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).
[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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.