WORK SCHEDULE FOR CS 4960 -- Fall 2014

• CS 4960 meets in P-113 on Thursday, August 21.
  
  
• Overview of Course Documents and Organization

• Discussion of Topic Selection, Presentation Preparation, and Evaluation

• Discussion of Topic Selection, Presentation Preparation, and Evaluation

• Deadline for all preliminary topic proposals: Thursday, September 11.
  
  Quoting from the Course Description:
  
  Propose the topic to the instructor (e-mail forms). The proposal must include:
  
  
  • full citations, in proper form, of multiple reliable sources (at least two) from which you intend to draw.
    
    
  • an abstract of between 80 and 120 words, which describes the nature of the scholarly content that you will include in your presentation.
    
    
  Consult the Course Description for the rest of the details. Penalty for noncompliance will be significant.
  
  
• Discussion of Topic Selection, Presentation Preparation, and Evaluation

• Discussion of Topic Selection, Presentation Preparation, and Evaluation

• DEADLINE for approval of all topic proposals: Thursday, September 25.
  You must meet this deadline to pass the course.
  
  

• October 2 distribution of copies of the next written report:
  • Zane Williams

• Speaker #01, October 9: Zane Williams
• Topic: Garbage Collection in Java
  
  
• October 9 distribution of copies of the next written report:
  • Angela Martinez

• Speaker #02, October 16: Angela Martinez
• Topic: Cyber Terrorism
  
  
• October 16 distribution of copies of the next written report:
  • Daniel Jimenez-soto

• Speaker #03, October 23: Daniel Jimenez-soto
• Topic: Biometrics: Security Structures, Applications, and Challenges
  
  
• October 23 distribution of copies of the next written report:
  • Summer Whitehouse

• Speaker #04, October 30: Summer Whitehouse
• Topic: 3-D Printing: Where it Came From and Where it's Going
  
  
• October 30 distribution of copies of the next written report:
  • Rajat Chadha

• Speaker #05, November 6: Rajat Chadha
• Topic: Scrum Methodology
  
  
• November 6 distribution of copies of the next written report:
  • Shawn Cole

• Speaker #06, November 13: Shawn Cole
• Topic: Solutions for Rendering 3D Graphics on the Web and Mobile Devices
  
  
• November 13 distribution of copies of the next written report:
  • Thomas Falasco
  
  
• Re-distribution of copies of a report:
  • Zane Williams

• Speaker #07, November 20 at 3:00 p.m.: Thomas Falasco
• Topic: Gestural Interface Technology
  
  
• Do-over of Speaker #01, November 20 at 4:00 p.m.: Zane Williams
• Topic: Garbage Collection in Java
  
  
• November 20 distribution of copies of the next written report:
  • Charles Espinosa
  
  
• Rescheduled distribution of copies of written report:
  • Rajat Chadha

• NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING DAY

• Speaker #08, December 4 at 3:00 p.m.: Charles Espinosa
• Topic: Exploiting the Cloud: Solutions for Parallel Programming
  
  
• Rescheduled Speaker #05, December 4 at 4:00 p.m.: Rajat Chadha
• Topic: Scrum Methodology