Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>]

FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
be a good way to spur some potential community growth.

Thanks,
Roman.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
To: dev@community.apache.org



OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
projects and participate in development

I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.

It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.

The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
benefit your Apache project.

It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.

I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
some of the campus details in person.

Sincerely,
Steven J. Hathaway

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
To:     shathaway@apache.org



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
3 member team project.

When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/

You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are likely to
be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!

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.

This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that are
research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused. If you
would like to propose a research project for the students, please indicate this
using the Additional Comments field.

Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better results are
had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you are
unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the details of your
project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that might be
necessary.

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@eecs.oregonstate.edu

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

                                                 -- Kevin McGrath

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Dmitriy Setrakyan <ds...@apache.org>]

Good point.

Does anyone have any other suggestions for some Ignite-related projects we
can propose?

D.

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Alexey Kuznetsov <ak...@gridgain.com>
wrote:

> Just a thought: there also a Google Summer of Code (we are late this year).
> We could participate next year.
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Dmitriy Setrakyan <ds...@apache.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I think it's a great idea (thanks Roman!).
> >
> > I can think of a couple cool projects already:
> >
> > - Implement JPA EntityManager for Ignite (as well as Hibernate flavor of
> > it)
> > - Make IGFS (Ignite File System) mountable on Linux via Fuse
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > D.
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
> > > I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
> > > be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Roman.
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
> > > Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
> > > Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> > > To: dev@community.apache.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
> > > projects and participate in development
> > >
> > > I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
> > > University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
> > >
> > > It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
> > > design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
> > > Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
> > > foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
> > > mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
> > > confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
> > > performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
> > >
> > > The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
> > > that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
> > > university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
> > > schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
> > > student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
> > > well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
> > > benefit your Apache project.
> > >
> > > It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
> > > accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
> > >
> > > I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
> > > some of the campus details in person.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Steven J. Hathaway
> > >
> > > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > > Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> > > Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
> > > From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
> > > To:     shathaway@apache.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > > 3 member team project.
> > >
> > > When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
> > >
> > > You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
> > > more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
> > > likely to
> > > be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that
> are
> > > research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused.
> > If
> > > you
> > > would like to propose a research project for the students, please
> > indicate
> > > this
> > > using the Additional Comments field.
> > >
> > > Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
> > > results are
> > > had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you
> > are
> > > unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the
> details
> > > of your
> > > project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that
> > > might be
> > > necessary.
> > >
> > > 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
> > >
> > > Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
> > >
> > >                                                  -- Kevin McGrath
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Alexey Kuznetsov
> GridGain Systems
> www.gridgain.com
>

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Alexey Kuznetsov <ak...@gridgain.com>]

Just a thought: there also a Google Summer of Code (we are late this year).
We could participate next year.

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Dmitriy Setrakyan <ds...@apache.org>
wrote:

> I think it's a great idea (thanks Roman!).
>
> I can think of a couple cool projects already:
>
> - Implement JPA EntityManager for Ignite (as well as Hibernate flavor of
> it)
> - Make IGFS (Ignite File System) mountable on Linux via Fuse
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> D.
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
> wrote:
>
> > FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
> > I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
> > be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Roman.
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
> > Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
> > Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> > To: dev@community.apache.org
> >
> >
> >
> > OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
> > projects and participate in development
> >
> > I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
> > University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
> >
> > It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
> > design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
> > Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
> > foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
> > mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
> > confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
> > performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
> >
> > The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
> > that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
> > university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
> > schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
> > student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
> > well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
> > benefit your Apache project.
> >
> > It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
> > accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
> >
> > I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
> > some of the campus details in person.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Steven J. Hathaway
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> > Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
> > From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
> > To:     shathaway@apache.org
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > 3 member team project.
> >
> > When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
> >
> > You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
> > more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
> > likely to
> > be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that are
> > research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused.
> If
> > you
> > would like to propose a research project for the students, please
> indicate
> > this
> > using the Additional Comments field.
> >
> > Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
> > results are
> > had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you
> are
> > unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the details
> > of your
> > project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that
> > might be
> > necessary.
> >
> > 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
> >
> > Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
> >
> >                                                  -- Kevin McGrath
> >
>



-- 
Alexey Kuznetsov
GridGain Systems
www.gridgain.com

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Dmitriy Setrakyan <ds...@apache.org>]

I think it's a great idea (thanks Roman!).

I can think of a couple cool projects already:

- Implement JPA EntityManager for Ignite (as well as Hibernate flavor of it)
- Make IGFS (Ignite File System) mountable on Linux via Fuse

Any other ideas?

D.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
wrote:

> FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
> I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
> be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
>
> Thanks,
> Roman.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> To: dev@community.apache.org
>
>
>
> OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
> projects and participate in development
>
> I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
> University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
>
> It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
> design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
> Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
> foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
> mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
> confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
> performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
>
> The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
> that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
> university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
> schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
> student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
> well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
> benefit your Apache project.
>
> It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
> accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
>
> I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
> some of the campus details in person.
>
> Sincerely,
> Steven J. Hathaway
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
> From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
> To:     shathaway@apache.org
>
>
>
> 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
> 3 member team project.
>
> When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
>
> You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
> more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
> likely to
> be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
>
> 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.
>
> This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that are
> research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused. If
> you
> would like to propose a research project for the students, please indicate
> this
> using the Additional Comments field.
>
> Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
> results are
> had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you are
> unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the details
> of your
> project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that
> might be
> necessary.
>
> 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
>
> Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
>
>                                                  -- Kevin McGrath
>

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[jan i <ja...@apache.org>]

On 26 July 2015 at 02:33, Sudhir Menon <sm...@pivotal.io> wrote:

> Given that osu is just two hours away from Portland, these projects
> could help staff the GemFire team in the future since we plan to add
> significant resources to the team. I would encourage geode
> contributors in Portland to take this up and help build the community.
>
Being a mentor in geode, and having experience with Capstone I have happy
to help, and I
am also sure Steve will be helpful.

rgds
jan i.


>
> Suds
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 25, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
> > I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
> > be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Roman.
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
> > Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
> > Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> > To: dev@community.apache.org
> >
> >
> >
> > OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
> > projects and participate in development
> >
> > I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
> > University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
> >
> > It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
> > design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
> > Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
> > foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
> > mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
> > confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
> > performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
> >
> > The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
> > that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
> > university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
> > schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
> > student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
> > well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
> > benefit your Apache project.
> >
> > It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
> > accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
> >
> > I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
> > some of the campus details in person.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Steven J. Hathaway
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> > Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
> > From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
> > To:     shathaway@apache.org
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > 3 member team project.
> >
> > When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
> >
> > You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
> > more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
> likely to
> > be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that are
> > research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused.
> If you
> > would like to propose a research project for the students, please
> indicate this
> > using the Additional Comments field.
> >
> > Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
> results are
> > had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you
> are
> > unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the details
> of your
> > project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that
> might be
> > necessary.
> >
> > 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
> >
> > Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
> >
> >                                                 -- Kevin McGrath
>

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Sudhir Menon <sm...@pivotal.io>]

Given that osu is just two hours away from Portland, these projects
could help staff the GemFire team in the future since we plan to add
significant resources to the team. I would encourage geode
contributors in Portland to take this up and help build the community.

Suds
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 25, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> wrote:
>
> FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
> I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
> be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
>
> Thanks,
> Roman.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> To: dev@community.apache.org
>
>
>
> OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
> projects and participate in development
>
> I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
> University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
>
> It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
> design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
> Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
> foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
> mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
> confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
> performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
>
> The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
> that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
> university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
> schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
> student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
> well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
> benefit your Apache project.
>
> It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
> accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
>
> I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
> some of the campus details in person.
>
> Sincerely,
> Steven J. Hathaway
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
> From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
> To:     shathaway@apache.org
>
>
>
> 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
> 3 member team project.
>
> When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
>
> You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
> more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are likely to
> be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
>
> 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.
>
> This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that are
> research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused. If you
> would like to propose a research project for the students, please indicate this
> using the Additional Comments field.
>
> Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better results are
> had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you are
> unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the details of your
> project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that might be
> necessary.
>
> 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
>
> Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
>
>                                                 -- Kevin McGrath

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Carol Pearson <ca...@gmail.com>]

Thanks Rohit, I'll add that one to the list!

-Carol P.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Rohit Jain <ro...@esgyn.com> wrote:

> Thought of another project yesterday: Leverage Trafodion UDF to provide
> Inputformat/Outformat access to any data source that supports the Hadoop
> Inputformat/Outputformat interface.  This allows Trafodion to query many
> other data sources than just HBase and Hive.
>
>
>
>
> On 7/29/15, 12:17 AM, "Carol Pearson" <ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Sorry, got caught in a hailstorm of other things yesterday.  These are all
> >great projects - thanks Rohit!  If anyone has any other projects that they
> >think might be appropriate, let me know.
> >
> >I got a bit more information and the timeline looks like this:
> >
> >  - 3 students, approximately 10 hours per week total per student
> >  - Documentation/planning done in 1st term (early Dec)
> >  - Alpha code mid-Feb
> >  - Expo/completion in mid May
> >
> >So the potential projects we propose should keep that level of commitment
> >in mind.  These are college seniors who are taking other classes at the
> >same time, not full-time interns.
> >
> >-Carol P.
> >
> >On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 11:51 PM, Rohit Jain <ro...@esgyn.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Carol,
> >>
> >> A good project to consider is Spark integration.  Anoop has a prototype
> >> using JDBC RDDs that demonstrates how Trafodion tables could be read
> from
> >> Spark into RDDs.  Currently, Spark has a very simplistic way to
> integrate
> >> using JDBC RDD where there needs to be a numeric PK that can be used to
> >> direct ranges of rows to the RDDs partitioned across nodes, in order to
> >> leverage parallelism.  If we could make this interface a richer
> interface,
> >> where an arbitrary expression on a multi-column PK could be used to
> >> parallelize this, that would be great.  In some sense, we would like to
> >> align each of our salted partitions, or a group of them, to a Spark RDD.
> >> So, the salt key, for example could be used to achieve this alignment.
> >> This would have general value and not just for Trafodion.  This would
> give
> >> students the opportunity to work with an operational and analytical
> engine
> >> at the same time.
> >>
> >> Other potential projects are Trafodion integration, “connector”, with
> >> Kafka, Storm, and even Spark streaming into Trafodion.  Here the
> >> interesting parts would be to ensure transactional consistency, at least
> >> once delivery guarantee, and only once delivery guarantees.  The idea
> again
> >> would be to have dynamic parallel flows from these environments into
> >> Trafodion, in order to scale.  Some performance characteristics would be
> >> good, in order to understand throughput, latency, etc. for these
> scenarios
> >> — where is the bottleneck, for example and how well does this scale.
> >> Again, students will get exposed to streaming workloads and
> environments,
> >> for operational workloads persisted in Trafodion.
> >>
> >> Thanks for volunteering to drive this!
> >>
> >> Rohit
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/27/15, 12:46 PM, "Carol Pearson" <ca...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I've sent the instructor an email and will keep folks here posted.
> >> >
> >> >-Carol P.
> >> >
> >> >On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Carol Pearson <
> >> carol.pearson234@gmail.com>
> >> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I also live within a couple-times-a-month commute distance from
> >> Corvallis
> >> >> (about 1.5 hours each way, plus traffic near Portland) so could drive
> >> this
> >> >> if we wanted to propose something that gets traction.  I'll check
> with
> >> the
> >> >> instructor to see how often they would like to meet with mentors and
> the
> >> >> time commitments for the students so we can see if there are
> interesting
> >> >> tasks we could suggest.
> >> >>
> >> >> -Carol P.
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <
> roman@shaposhnik.org
> >> >
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
> >> >>> I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
> >> >>> be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thanks,
> >> >>> Roman.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> >>> From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
> >> >>> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
> >> >>> Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> >> >>> To: dev@community.apache.org
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
> >> >>> projects and participate in development
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
> >> >>> University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
> >> >>> design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
> >> >>> Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
> >> >>> foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
> >> >>> mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
> >> >>> confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
> >> >>> performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
> >> >>> that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
> >> >>> university.  The students have other classes around which they need
> to
> >> >>> schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
> >> >>> student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
> >> >>> well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can
> also
> >> >>> benefit your Apache project.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
> >> >>> accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
> >> >>> some of the campus details in person.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Sincerely,
> >> >>> Steven J. Hathaway
> >> >>>
> >> >>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> >> >>> Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> >> >>> Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
> >> >>> From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
> >> >>> To:     shathaway@apache.org
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 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
> >> >>> 3 member team project.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
> >> >>> more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
> >> >>> likely to
> >> >>> be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 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.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that
> >> are
> >> >>> research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering
> focused.
> >> >>> If you
> >> >>> would like to propose a research project for the students, please
> >> >>> indicate this
> >> >>> using the Additional Comments field.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
> >> >>> results are
> >> >>> had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If
> you
> >> are
> >> >>> unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the
> >> details
> >> >>> of your
> >> >>> project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes
> that
> >> >>> might be
> >> >>> necessary.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
> >> >>>
> >> >>>                                                  -- Kevin McGrath
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Rohit Jain <ro...@esgyn.com>]

Thought of another project yesterday: Leverage Trafodion UDF to provide Inputformat/Outformat access to any data source that supports the Hadoop Inputformat/Outputformat interface.  This allows Trafodion to query many other data sources than just HBase and Hive.




On 7/29/15, 12:17 AM, "Carol Pearson" <ca...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Sorry, got caught in a hailstorm of other things yesterday.  These are all
>great projects - thanks Rohit!  If anyone has any other projects that they
>think might be appropriate, let me know.
>
>I got a bit more information and the timeline looks like this:
>
>  - 3 students, approximately 10 hours per week total per student
>  - Documentation/planning done in 1st term (early Dec)
>  - Alpha code mid-Feb
>  - Expo/completion in mid May
>
>So the potential projects we propose should keep that level of commitment
>in mind.  These are college seniors who are taking other classes at the
>same time, not full-time interns.
>
>-Carol P.
>
>On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 11:51 PM, Rohit Jain <ro...@esgyn.com> wrote:
>
>> Carol,
>>
>> A good project to consider is Spark integration.  Anoop has a prototype
>> using JDBC RDDs that demonstrates how Trafodion tables could be read from
>> Spark into RDDs.  Currently, Spark has a very simplistic way to integrate
>> using JDBC RDD where there needs to be a numeric PK that can be used to
>> direct ranges of rows to the RDDs partitioned across nodes, in order to
>> leverage parallelism.  If we could make this interface a richer interface,
>> where an arbitrary expression on a multi-column PK could be used to
>> parallelize this, that would be great.  In some sense, we would like to
>> align each of our salted partitions, or a group of them, to a Spark RDD.
>> So, the salt key, for example could be used to achieve this alignment.
>> This would have general value and not just for Trafodion.  This would give
>> students the opportunity to work with an operational and analytical engine
>> at the same time.
>>
>> Other potential projects are Trafodion integration, “connector”, with
>> Kafka, Storm, and even Spark streaming into Trafodion.  Here the
>> interesting parts would be to ensure transactional consistency, at least
>> once delivery guarantee, and only once delivery guarantees.  The idea again
>> would be to have dynamic parallel flows from these environments into
>> Trafodion, in order to scale.  Some performance characteristics would be
>> good, in order to understand throughput, latency, etc. for these scenarios
>> — where is the bottleneck, for example and how well does this scale.
>> Again, students will get exposed to streaming workloads and environments,
>> for operational workloads persisted in Trafodion.
>>
>> Thanks for volunteering to drive this!
>>
>> Rohit
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/27/15, 12:46 PM, "Carol Pearson" <ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I've sent the instructor an email and will keep folks here posted.
>> >
>> >-Carol P.
>> >
>> >On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Carol Pearson <
>> carol.pearson234@gmail.com>
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I also live within a couple-times-a-month commute distance from
>> Corvallis
>> >> (about 1.5 hours each way, plus traffic near Portland) so could drive
>> this
>> >> if we wanted to propose something that gets traction.  I'll check with
>> the
>> >> instructor to see how often they would like to meet with mentors and the
>> >> time commitments for the students so we can see if there are interesting
>> >> tasks we could suggest.
>> >>
>> >> -Carol P.
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <roman@shaposhnik.org
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
>> >>> I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
>> >>> be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>> Roman.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >>> From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
>> >>> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
>> >>> Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
>> >>> To: dev@community.apache.org
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
>> >>> projects and participate in development
>> >>>
>> >>> I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
>> >>> University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
>> >>>
>> >>> It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
>> >>> design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
>> >>> Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
>> >>> foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
>> >>> mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
>> >>> confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
>> >>> performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
>> >>>
>> >>> The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
>> >>> that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
>> >>> university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
>> >>> schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
>> >>> student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
>> >>> well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
>> >>> benefit your Apache project.
>> >>>
>> >>> It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
>> >>> accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
>> >>>
>> >>> I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
>> >>> some of the campus details in person.
>> >>>
>> >>> Sincerely,
>> >>> Steven J. Hathaway
>> >>>
>> >>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> >>> Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
>> >>> Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
>> >>> From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
>> >>> To:     shathaway@apache.org
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> 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
>> >>> 3 member team project.
>> >>>
>> >>> When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
>> >>> more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
>> >>> likely to
>> >>> be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
>> >>>
>> >>> 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.
>> >>>
>> >>> This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that
>> are
>> >>> research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused.
>> >>> If you
>> >>> would like to propose a research project for the students, please
>> >>> indicate this
>> >>> using the Additional Comments field.
>> >>>
>> >>> Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
>> >>> results are
>> >>> had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you
>> are
>> >>> unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the
>> details
>> >>> of your
>> >>> project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that
>> >>> might be
>> >>> necessary.
>> >>>
>> >>> 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
>> >>>
>> >>>                                                  -- Kevin McGrath
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Carol Pearson <ca...@gmail.com>]

Sorry, got caught in a hailstorm of other things yesterday.  These are all
great projects - thanks Rohit!  If anyone has any other projects that they
think might be appropriate, let me know.

I got a bit more information and the timeline looks like this:

  - 3 students, approximately 10 hours per week total per student
  - Documentation/planning done in 1st term (early Dec)
  - Alpha code mid-Feb
  - Expo/completion in mid May

So the potential projects we propose should keep that level of commitment
in mind.  These are college seniors who are taking other classes at the
same time, not full-time interns.

-Carol P.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 11:51 PM, Rohit Jain <ro...@esgyn.com> wrote:

> Carol,
>
> A good project to consider is Spark integration.  Anoop has a prototype
> using JDBC RDDs that demonstrates how Trafodion tables could be read from
> Spark into RDDs.  Currently, Spark has a very simplistic way to integrate
> using JDBC RDD where there needs to be a numeric PK that can be used to
> direct ranges of rows to the RDDs partitioned across nodes, in order to
> leverage parallelism.  If we could make this interface a richer interface,
> where an arbitrary expression on a multi-column PK could be used to
> parallelize this, that would be great.  In some sense, we would like to
> align each of our salted partitions, or a group of them, to a Spark RDD.
> So, the salt key, for example could be used to achieve this alignment.
> This would have general value and not just for Trafodion.  This would give
> students the opportunity to work with an operational and analytical engine
> at the same time.
>
> Other potential projects are Trafodion integration, “connector”, with
> Kafka, Storm, and even Spark streaming into Trafodion.  Here the
> interesting parts would be to ensure transactional consistency, at least
> once delivery guarantee, and only once delivery guarantees.  The idea again
> would be to have dynamic parallel flows from these environments into
> Trafodion, in order to scale.  Some performance characteristics would be
> good, in order to understand throughput, latency, etc. for these scenarios
> — where is the bottleneck, for example and how well does this scale.
> Again, students will get exposed to streaming workloads and environments,
> for operational workloads persisted in Trafodion.
>
> Thanks for volunteering to drive this!
>
> Rohit
>
>
>
>
>
> On 7/27/15, 12:46 PM, "Carol Pearson" <ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I've sent the instructor an email and will keep folks here posted.
> >
> >-Carol P.
> >
> >On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Carol Pearson <
> carol.pearson234@gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I also live within a couple-times-a-month commute distance from
> Corvallis
> >> (about 1.5 hours each way, plus traffic near Portland) so could drive
> this
> >> if we wanted to propose something that gets traction.  I'll check with
> the
> >> instructor to see how often they would like to meet with mentors and the
> >> time commitments for the students so we can see if there are interesting
> >> tasks we could suggest.
> >>
> >> -Carol P.
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <roman@shaposhnik.org
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
> >>> I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
> >>> be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Roman.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>> From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
> >>> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
> >>> Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> >>> To: dev@community.apache.org
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
> >>> projects and participate in development
> >>>
> >>> I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
> >>> University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
> >>>
> >>> It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
> >>> design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
> >>> Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
> >>> foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
> >>> mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
> >>> confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
> >>> performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
> >>>
> >>> The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
> >>> that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
> >>> university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
> >>> schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
> >>> student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
> >>> well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
> >>> benefit your Apache project.
> >>>
> >>> It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
> >>> accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
> >>>
> >>> I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
> >>> some of the campus details in person.
> >>>
> >>> Sincerely,
> >>> Steven J. Hathaway
> >>>
> >>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> >>> Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> >>> Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
> >>> From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
> >>> To:     shathaway@apache.org
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >>> 3 member team project.
> >>>
> >>> When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
> >>> more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
> >>> likely to
> >>> be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that
> are
> >>> research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused.
> >>> If you
> >>> would like to propose a research project for the students, please
> >>> indicate this
> >>> using the Additional Comments field.
> >>>
> >>> Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
> >>> results are
> >>> had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you
> are
> >>> unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the
> details
> >>> of your
> >>> project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that
> >>> might be
> >>> necessary.
> >>>
> >>> 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
> >>>
> >>>                                                  -- Kevin McGrath
> >>>
> >>
> >>
>
>

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Rohit Jain <ro...@esgyn.com>]

Carol,

A good project to consider is Spark integration.  Anoop has a prototype using JDBC RDDs that demonstrates how Trafodion tables could be read from Spark into RDDs.  Currently, Spark has a very simplistic way to integrate using JDBC RDD where there needs to be a numeric PK that can be used to direct ranges of rows to the RDDs partitioned across nodes, in order to leverage parallelism.  If we could make this interface a richer interface, where an arbitrary expression on a multi-column PK could be used to parallelize this, that would be great.  In some sense, we would like to align each of our salted partitions, or a group of them, to a Spark RDD.  So, the salt key, for example could be used to achieve this alignment.  This would have general value and not just for Trafodion.  This would give students the opportunity to work with an operational and analytical engine at the same time.

Other potential projects are Trafodion integration, “connector”, with Kafka, Storm, and even Spark streaming into Trafodion.  Here the interesting parts would be to ensure transactional consistency, at least once delivery guarantee, and only once delivery guarantees.  The idea again would be to have dynamic parallel flows from these environments into Trafodion, in order to scale.  Some performance characteristics would be good, in order to understand throughput, latency, etc. for these scenarios — where is the bottleneck, for example and how well does this scale.  Again, students will get exposed to streaming workloads and environments, for operational workloads persisted in Trafodion.

Thanks for volunteering to drive this!

Rohit





On 7/27/15, 12:46 PM, "Carol Pearson" <ca...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I've sent the instructor an email and will keep folks here posted.
>
>-Carol P.
>
>On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Carol Pearson <ca...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I also live within a couple-times-a-month commute distance from Corvallis
>> (about 1.5 hours each way, plus traffic near Portland) so could drive this
>> if we wanted to propose something that gets traction.  I'll check with the
>> instructor to see how often they would like to meet with mentors and the
>> time commitments for the students so we can see if there are interesting
>> tasks we could suggest.
>>
>> -Carol P.
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
>>> I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
>>> be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Roman.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
>>> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
>>> Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
>>> To: dev@community.apache.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
>>> projects and participate in development
>>>
>>> I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
>>> University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
>>>
>>> It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
>>> design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
>>> Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
>>> foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
>>> mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
>>> confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
>>> performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
>>>
>>> The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
>>> that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
>>> university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
>>> schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
>>> student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
>>> well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
>>> benefit your Apache project.
>>>
>>> It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
>>> accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
>>>
>>> I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
>>> some of the campus details in person.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Steven J. Hathaway
>>>
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
>>> Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
>>> From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
>>> To:     shathaway@apache.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>> 3 member team project.
>>>
>>> When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
>>>
>>>
>>> You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
>>> more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
>>> likely to
>>> be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that are
>>> research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused.
>>> If you
>>> would like to propose a research project for the students, please
>>> indicate this
>>> using the Additional Comments field.
>>>
>>> Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
>>> results are
>>> had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you are
>>> unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the details
>>> of your
>>> project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that
>>> might be
>>> necessary.
>>>
>>> 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
>>>
>>>                                                  -- Kevin McGrath
>>>
>>
>>

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Carol Pearson <ca...@gmail.com>]

I've sent the instructor an email and will keep folks here posted.

-Carol P.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Carol Pearson <ca...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I also live within a couple-times-a-month commute distance from Corvallis
> (about 1.5 hours each way, plus traffic near Portland) so could drive this
> if we wanted to propose something that gets traction.  I'll check with the
> instructor to see how often they would like to meet with mentors and the
> time commitments for the students so we can see if there are interesting
> tasks we could suggest.
>
> -Carol P.
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
> wrote:
>
>> FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
>> I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
>> be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Roman.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
>> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
>> Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
>> To: dev@community.apache.org
>>
>>
>>
>> OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
>> projects and participate in development
>>
>> I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
>> University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
>>
>> It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
>> design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
>> Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
>> foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
>> mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
>> confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
>> performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
>>
>> The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
>> that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
>> university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
>> schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
>> student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
>> well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
>> benefit your Apache project.
>>
>> It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
>> accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
>>
>> I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
>> some of the campus details in person.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Steven J. Hathaway
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
>> Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
>> From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
>> To:     shathaway@apache.org
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> 3 member team project.
>>
>> When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
>>
>>
>> You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
>> more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
>> likely to
>> be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that are
>> research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused.
>> If you
>> would like to propose a research project for the students, please
>> indicate this
>> using the Additional Comments field.
>>
>> Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
>> results are
>> had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you are
>> unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the details
>> of your
>> project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that
>> might be
>> necessary.
>>
>> 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
>>
>> Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
>>
>>                                                  -- Kevin McGrath
>>
>
>

Re: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

[Carol Pearson <ca...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I also live within a couple-times-a-month commute distance from Corvallis
(about 1.5 hours each way, plus traffic near Portland) so could drive this
if we wanted to propose something that gets traction.  I'll check with the
instructor to see how often they would like to meet with mentors and the
time commitments for the students so we can see if there are interesting
tasks we could suggest.

-Carol P.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
wrote:

> FYI. If anybody would want to drive this (personally
> I'm way out of cycles to commit to that) I think it could
> be a good way to spur some potential community growth.
>
> Thanks,
> Roman.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Steven Hathaway <sh...@e-z.net>
> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> To: dev@community.apache.org
>
>
>
> OSU Capstone Projects - Opportunity to introduce students to ASF
> projects and participate in development
>
> I have participated in several Capstone projects at Oregon State
> University in Corvallis, Oregon USA.
>
> It is a good start for college seniors to develop their software
> design, project management, and engineering business skills.  The
> Capstone project is available to open-source software projects,
> foundations, and commercial enterprises.  The project sponsor and
> mentor is the point-of-contact to mitigate any licensing and
> confidentiality agreement issues.  The mentor also evaluates the
> performance of the project and gives guidance to the team.
>
> The projects can often benefit from a student group, but understand
> that these are undergraduate students in their Senior year at the
> university.  The students have other classes around which they need to
> schedule their time.   Be sure not to make the tasks overwhelming of
> student time and demands, but rigorous enough to be a challenge. A
> well-designed project will not only benefit the students, but can also
> benefit your Apache project.
>
> It is also useful for the projects have a good presentation of
> accomplishments at the OSU Engineering Expo in May.
>
> I live within commute distance from OSU and may be able to help with
> some of the campus details in person.
>
> Sincerely,
> Steven J. Hathaway
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!
> Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:16 -0700
> From:   D. Kevin McGrath <dm...@eecs.oregonstate.edu>
> To:     shathaway@apache.org
>
>
>
> 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
> 3 member team project.
>
> When the students come to the first class on September 24, 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://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/submission/
>
> You have until September 24 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 5 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! The
> more excited you sound in the description, the more excited they are
> likely to
> be when doing it. Excitement is contagious!
>
> 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.
>
> This year I'm asking you to explicitly distinguish the projects that are
> research oriented vs. those that are more software engineering focused. If
> you
> would like to propose a research project for the students, please indicate
> this
> using the Additional Comments field.
>
> Given the nature of a research oriented project, I find that better
> results are
> had if the students are initially aware of the type of project. If you are
> unsure, that is not a problem. I'm happy to work with you on the details
> of your
> project -- just submit it, and then we can chat about any changes that
> might be
> necessary.
>
> 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@eecs.oregonstate.edu
>
> Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you!
>
>                                                  -- Kevin McGrath
>