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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:17 PM > Subject: Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project! > To: [email protected] > > > > 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 <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > > > 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 > [email protected] > > Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you! > > -- Kevin McGrath
