COSC 40943: Software Engineering

Dept. of Computer Science, Texas Christian University

Dr. Lisa Ball

Course Information

Syllabus
Sample Exam #1 (from 2004)
Sample exams (if you have trouble, save to disk and open)
Reference Notes (Powerpoint) in addition to those provided by your textbook author

"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing" ~Thomas Alva Edison

Project materials

General Project Information & Requirements
P1 : Plan/Problem Statement/Domain Analysis/Initial Requirements Model.
P2: Requirements/Plan/Prototype/Initial Design. Additional requirements may be added.
P3: Design/Plan/Test/First Build.
Project Presentations. Format and time allowed will be discussed in class. You are expected to be able to answer questions about your project and about the software engineering process and methods you employed (e.g., lifecycle, testing strategy, development process)

PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS Students will be allowed to select among projects that are defined and supervised by departmental faculty. For COSC majors, projects will have complexity sufficient to require the design or implementation of significant data structures and algorithms. Problem types may include search, scheduling, planning, and assignment problems. Techniques from courses in algorithms, artificial intelligence, linear programming, and operations research are applicable for the solution of the problem. For teams composed of CITE majors, projects will emphasize developing solutions that require the integration of COTS software to solve a problem. Web-centric projects will generally not be offered -- they need another development methodology, often have insufficient problem solving requirements, and are covered in other courses. Open source software solutions are generally preferred.

Other Projects Topics

Projects from past years
Projects below are those that have been proposed in past years that may have sponsors in future years
Fitness and Nutrition Counseling System
Psychology Department projects for Drug Rehab patients
Hestia -- Virtual Human interface to a smart home.
Mobile Robot Simulator -- Dr. Rinewalt

Graphical simulator for mobile robots

Smart Home Simulator: SimHouse

Expand to add graphical client simulator for SimHouse. Purpose is to allow testing of smart home components within a mixed physical and virtual space

Additional Smart Home projects may be available. Talk to Dr. Ball.

Team Project Web Sites and Contact Information

Instructions for evaluators:Please identify the project you are evaluating by team name. Contact emails have been provided for each team in case you have difficulties.