
  • Project: MIDAS - My Interactive Desktop ASsistant
  • Demo: Tuesday, December 12 at 4:00 pm

    Team Four: Erik Hanchett, Harold DeArmas, Ray Lee, Zach Norcross
  • Project: Role Coll - Role Based Collaboration Software
  • External advisor: Dr. Gary Valiere, College of Business, UNR
  • Demo: Tuesday, December 12 at 6:00 pm

    Team Five: Asya Nikitina, Hema Andal Jayaprakash Narayanan, Sravanthi Yendluri
  • Project: Mobile2Air - Air Ticket reservation System for Mobile Devices
  • Demo: Tuesday, December 12 at 5:00 pm

    Team Six: Richard Delk, Cory Fleming, Kyle Matossian, John Underwood
  • Project: SMILE - Software Making Individual Lives Enjoyable
  • External advisor: Dr. Stephen Mayville, Reno, NV
  • Demo: Monday, December 11 at 4:00 pm

    Team Seven: Phani Dogiparthi, Hrishikesh Kulkarni, Md Moynul Haque
  • Project: Pizza on Your Mobile
  • Demo: Tuesday, December 12 at 11:00 am

    Team Eight: Oscar Sessions, Mustafa Omer Kilavuz, Steve Koepnick, Nick Belingheri
  • Project: B.A.S.I.C (Battle Attack Simulation for Interactive Combat)
  • External advisor: Dr. Fred Harris, CSE, UNR
  • Demo: Monday, December 11 at 5:30 pm

    Team Nine: Yasumasa Nakai, Kevin Chan, Ikuhiro Tanaka
  • Project: VIRe - Visual Representation of Earthquake Resistance Data
  • External advisor: Dr. Fred Harris, CSE, UNR
  • Demo: Monday, December 11 at 5:00 pm

    Team Ten: Keegan Heilman, Jared Hostmeyer, Jeffrey Rogers
  • Project: S.E.S - Student Event System
  • External advisor: Ms. Sandra Rodriguez, UNR
  • Demo: Monday, December 11 at 4:30 pm

    Pointers

  • Nevada EPSCoR Student Entrepreneurship Competition (CIP) : Details are available here. Deadline is Friday December 1.

  • UNR I3 Fall Business Plan Competition: Details are available here. Deadline is Wednesday November 15.
    Note the 2 workshops on Wednesday November 1 and Monday November 6, from 6:00 pm. In order to compete in either competitions I strongly suggest that you attend these workshops.

    Proposed Topics

  • Topics proposed by Dr. Brian Beck [available here].
  • Topics available from Dr. Fred Harris [please contact him at fredh@cse.unr.edu].
  • Topics available from Mr. Ken Ceglia, GE Energy [please contact him at ken.ceglia@ge.edu].
  • Topic idea from Dr. Bobby Bryant, CSE Department, UNR [available here].