[VicPiMakers SG] SG Project Regaining meeting at Camosun

[Craig Miller]

Thanks Lynn,

That's great. I guess I should start writing up my network monitoring 
project as well.

Craig...

On 2/13/24 10:52, Lynn Palmer wrote:
>
> Thanks for this, Craig.
>
> I'll get going on writing up my IOT/Web Framework idea.
>
>
> Lynn
>
> On 2/13/24 08:13, Craig Miller wrote:
>> Hi SG'ers,
>>
>>
>> Just wanted to let you know that Deid and I have been working on how 
>> we might meet again at Camosun. We are hoping for a similar setup as 
>> to what we had before (a room, a projector, and internet).
>>
>> To that end, we met with one of the Computer Science Dept. 
>> Information and Computer Science (ICS) instructor, Michael Horie, 
>> this past week, to see how we could do that.
>>
>> He suggested that the ICS department would be more interested in 
>> helping us out, if we helped them out, which is not unreasonable. 
>> They have a "Capstone" project, where students spend a significant 
>> amount of time working on a final real world project. ICS is 
>> interested in us folks in the "real world" to submit and sponsor 
>> projects.
>>
>> Michael suggested a web server as a potential project, but there are 
>> other projects which we could suggest. For example, I have been 
>> thinking of a network monitoring project for sometime now.
>>
>> The focus on the projects should be primarily software, as these are 
>> ICS students. So wiring up AC relays, and turning on/off things is 
>> probably beyond their skill set. The projects need to be achievable 
>> by the students in a semester's time frame.
>>
>> We are looking for projects, with a list of requirements, and 
>> milestones for completion, as well as sponsors who would be willing 
>> to meet with the students (usually there are two to three students 
>> per project) on a regular basis, and help shepherd them along in 
>> completing the project.
>>
>> As you can see from the time line below, time is of the essence. 
>> *February 22 is the deadline*.
>>
>> Information for creating a submission can be found at:
>>
>> https://capstone.camosun.bc.ca/cosc/submissions.html
>>
>> Our time commitment as sponsors would be about 8 months total elapsed 
>> time with a meetings with the students as required, but most likely 
>> at a minimum weekly during the final term, 3 or 4 months. In order to 
>> be a successful Capstone Project, a sponsor must be prepared to work 
>> with faculty and students to complete the project.
>>
>> https://capstone.camosun.bc.ca/cosc/handbook.html
>>
>> The Timeline would include 2 terms:
>>
>>   * ICS 280: Winter Term (January to April).
>>
>>     Students form project teams, prepare resumes or portfolios and
>>     review approved projects. A team may put forward their own
>>     project sponsor, as long as the project gets approved by the
>>     Computer Science Department using the same review process and
>>     deadlines as all project submissions. During this term, the
>>     students will also create a Project Charter as a kick off for the
>>     project. 
>>
>>   * ICS 290: Summer Term (May to August)
>>
>>     The project groups will focus a majority of their time on the
>>     project through gathering requirements and implementation.
>>     Students are also preparing for their final Capstone Symposium
>>     Showcase that will take place during August. 
>>
>> Students typically need to meet with and/or talk to sponsors and 
>> stakeholders at least once per week throughout this process.
>>
>>   *     January: Project Requests are made. Project Teams are formed
>>   *     February: The meet and great between prospective sponsors and
>>     project teams.
>>   *     March: Final confirmation of match between sponsor and teams.
>>   *     April: Completion of Project Charter.
>>   *     May – July: Project requirement gathering and implementation.
>>   *     August: Capstone Symposium (3rd Friday)  and project wrap-up.
>>
>> Michael would like us to respond in the next week or so. Then he can 
>> pitch the idea to his department head.
>>
>> I would like to do this via the discussion list, but if we need to 
>> have a SG meeting on this topic, I am willing to do that as well.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Craig...
>>
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>>
>
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