Senior Project

This is project-oriented course where students majoring in computer science complete a capstone project. The project entails the development of a significant piece of software by a student team, supervised by a designated faculty member within the department and evaluated by a faculty committee. Appropriate topics for the project may synthesize or extend ideas/results from several areas of study from coursework, or develop a topic not normally covered in the curriculum but can be approached by techniques and ideas in the teams academic background. The project concludes with the submission of a product or written paper and a public presentation.

Schedule of Deliverables

  1. Due Date: January 27, 2009
    Phase I: Proposal. Propose one or more topics to the Senior Project Coordinator.
    Deliverable(s): Topic Proposal
  2. Due Date: February 23, 2009
    Phase II: Planning, Requirements, & Specification Phase. Upon acceptance of the topic proposal, begin to work on required project artifacts.
    Deliverable(s): Project Planning Document, Requirements & Specification Document, Architecture & Design Document
  3. Due Date: March 31, 2009
    Phase III: Implementation & Testing. Upon acceptance of the previous phase documents, begin work on implementation and testing.
    Deliverable(s): Code base, Testing Documentation (project dependent)
  4. Due Date: April 23, 2009
    Phase IV: Project Paper.
    Deliverable(s): Project Paper, Project Poster, Project Documentation (TBD)
  5. Due Date: May 8, 2009
    Phase V: Project Defense & Presentation.
    Deliverable(s): Oral Presentation & Defense

Project Coordinator: George Dimitiglou, PhD
Project Advisor: Ahmed Salem, PhD