Instructor: | Erik Brunvand, elb 'at' cs 'dot' utah 'dot' edu, MEB 3142 |
Office Hours: | After class and by appointment |
Class: | Wed 11:50-12:40 MEB 3147 (Large Conference Room) |
Web Page: | http://www.eng.utah.edu/~cs3992 (right here!) |
Note that the School of Computing has adopted a tougher stance on academic misconduct you will need to read the policy and print and sign the form. This form will be turned into Arlene Arenaz (the CE academic advisor) by Friday, Jan. 17 (unless you already have one on file with Arlene).
For 3992, academic misconduct means representing as your own, work that is substantially copied from an outside source. Since this course is all about self selected projects where you will write a proposal in various stages of completeness and give project presentations via slides, this is not likely to be a problem.
However if you use text which is slightly modified or copy diagrams that you find on the web then the source of this information must be cited. Best practice for textual work is to cite information obtained elsewhere and provide the full reference in a bibliography. For copied diagrams used in either your proposal or your slides then best practice is to cite the source in the caption or as text associated with the diagram. This is not an optional practice.
Prerequisites: "C-" or better in CS/ECE 3710 AND CS/ECE 3991 AND Full Major status in Computer Engineering
This is the first course in a 2 or 3 semester series. The purpose of this course is to form teams and propose one of three senior capstone projects:
During the first half of the course while teams are being formed and while project ideas are being selected the instructor will lecture on the fundamentals of project planning: scoping, group selection, risk assessment, scheduling, backup planning, strategy, etc. The second half of the course involves student presentations and critique of the written proposals that are in progress. The final result of the course will be an approved project, clinic, or thesis proposal.
This class will involve a lot of writing and presenting of your ideas.
Bill Thomson recommends the following books in his excellent "Technical Communications in Computer Science" class
Grade Components
Four assignments: | 16% |
Quality and detail of web log: | 14% |
Single-page project proposal: | 5% |
Initial presentation and document: | 15% |
Intermediate presentation and document: | 20% |
Final presentation and document: | 30% |
Date | Topic / Agenda | Links, Assignments, and Due Dates |
Jan 8 |
Introduction, Discussion |
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Jan 15 | Project planning and scoping | Project planning and scoping slides in PDF Resume Assignment: Due Jan 15 (in Canvas) Sketchbook assignment #1: Sensors. Due Jan15 |
Jan 22 | Project Idea Discussion | Sketchbook assignment #2: Linkages. Due Jan 22 |
Jan 29 | Project Idea Discussion #2 | Sketchbook Assignment #3: Engineering. Due Jan 29 Links to "digital interaction" and HCI research groups. This is just a totally random selection of places that I found interesting or have some vague connection with. I'm sure there are many many more out there:
Here are some additional links suggested by Ahmet Oguz in our class:
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Feb 5 | Anatomy of a Proposal |
Slides about proposal structure |
Feb 12 | Proposal Writing | Slides on proposal writing One-page project description + team due (in Canvas) |
Feb 19 | Organizational issues and parts sourcing discussion | Details about your initial presentation |
Feb 26 | Initial Proposal Presentations 11:50-12:00: Air Hockey |
Three-page initial project proposal due (in Canvas) |
Mar 5 | Initial Proposal Presentations 11:50-12:00: Helicopter Lights NOTE: Meet in "Graphics Annex" today (Room MEB 3515 - by the ECE homework lockers) |
Web site must be established, and meeting logs initiated |
Mar 12 | No Class: Spring Break | |
Mar 19 | Presentation discussion NOTE: We'll be meeting in the "Graphics Annex" for the rest of the semester! |
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Mar 26 | Intermediate Proposal Presentations (10min) 11:50-12:00: Helicopter Lights |
5-10 page intermediate proposal due (in Canvas) |
Apr 2 | Intermediate Proposal Presentations (10min) 11:50-12:00: Air Hockey |
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Apr 9 | Final Proposal (15 min presentations) 11:50-12:05: Voice Control |
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Apr 16 | Final Proposal Presentations (15 min presentations) 11:50-12:05: ASIC Tester |
Final project proposal due (in Canvas) |
Apr 23 | Final Proposal Presentations (15 min presentations) 11:50-12:05: Air Hockey |
Upload your final project presentation slides to Canvas |
Previous 3992 projects can be seen here