Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us>]

Perhaps worth considering.


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From:  <sh...@e-z.net>
Date: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:43 PM
Subject: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
To: community@apache.org


Forwarded from a previous CS Capstone Project mentor.

The CS Capstone Project is for senior engineering and computer science
students.  I have spent time on the campus and find that many of the
students are very interested in anything open-source software.

Oregon State University is the largest technical university in Oregon,
located in Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

I am located within commute distance of the university campus.

Steven J. Hathaway
ASF Xalan PMC

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Subject: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

Colleagues --

Have you always wanted a particular software tool developed for your use,
but have never had the time
to do it yourself?  Well then, read on. Have I got a deal for you!

My name is Kevin McGrath.  I am the instructor who runs the OSU Computer
Science Senior Capstone class.
The Capstone class is a 3-quarter (Fall, Winter, Spring) "career
preparation" experience. The major
piece of this is doing a significant 2-4 member team project.

When the students come to the first class on September 29, I want to
present them with a list of
exciting, creative, and real-experience software engineering project
possibilities.  This is where you
come in. I am looking for you to use your needs and experience to propose
those project possibilities.

A web site has been setup to give you more information, and let you enter
and edit your project
proposals:


http://classes.engr.oregonstate.edu/eecs/fall2013/ece441/addproject.php

You have until September 29 to get yours in.  That is the date the
students will see them, and will
start the selection process. In that process, I ask the students to "bid"
on their top 3 choices. I
ultimately make the final project assignments, but I try to take their
preferences into account.  I
find I get better results that way.

There will likely be more projects proposed than students teams to do
them. *So, really sell your
project.*  Definitely don't understate its cool-ness factor!

After projects have been selected, we will follow a client-contractor
model in which I "run" the software
contract company and you are one of our valued clients. The students
"report" to me, but you, as client,
work directly with them to design the requirements, set the timeline,
approve the progress.  You also get
to help assign grades.

Any project can be proposed from anybody.  I don't care where you are
from, just that your project
represents an excellent software engineering experience for the students.

Do remember, however, that these are seniors. They have taken the core
classes so far, but most have not
taken some of the electives that would really help in some projects, such
as graphics, AI, computer
vision, etc.  Keep that in mind when proposing.

If you have questions or want to discuss project possibilities, feel free
to contact me at:

                 D. Kevin McGrath
                 Instructor, Computer Science
                 Oregon State University
                 2109 Kelley Engineering Center
                 541-737-1420
                 dmcgrath@cs.oregonstate.edu

Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!

                                                 -- Kevin McGrath




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