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Homework (about one assignment every two weeks, each equally weighted):

• Due October 5 (Week 1): Initial course survey (click here)
• Due October 19 (Week 3): Prepare a resume. Many guidelines and samples can be found on the web, e.g., here or here.

  Your resume file should be named LASTNAME-###.pdf, where LASTNAME is your last name (all caps), and ### are the last three digits of your student ID.

  Click on this link to upload your resumes.

• Due November 2 (Week 5): Ask one question to a CSE professor about his/her background or research or interests, and get an answer.
  Please note: The homework has been reassigned with a new due date of November 14. Please check your email and/or Facebook inbox for more information.

  The document you will prepare should contain the following information:

  • Student name
  • Student ID
  • Professor name
  • Question(s) asked
  • Answer(s) received
  You can submit your answers using this link.

• Optional homework: Second course survey.
  Please note: This does not count for or against your homework grade. However, taking this survey counts for "2 chips" (= 2 x $0.25, unfortunately without the actual coins) towards your class participation grade.
  You can take the survey by clicking here.

Other Assignments From Lecturers:

• Ms. Lauren Payne (for October 16 class): Review the UCSD Career Services Center http://career.ucsd.edu/ prior to the talk.
• Prof. Larry Smarr (for November 8 class): Spend 1/2 hour or more reading in the Cal-IT2 website and pick out a project of interest to you to discuss.

Projects Schedule:

• Oct 20 (extended from Oct 18): Project Initial Proposals Due --- Form a 4-person team and submit a 2-page writeup.

  Please follow these guidelines on what your proposal should look like.

  Submit your project proposals using this link. Please remember that your proposals should be in PDF format.

• Oct 30: Project Selections Finalized

  Groups that should be submitting updated proposals can do so using this link.
  Please remember that your proposals should be in PDF format. Also, please use the following naming convention for your files:
  Your files should only contain the last names of the people in your group, e.g. KernighanRichie.pdf

• Nov 27: Project Draft Reports Due

  You can upload your project draft report using this link.
  Please remember that your proposals should be in PDF format. Also, please use the following naming convention for your files:
  Your files should only contain the last names of the people in your group, e.g. CooleyTukey.pdf

• Nov 29: Project Review Feedback Due (?)
• Dec 4: Project Draft Presentations Due

  You can upload your project draft presentations using this link.
  Please use the following naming convention for your files:
  Your files should only contain the last names of the people in your group, e.g. BoyceCodd.pdf

• Dec 6: Project Final Reports Due

  You can upload your project final reports using this link.
  Please remember that your reports should be in PDF format. Also, please use the following naming convention for your files:
  Your files should only contain the last names of the people in your group, e.g. RivestShamirAdleman.pdf

• Dec 8: Project Presentations Final Upload Due
• Dec 9: Project Presentations (10 min x 25 projects) 2pm to 7pm with pizza dinner
• Useful: See the links, e.g., Time Management, at Prof. Kahng's Research Advice page

Projects List:

The Projects List is just a set of possibilities. You are free to come up with your own project proposals. Note that you will be part of a team of four students.

• Project lists from previous years (Prof. Paturi 2005, 2006, 2007; Dr. Rhodes 2007)
• Web 2.0 topics
  • Optimization of WebPages for Search Engines.
  • Search Engine Spider/Crawling Algorithms.
  • People Search Engines (Spock, Zoominfo, WikiYou, PeekYou, Wink, etc.).
  • Reputation-Based Systems (RapLeaf, etc.).
  • Emerging Business Models.
• Analysis of other CS/business topics
  • Copyright and Open Source.
  • The Future of Linux.
  • Does Moore's Law Matter for CS?
  • Convergence of Mobile Consumer Devices.
  • Measuring the Internet
• Video/website: Why I (we) chose UCSD CSE?
• What subfield of CSE is most interesting, and why I am (we are) considering a focus on this over the next 4 years.
• How the Web will change traditional conferences and trade shows (e.g., SIGGRAPH or Design Automation Conference.
• Design and implementation of part of a CSE 91 wiki.
• How the Web is changing K-12 teaching.
• How the Web is changing the traditional undergraduate education 'business model' of universities.
• A new product and its business plan, perhaps with a fictitious (mocked-up) website.
• Comparison of CSE curricula across universities and countries.
• Demographics of computer science - students, teachers, professionals, career trajectories.