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 <[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 >
