Comp 401 - Senior Seminar (Spring 2023)

Introductory Information

• Syllabus

Recommended Text

• Web Style Guide, 4th Edition, by Lynch and Horton. (Huh. Why this book??)

Other Information

• ACM's Code of Ethics
• Computing jobs statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Computer science students are in demand - one of many such articles.

Project Resources

• PySimpleGUI - Python GUI library. The "Call Reference" tab is especially helpful.
• PySimpleGUI Cookbook - lots of samples (recipes) using the idea of design patterns.
• Samples using PySimpleGUI.
• Pillow - documentation for Python Imaging Library (PIL).
• Esri ASCII grid format - file format used for DEM/DTM files.
• Agile Manifesto
• Scrum Reference Card
• Computer Graphics concepts - useful for displaying topographic data.
• Phong lighting model
• Computer Graphics from Scratch

Projects/Papers

Research Papers

• The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint - booklet by Edward Tufte. Also available in the library.
• The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Slides Are Not All Evil - article by Jean-Luc Doumont. Also available through the library.
• CompSurf: An Environment for Exploring Surface Reconstruction Methods on a Grid (2003)
• Augmenting Grid-Based Contours to Improve Thin-Plate DEM Generation (2005) - journal article. Yikes.
• Constructing a DEM from Grid-based Data by Computing Intermediate Contours (2003) - shows RMSE and other statistical measures.
• The Case for 3D Visualization in DEM Assessment (2013)
• Comparisons on Scrum Team Strategies: A multi-agent Simulation. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation (2020).
• Why do Software Teams Deviate from Scrum? Reasons and Implications. Proceedings of the International Conference on Software and System Processes (2020).

Projects

• sem3.pdf - Sem 3 project description.
  Phong shading model (Wikipedia).
  Calculating normal to a plane - Wolfram Alpha. franconia.dem.grd - sample ASCII grid file of Franconia, NH.
  franconiaSmall.dem.grd - edited Franconia DEM.
  shaded relief map of Franconia.
  bountifulpeak.usgs.grd - tiny USGS DEM of Bountiful Peak, Utah.
  bountiful.maxc.interp.grd - an interpolated version of Bountiful Peak.

In-Class Examples

• Cartoon - software engineering.
• Cartoon II - a dig at Microsoft is always good.
• What is this ?
• Directions to Copper Mt.
• four.4.py - basic image viewer using PySimpleGUI.
• five.py - enhanced image viewer that now uses a constant size window and properly scales the images.
• invest.cpp - debugging fun!!
• funFiles.tar.gz - debugging fun!!

Fun with ChatGBT

• largestChatGBT1.cpp.
• largestChatGBT2.cpp.
• floatsChatGBT2.cpp.
• floatsChatGBT3.cpp.

Final Project Info

• Kite Aerial Photography - client website.
• Client slideshow.
• DFS sample 1: The Wheaton TechnoLegacy.
• DFS sample 2: Mountain Climber.

Client Questions & Answers

PowerPoint

• Good start!
• The Gettysburg Address - Peter Norvig's version of the famous speech.
• The Power of PowerPoint - says it all, doesn't it?
• E.T. Does Rocket Science - Tufte's review of the use of PowerPoint in the space shuttle disaster.
• Key slide of Columbia PowerPoint presentation.
• Math/CS Department Seminar - example of a PowerPoint presentation.
• Giving an Academic Talk - some advice about presentations, including what to show on slides, from Jonathan Shewchuck of UC Berkeley.
• Example of an Academic Talk - a typical conference talk using PowerPoint, but Doug Zongker. Here is the paper that goes along with the talk.

Career Preparation

• virtual.cpp
• hlist.cpp
• Copy constructor
• Copy constructor solution
• College resume?
• Resume 1
• Resume 2
• Nurse resume (??)
• Teacher resume
• Cover letter basics
• Cover 1
• Cover 2
• Place setting
• The Great Napkin Controversy: What to do with a napkin?? Two opinions:
  • Dining etiquette- from a certified etiquette school (wow, this exists!); also includes some other dining tips.
  • Napkin etiquette- from Emily Post, famous in the etiquette world.