CSCI 4970: Computer Science Capstone Project

Fall 2011

Meeting time: TR 1:30-2:45
Classroom: PKI 279
Instructor: Dr. Harvey Siy
Office: PKI 281B
Phone: (402)554-2834
Email: hsiy at unomaha dot edu
Office Hours: By appointment (call or email ahead)
Textbook:
(optional)
Program Development in Java: Abstraction, Specification, and Object-Oriented Design by Liskov and Guttag, Addison-Wesley, 2000.

Overview

The Capstone Project represents the crowning achievement of a Computer Science student's undergraduate experience, enabling him or her to apply fundamental computer science principles to the solution of real-world problems. Students will employ software engineering techniques to develop the project in a systematic manner.

Prerequisites

Learning Objectives

Students who complete this course will:
  1. Recognize and appreciate how fundamental computer science principles apply to real-world problems.
  2. Improve their communication skills through interaction with an actual client.
  3. Gain proficiency in modeling, implementing and testing nontrivial software applications.
  4. Gain more experience in working in teams.

How it works

In parallel, we will have lectures for the first few weeks. Topics covered include:

Suitable Projects

While there are lots of possibilities to choose from, projects are expected to have a challenging algorithmic component requiring the nontrivial application of computer science principles. Example application types include scheduling, simulation, data mining, cyber-physical systems, and scientific computing. Projects will usually involve sophisticated algorithms manipulating complex structures, and may involve overlapping areas such as language processing, networks, embedded systems, real-time systems, parallel computation, databases, artificial intelligence, computer graphics, etc.

Evaluation

There are no exams or graded homeworks in this course. Students will be evaluated based on the quality of the project at the end of the semester. Evaluation rubrics will be provided at the start of the semester.



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