CS1699 Special Topics in Computer Science
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Course Schedule

Week 1   Organizational meeting/describe projects to the class
Week 2   Accept bids for projects/Form teams/Assign projects and mentors
Week 3   Speaker - Working in teams, maximizing the collective effort
Week 4   Project proposals
Week 5   Project proposals
Week 6   Professor Rami Melhem - Research integrity
Week 7   Progress reports
Week 8   Speaker
Week 9   Progress reports
Week 10 Speaker
Week 11 Progress reports
Week 12 Project summary presentation/demo/mentor sign off
Week 13 Project summary presentation/demo/sign off

Project Proposal
Each team is responsible for preparing a slide presentation describing what the team wishes to accomplish during the semester, how the team plans on implementing the project, and how the responsibilities have been distributed among the team members. The project proposal will be made to the class early in the term after the teams have had a chance to meet with their mentor and fully understand their project.

Project Summary
A second presentation/demo will be made by each team near the end of the semester describing what has been accomplished by the team and what can be done in the future to enhance their work.

Mentor Sign off
Each team will submit a sheet containing bulleted items of what has been accomplished at the last class meeting. Each completed item will be initialed by the team's mentor indicating the item was completed as specified. This sheet is to be signed by each team member and by the team's mentor.