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May 16 Votes from CS/CPE 426 students (20 respondents in total) and feedback from Workshop audience (on average 27 respondents per project) have resulted in the following order of best Senior Projects 2008:

1 Biologue
2 (tie) S.T.A.N and STRAFE

With 3 points for first place, 2 for second, and 1 for third, CS/CPE 426 peers have given the order: 1 Biologue (38 points from 16 possible votes); 2 S.T.A.N (24 points from 16 possible votes); and 3 STRAFE (20 points from 18 possible votes). The audience from Senior Projects Workshop have graded overall project quality as follows: 1 Biologue (4.74 - 23 respondents), 2 STRAFE (4.68 - 28 respondents); and 3 S.T.A.N (4.54 - 28 respondents).

Apr 27 The announcement for the Sr. Projects Workshop that will be held on Friday May 2 is available here. The detailed schedule is indicated here (files created by Muhanna Muhanna, PhD candidate).

Textbook

[Arlow and Neustadt 2005] Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt, UML and the Unified Process: Practical Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Second Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2005.

Lectures

Lecture 01 (Jan 22): Course syllabus: PowerPoint presentation and handouts CS 426 and CPE 426
Lecture 02 (Jan 24): Chapter 1: What is UML? & Chapter 2: What is UP? [ppt]
Lecture 03 (Jan 29): Project group meetings canceled (instructor sick)
Lecture 04 (Jan 31): Project group meetings 4:00 pm - Team 5; 4:30 pm - Team 6 and 5:00 pm - Team 7
Lecture 05 (Feb 05): Project group meetings 3:30 pm - Team 2; 4:00 pm - Team 1; 4:30 pm - Team 3 and 5:00 pm - Team 4
Lecture 06 (Feb 07): Chapter 2: What is UP? [continued] and Chapter 3: Requirements workflow [ppt]
Lecture 07 (Feb 12): Invited speaker, Mr. Ken Sheppard, CTO, PC-Doctor, Reno, NV
Lecture 08 (Feb 14): Chapter 4: Use case modeling [ppt] and Chapter 5: Advanced use case modeling [ppt]
Lecture 09 (Feb 19): Chapter 7: Objects and classes and Chapter 8: Finding analysis classes [ppt]
Lecture 10 (Feb 21): Chapter 9: Relationships and Chapter 10: Inheritance [ppt]
Lecture 11 (Feb 26): Chapter 14: Activity diagrams [ppt]
Lecture 12 (Feb 28): Chapter 19: Interfaces and Components [ppt]
Lecture 13 (Mar 04): Chapter 21: Statecharts and Chapter 22: Advanced Statecharts [ppt]
Lecture 14 (Mar 06): Project presentations (I): Team 6 and Team 7 (peer feedback form is available here).
Lecture 15 (Mar 11): Project presentations (I): Team 2, Team 1, and Team 5 (peer feedback form is available here)
Lecture 16 (Mar 13): Project presentations (I): Team 3 and Team 4 (peer feedback form is available here)
Lecture 17 (Mar 18): Project group meetings: 4:00 pm - Team 2; 4:30 pm - Team 3; and 5:00 pm - Team 4; (Wed Mar 19 5:30 pm - Team 1)
Lecture 18 (Mar 20): Project group meetings: 4:00 pm - Team 5; 4:30 pm - Team 6; and 5:00 pm - Team 7
Lecture 19 (Apr 01): Project organization
Lecture 20 (Apr 03): Midterm exam
Lecture 21 (Apr 09 and 10): In-progress demos (a) Wed 5:30 pm - Team 1, (b) Thu 3:15 pm - Team 4, (c) Thu 4:00 pm - Team 6, and (d) Thu 4:45 pm - Team 2
Lecture 22 (Apr 11): In-progress demos (e) Fri 3:30 pm - Team 3, (f) Fri 4:45 pm - Team 5, and (g) Fri 5:30 pm - Team 7
Lecture 23 (Apr 15): Project presentations (II): Team 5 and Team 4 (peer feedback form is available here).
Lecture 24 (Apr 17): Project presentations (II): Team 7, Team 1, and Team 2 (peer feedback form is available here).
Lecture 25 (Apr 22): Project presentations (II): Team 3 and Team 6 (peer feedback form is available here.)
Lecture 26 (Apr 24): Project group meetings
Lecture 27 (Apr 29 and Apr 30): PROJECT DEMOS:
__ Tue Apr 29: (1) 3:00 pm Team 4
__ Tue Apr 29: (2) 4:00 pm Team 2
__ Tue Apr 29: (3) 5:00 pm Team 3
__ Wed Apr 30: (4) 4:00 pm Team 6
__ Wed Apr 30: (5) 5:00 pm Team 1
__ Wed Apr 30: (6) 6:00 pm Team 5
__ Wed Apr 30: (7) 7:00 pm Team 7
Lecture 28 (May 02): Friday May 2 is the day of the public CSE Senior Projects Workshop. The schedule of the Workshop is indicated here.

Homework

Project P-IV (Implementation): [word]. Due date is Wednesday May 7, at 5 pm (hard deadline).
Project P_VIDEO (Video): [word]. Due dare is Friday April 25, at 5 pm.
Project P_POST (Poster): [word]. Due date is Monday March 31, at 2 pm.
Sample posters from past years: one, two, three, and four.
Project P-III (Design): [word]. Due date is Wednesday March 19 at 5 pm.
Project P-II (Specification): [word]. Due date is Monday March 3, at 5 pm.
Project P-WEB (Website): [word]. Due date is Friday February 15, at 5 pm.
Project P-I (Concept): [word]. Due date is Friday February 8, at 5 pm.

Midterm Exam

Apr 03: Midterm test, from 4:00 pm in the regular classroom (FH-129). Here there are: study required and samples test 2004 and test 2006. However, when looking at past sample tests, remember that we use now a newer edition of the textbook, with a significantly changed content.

Project Teams

Team One: Nhan Diep, Del Jackson, Tyler Kayser, Scotty Jones
  • Project: Biologue
  • External advisor: Dr. Leah Skladany, UNR; Dr. Gary Valiere, UNR

    Team Two: Joey Bennett, Roy Hemenway, Joseph Mahsman, Matt Sgambati
  • Project: STRAFE
  • External advisor: Dr. Fred Harris, UNR; Mr. Steve Koepnick, UNR

    Team Three: Brittney Ballard, Jessica Ruppert, Shane Warren
  • Project: MR.I
  • External advisors: Dr. Monica Nicolescu, Mr. Sebastian Smith, UNR

    Team Four: Steve Christman, Daniel Johnson, Eric Marantette, Brian Tackitt
  • Project: S.T.A.N
  • External advisors: Mr. Ken Sheppard, Mr. Hector Urtubia, PC-Doctor, Reno, NV

    Team Five: Derek Boge, Casey Howard, Jason Rapp
  • Project: goTonight
  • External advisor: Mr. Martin Gastanaga, Twelve Horses, Reno, NV

    Team Six: Tiffany Sharrard, Shane Steinbauer, David Uhrig
  • Project: WebPROMS
  • External advisor: Dr. Bill Kuechler, COBA, UNR

    Team Seven: Sam Delaney, William Groesbeck, Tyler Winters
  • Project: Power Supply Tester
  • External advisors: Mr. Ken Sheppard, Mr. Fred Bertsch, PC-Doctor, Reno, NV; and Dr. Dwight Egbert, UNR

    Pointers

  • Nevada Student Entrepreneurship Competition (CIP). Deadline is February 15.
  • Nevada Governor's Cup 2008. Letters of intent due February 15, business plans due Monday March 17.
  • NV NSF EPSCoR Summer Undergrad Research Opportunities. Deadline is Monday March 3.
  • NURS: Nevada Undergraduate Research Symposium. Due date is Monday March 31.
  • UNR General Undergraduate Research Awards (GURA). Deadline is Monday April 7.