SCMP 401 – Scientific Computing Capstone Course
Syllabus
Spring, ‘19

Timothy Sullivan (Section 01) sullivan@kenyon.edu Hayes 206 MWF 11:10-12N, TTh 10:10-11AM Students Fishman 215

James Skon (Section 01) skonjp@kenyon.edu Hayes 309c M-F 10-11 Students Meeting Room: Hayes 215

The Scientific Computing Capstone class is designed to be centered on a computing project chosen by the student and supervised by a mentor generally selected from the faculty of the Scientific Computing concentration. The course encourages the student to be aware and conscious of the phases a project goes through from conception to final report. As such, students will make three presentations to the class describing the current status of the project as the semester progresses. About midway through the semester and at the end of the semester, students will present their progress and results in the form of a poster and take part in a poster session involving the rest of the class and interested scientific computing faculty.

Grades in the class are based on the following elements:

• Project proposal (due Jan. 24th) – 15%
• Evaluation of three class presentations – 35%
• Evaluation of two poster presentations – 25%
• Attendance – 25%

The project proposal is due by the time of the second class meeting (January 24th). An outline of what is expected as part of the proposal is in the schedule below.

Attendance Policy: Since active participation in presentations and their associated discussions is critical to the value of the class, attendance at every class meeting is important. The attendance portion of the grade will be an A if there are no unexcused absences, B if there is one unexcused absence, and C if there are two unexcused absences, and D if there are three unexcused absences. A student will be withdrawn from the class if more than three class meetings are missed for any reason (excused or not).

Useful Tools

• LucidChart - a great online tool for design, including drawing system diagrams, GUI mockups, flowcharts, and more.

Schedule

Date	Activity	Material	Due	Presentors Sec 1	Presentors Sec 2
Jan 17	Introduction	Section Rosters Slides
Jan 24	Proposals due, Meet with Professor (No class)	Rubric Sponsor Agreement Form	Written Proposal Skon Proposal Moodle
Jan 31	Presentation 1 - Proposal	Speaking Rubric ( form) First Presentation Content Rubric ( form)	Slides Skon Slides Moodle	Delaney, Ahmed, Jordan	Emma, Kyle, Seth
Feb 7	Presentation 1	Project Design Overview		Ghada, Ben, Hannah	Ben
Feb14	Presentation 1			Burke, Natalie	Daniel, Margie, Jack
Feb 21	No Class, Meet with professor
Feb 28	Presentation 2	Speaking Rubric ( form ) Project Design Content Rubric	Slides	Delaney, Ahmed, Jordan	Emma, Kyle, Seth
Mar 21	Presentation 2			Ghada, Ben, Hannah	Ben, Jack
Mar 28	Presentation 2			Burke, Natalie	Daniel, Margie
Apr 4	Poster session - System Design	Poster Requirements	PosterSubmissionInstructions.pdf Google Folder for Posters
Apr 11	Meet with Instructor	Thursday Evening available for meetings		Signup Sullivan	Signup Skon
Apr 18	Meet with Instructor			Signup Sullivan	Signup Skon
Apr 25	Meet with Instructor			Signup Sullivan	Signup Skon
May 2	Meet with Instructor			Signup Sullivan	Signup Skon
May 9 8:30 a.m.	Demo fair in Peirce Alumni Dining Room	Demo Requirements	Poster All source code and documentation

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