Visit the following pages for requirements, details, contract and important dates
If you are looking for capstone ideas, see my capstone and project Ideas
Check your eligibility for CSS 497. Check whether I am a good fit to supervise your capstone (completed a course with me, topic in my research area, etc). Have a look at the abstracts from students whom I have supervised.
Explore capstone project options and talk to CSS 497 coordinator if necessary
If you are doing a faculty research, you will need to pick one of the projects from my capstone projects or one of the projects that the Tech for Good research group is already working on. For internship based capstones, skip the next couple of steps and send me the CSS 497 contract.
Send me an email with a 1-3 paragraph description of your project OR your thoughts on how you can contribute to one of the existing projects OR if you do not have a project idea a list of areas you are interested in and description of what areas you are good at. Describe the benefits of the proposed project (e.g., ‘What is this project going to accomplish?’) and the academic merit of proposed project (e.g. ‘How will the project help you develop your core and advanced technical competencies). Specify at least 3 dates/times you can meet. Include a copy of your unofficial transcript.
Have a meeting to discuss the project
Download “CSS 497 Contract”, fill it and sent it to me via email.
Submit weekly progress reports for faculty research, fortnightly progress reports for all other capstones. All reports should be submitted via Canvas when possible and have
A research based report will have:
Other capstone project will have varying reports, but along the lines below:
Deliverables (pseudocode, code, requirement spec, design spec, testing plans, testing results, diagrams, discussion, web site or something else that is appropriate for your capstone)
As long as you are working as a researcher, intern or on your project, you need to keep submitting reports. Once you are done working, and only have the colloquium, then you do not need to submit reports.
The typical schedule for colloquium is 11:30-12:30 poster presentations followed by 1:00-4:00 for oral presentations. This can change, so make sure you watch for emails from capstone coordinator.
1) Schedule will be posted at: https://www.uwb.edu/bscsse/capstone/colloq-schedule
2) Abstract: Please submit it 10 days prior to the colloquium. It should be 200-400 words. http://www.uwb.edu/css/css497/student-guide/abstract-information
3) Poster, presentation slides: Please submit it 7 days prior to the colloquium, so that we can review together. Poster will include (for example), background, related works, methods, experiments/results, and conclusion
4) Presentation slides: Make ~ 10 slides that include background (introduction), related works, methods, experiments/results, and conclusion etc.
Refer http://courses.washington.edu/css497 to see how to create a quality poster and presentation slides
Yusuf Pisan | Computing & Software Systems (CSS) | University of Washington Bothell |