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Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Date: September 19, 2015 at 10:40:21 PM PDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Fwd: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!] > Reply-To: [email protected] > > The Capstone project has until Sep 24 to submit your project and assign a > mentor. I will be available for campus visits if requested. > <shathaway.a.o> > > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > Subject: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project! > From: "D. Kevin McGrath" <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, September 8, 2015 2:04 pm > To: [email protected] > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Colleagues -- > > A little over a week remains to submit your project for consideration! Do > please > consider submitting something if you haven't already done so. And again, > please > contact me if you have any questions! I'm currently out of town, so responses > may be a bit slow, but I hope to get back to everyone within the next 48 > hours. > > Thanks! > > Kevin > > Original call below. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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! > > If you'd like to see currently proposed projects as the students will see > them, see > > http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/capstone.cgi?projects=cs > > -- Kevin McGrath > >
