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May 13 The results are in:

  • Best projects as voted by peers (29 students voted out of 31 in the class):

    1. Team 03 NCV -- 72 points received out of 78 possible, coefficient 2.77/3.00
    2. Team 01 DESCRY -- 35 points received out of 75 possible, coefficient 1.40/3.00
    3. Team 07 CITRIN -- 20 points received out of 75 possible, coefficient 0.80/3.00

    Apr 22 The announcement for the 2013 CSE Senior Projects Workshop is available [here]. The workshop will take place on Friday May 3, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, in HREL-109 and HREL-110. The detailed workshop schedule can be found [here].

    Textbook

    [Arlow and Neustadt 2005] Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt, UML and the Unified Process: Practical Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Addison Wesley, 2nd Edition, 2005.

    Teaching team

    Instructor: Dr. Sergiu Dascalu
    Teaching Assistant: Mr. Saul Reed, PhD candidate

    Lectures

    Lecture 01 (Jan 22): Course syllabus [pptx]and [pdf].
    Lecture 02 (Jan 24): Chapter 1: What is UML?
    Lecture 03 (Jan 29): Chapter 2: What is UP? (same slides as Ch 1) and On Senior Projects
    Lecture 04 (Jan 31): Project meetings 9:30 am - Team 09; 10:00 am - Team 08; 10:30 am - Team 07
    Lecture 05 (Feb 05): Project meetings 9:30 am - Team 06; 10:00 am - Team 05; 10:30 am - Team 04
    Lecture 06 (Feb 07): Project meetings 9:30 am - Team 03; 10:00 am - Team 02; 10:30 am - Team 01
    Lecture 07 (Feb 12): Invited speaker, Mr. Roy Francis, General Electric
    Lecture 08 (Feb 14): Chapter 3: Requirements Workflow
    Lecture 09 (Feb 19): Graduation photo. Chapter 4: Use Case Modeling and Chapter 5: Advanced Use Case Modeling
    Lecture 10 (Feb 21): Chapter 7: Objects and Classes and Chapter 8: Analysis Classes
    Lecture 11 (Feb 26): Chapter 9: Inheritance and Chapter 10: Polymorphism
    Lecture 12 (Feb 28): Presentations round I: Team 2, Team 1, Team 4. Peer feedback form is available. Please fill it and send it to the instructor by Monday March 4, 2013.
    Lecture 13 (Mar 05): Individual project preparation; internal group meetings.
    Lecture 14 (Mar 07): Presentations round I: Team 5, Team 8, Team 9. Peer feedback form is available. Please fill it and send it to the instructor by Monday March 11, 2013.
    Lecture 15 (Mar 12): Presentations round I: Team 6, Team 7, Team 3. Peer feedback form is available. Please fill it and send it to the instructor by Saturday March 16, 2013.
    Lecture 16 (Mar 14): Chapter 14: Activity diagrams and Chapter 19: Interfaces and components.
    Lecture 17 (Mar 26): Chapter 21: State machines and Chapter 22: Advanced state machines.
    Lecture 18 (Mar 28): Midterm exam
    Lecture 19 (Apr 02): Class lecture (DMS-102): Project organization, review of project progress demo, poster, and video.
    Lecture 20 (Apr 04): Project progress demos (DMS-102): 8:45 am Team 9; 9:30 am Team 7; and 10:15 am Team 8.
    Lecture 21 (Apr 09): Project progress demos (DMS-102): 8:45 am Team 3; 9:30 am Team 5; and 10:15 am Team 6.
    Lecture 22 (Apr 11): Project progress demos (DMS-102): 8:45 am Team 2; 9:30 am Team 1; and 10:15 am Team 4
    Lecture 23 (Apr 16): Presentations round II: Team 7 and Team 1. Peer feedback form is available [here]. Please fill it and send it to the instructor by Saturday April 20, 2013.
    Lecture 24 (Apr 18): Presentations round II: Team 5, Team 2, and Team 8. Peer feedback form is available [here]. Please fill it and send it to the instructor by Monday April 22, 2013.
    Lecture 25 (Apr 23): Presentations round II: Team 6, Team 4, and Team 3. Peer feedback form is available [here]. Please fill it and send it to the instructor by Saturday April 27, 2013.
    Lecture 26 (Apr 25): Presentation round II: Team 9 and class lecture (DMS-102). Peer feedback form is available [here]. Please fill it and send it to the instructor by Saturday April 27, 2013.
    Lecture 27 (Apr 30): Final internal demos as follows:

  • MON Apr 29: 12:00 pm - Team 01; 01:00 pm - Team 09; and 4:00 pm - Team 07.
  • TUE Apr 30: 09:00 am - Team 06; 10:00 am - Team 04; 11:00 am - Team 03; and 01:00 pm - Team 02.
  • WED May 01: 11:00 am - Team 05; and 01:00 pm - Team 08.

    Lecture 28 (May 03): Senior Projects Workshop on Friday May 03

    Homework

    Project Part 4: Project implementation wrap-up [pdf]. Deadline is Wednesday May 8 at 8:00 pm.
    Video: [pdf]. Due date (extended) is Monday April 29, at 8:00 pm. Sample videos from past years are available [here].
    Project Poster: [pdf]. Due date is Monday April 15, at 5:00 pm. Sample posters from past years: [one], [two], [three], [four], [five], [six], [seven], and [eight].
    Project Part 3: Progress demos [pdf]. Evaluation by the instructor of project progress; demos held between April 4 and April 11, 2013. Weight in the course grade: 10%.
    P2 (Design): [pdf]. Deadline (extended) is Monday March 18 at 8:00 pm.
    P1 (Concept and Specification): [pdf]. Due Monday February 25 at 8:00 pm.
    Project website: [pdf]. Due Friday February 8 at 5:00 pm (send notification of completion to the instructor by email).

    Test

    Midterm test: Thursday March 28, from 9:30 am (regular class time and room). Study required is indicated here. A sample test from the past can be found here.

    Project Teams

    Team 01:
  • Students: Emily, Qandeel, Tina, Greg
  • External advisors: Mr. Roy Francis and Mr. Ray Jensen, General Electric
  • Project: DESCRY - Design for Electrical Sensor and Character Recognition Yoking

    Team 02:
  • Students: Adam, Preston, Andrew H.
  • External advisor: Dr. Eelke Folmer, CSE UNR
  • Project: Hall-PASS - Hall-Person Affixed Steering Supplement

    Team 03:
  • Students: Alex J., Justin, Denver
  • External advisors: Dr. Fred Harris, Dr. Laurence Jayet Bray, Dr. Sushil Louis, CSE UNR
  • Project: NCV - Neocortical View

    Team 04:
  • Students: Fiona, Chris G., Nick, Tim
  • External advisors: Mr. Michael McMahon and Mr. Eric Fritzinger, CSE UNR
  • Project: Nevada Climate Change Portal Mobile Application

    Team 05:
  • Students: Basim, Tanjim, Travis
  • External advisors: Dr. Emil Geiger, ME UNR and Dr. Dwight Egbert, CSE UNR
  • Project: Algae Viewer

    Team 06:
  • Students: Thais, Bobby, RJ
  • External advisors: Mr. Saurabh Singh and Mr. Garrett Hill, Bally Technologies
  • Project: PINCH - Proprietary Interface for Network Communication with Hardware

    Team 07:
  • Students: Jessica, Shaun, Chris S., Yuta
  • External advisor: Dr. Michael Leverington, CSE UNR
  • Project: CITRIN - C++ InTeRactive INterpreter

    Team 08:
  • Students: Matt, Ashton, Ethan, Ryan
  • External advisor(s): Mr. Richard Kelley, UNR
  • Project: VHUD - Vehicle Heads Up Display

    Team 09:
  • Students: JerryDean, Antonio, Aaron
  • External advisor(s): Dr. Todd Colgrove, Libraries UNR
  • Project: STARE - Simulation Towards Accessible Reality Entertainment

    Opportunities

  • UNR Undergraduate Research