On 1 September 2013 05:30, Steven J. Hathaway <shath...@e-z.net> wrote:
> For ASF associates that wish to contribute time and ideas for student > senior projects, here is an opportunity hosted by Oregon State University > in Corvallis, Oregon. > > I have already volunteered a project and will be a mentor if it is > accepted. > Thx for the hint, I have added a project on behalf of AOO, which I would like to mentor if accepted. rgds jan I. > > The students and professors are very anxious to support the open source > development community. A major hosting of Apache infrastructure is > done at their Open System Labs (osuosl.org) on the Oregon State University > campus. > > Sincerely, > Steven J. Hathaway > <shathaway@a.o> > > ______________________________**__________ > From: mike bailey [m...@eecs.oregonstate.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 2:37 PM > To: m...@eecs.oregonstate.edu > Subject: Are you interested in proposing an OSU Senior Design Project? > > 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 Mike Bailey. I am the professor 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 2-4 member team project. > > When the students come to the first class on September 23, 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://cs.oregonstate.edu/**capstone/proposeproject2013.**html<http://cs.oregonstate.edu/capstone/proposeproject2013.html> > > You have until September 23 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! > Give me a call or send me an email if you want to discuss "cool-ness". > > After projects have been selected, we 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, and approve the progress. You > also > get to assign 20% of their grades. > > Any project can be proposed from anybody. I don't care where you are > from, just > that your project represents an excellent software engineering learning > 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. They can learn some of those > things > on the fly, but that takes some time away from the project development. > Keep that in mind when proposing. > > If you have questions or want to discuss project possibilities, feel > free to contact me at: > > Mike Bailey > Professor, Computer Science > Oregon State University > 2117 Kelley Engineering Center > 541-737-2542 > m...@cs.oregonstate.edu > > Thanks for your time -- I look forward to working with you! > > -- Mike Bailey > > ------------------------------**------------------------------ > Mike Bailey, PhD > Professor, Computer Science > 3D Graphics, Scientific Visualization, GPU Computing > Oregon State University > 2117 Kelley Engineering Center > Corvallis, OR 97331-5501 > 541-737-2542 FAX: 541-737-1300 > m...@cs.oregonstate.edu > http://cs.oregonstate.edu/~mjb > > > > > >
