CSCE 488: Computer Engineering Professional Development www'cse'unl'eduwittyclasscsce488 1 Syllabus

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CSCE 488 Computer Engineering Professional
Development (www.cse.unl.edu/witty/class/csce488)
1 Syllabus

• Lecturer Witty Srisa-an

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About Myself

• Professor in CSE/UNL since 2002
• Teach (among others)
• Computer Organization (230),
• Senior Design (488-489)
• Embedded Systems (496/896)
• OS Kernels (351)
• Research
• O-O programming languages
• Memory management
• Virtualization
• Synchronization primatives

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So what's the course all about?

• Together with the companion 489, it prepares you
  for professional life.
• Technical knowledge is not enough.
• Also need
• Skills in technical communication
• Ability to work in teams (team work)
• Professional integrity and ethics
• You learn about them by doing them.
• Think of 488-489 as a fun, single integrated
  course for project work
• Offers opportunity to compete in ChallengeE and
  CSID.

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Specific Course Goals

• Reading Comprehension. Read and critique
  technical material effectively
• Project Design. Work in teams to brainstorm on
  ideas for a substantial team project that you
  might carry out in 489.
• Writing and Oral Communication. Report on your
  project proposal both in writing and in oral
  presentations according to professional norms.
• Design Implementation. Realize and report on a
  component of your proposed project according to a
  well-defined schedule.

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Course Schedule (Flexible)

• See course web-page

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Required Textbook

• Inviting Disasters Lessons from the Edge of
  Technology by James R. Chiles, Collins Reprint
  edition (September 1, 2002), ISBN 0066620821.
  (Paperback)
• Only required for a part of the course.
• Other sources listed on the class web page

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Course Grading

• No tests. Your grade depends on 7 homework
  assignments
• Homework 1 Survey and technical research (52
  Bonus) (Individual assignment)
• Homework 2 Reading and Critiquing Technical
  Material (10) (From the textbook, Team
  assignment)
• Homework 3 Reviewing Past Senior Design Projects
  (15) (Team Assignment)
• Homework 4 Design and Written Report on Project
  Proposal (15) (Team Assignment)
• Homework 5 Oral Presentation on Project Proposal
  (15) (Team Assignment)
• Homework 6 Written Report on Mini-project (20) 
  (Team Assignment)
• Homework 7 Team Project Presentation (20) (Team
  Assignment)

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• Conversion to Letter Grades (Cutoff )

• Note
• Completion of all work and required participation
  will ensure a grade of C
• Bonus on exceptional work in any part of the
  course at my discretion (worth upgrade to the
  next letter grade, i.e. from B to A-).

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Academic Dishonesty

• What is it? Carefully read the departmental
  policy at
• http//csce.unl.edu/undergrads/academic_integrity.
  php
• The above is strictly enforced the Department
  has a zero-tolerance policy.
• Complicity in cheating is equally culpable
• Beware especially of plagiarizing material from
  online and other sources.
• I am obligated to report every offense to the
  Department Chair for further consideration

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Course TA

• Jie Feng
• She has a lot of experience with this course and
  has help with many successful projects last
  semester.
• Be considerate, however, as she is assigned only
  7 hours/week for this course.
• See course web page for more info!

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Conclusion

• 488-489 integrated to provide professional-life
  experience, through project work and hands-on
  assignments.
• You form and work in teams in 488 to come up with
  a project proposal and a mini-project
  implementation.
• You receive feedback from us on your project
  ideas and on written and oral presentations.
• Gives you enough time to come up with a good
  project proposal for 489.