Syllabus for SSE 554

Object-Oriented Design II

Spring Semester 2011 (11S)

See the Wikipedia page on General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU) using Nvidia's CUDA technology. Please contact the professor if you are interested at the beginning of the course, before buying texts.

Changes are possible.

Instructor: Dr. Paul E. MacNeil

Office:       Suite 223a, School of Engineering

Phone:       478-301-2185

                  478-301-2732

Email:        macneil_pe@mercer.edu

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Textbooks and Supplies:

Texts (including web sites):

See the Wikipedia page on General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU). Please contact the professor if you are interested at the beginning of the course, before buying texts.

• Note: These texts are for the C++ Option:

  • C++ How to Program (7th ed.), by Deitel and Deitel, Prentice Hall ISBN 0136117260 (2009) Check Out This Text at Amazon.com (Required for the C++ option - non-GPGPU sub-option only!)
  • Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, by Kirk and Hwu, Prentice Hall ISBN 978-0123814722 (2010) Check Out This Text at Amazon.com (Required for the C++ option only - GPGPU sub-option only!)

• Note: This text is for the C# Option:

  • Professional C# 2008 by Nagel et al., WROX (2008) ISBN 978-0470191378 (Required). Check this text out at Amazon.com

• Note: These texts are for the Java Option:

  • Core Java Volume I Fundamentals (8th ed.) by Horstmann and Cornell, Prentice Hall (2007) ISBN 978-0132354769 (Required). Check this text out at Amazon.com

  • Core Java Volume II Advanced Features (8th ed.) by Horstmann and Cornell, Prentice Hall (2008) ISBN 978-0132354790 (Required). Check this text out at Amazon.com

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Software (including web sites):

• Java Option:

  • The latest Java SE Development Kit (JDK), including the documentation, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html . (Please note that the documentation is a separate download.) (Required.)

  • A Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE) of your choice. NetBeans http://netbeans.org/ and Eclipse http://eclipse.org/ work well. Note that NetBeans can be downloaded and installed from the JDK installation download page. (Required.)

• C# Option:

  • The latest Microsoft Visual C# Express Edition Integrated Development Environment (IDE) http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/ . (Required.)

• C++ Option:

  • A C++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) of your choice. NetBeans http://netbeans.org/ and Eclipse http://eclipse.org/ work well. Note that NetBeans can be downloaded and installed from the JDK installation download page, and Microsoft Visual C++ Express Edition http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/. Note that NetBeans can be downloaded and installed from the JDK installation download page listed above. (Required.)

  • For the GPGPU sub-option, you will need the CUDA development software http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home_new.html.

• An Internet ftp client of your choice.  Core FTP LE is free and works well http://www.coreftp.com/ .  (Required, but your choice)

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Other Useful Resources (including web sites):

• 2009 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors

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Catalog Description (Course Purpose):

This second course extends the material covered in SSE 550 with greater breadth and depth. Students will use the same programming language (e.g., C#, Java, or C++) that they used in the prerequisite course. The specific topics covered may vary depending on the language used by the student

Please note that this course is conducted *asynchronously* with regard to the face-to-face class meeting schedule. That is, the course begins on January 11, 2011, for *all* students.

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Course Objectives:

Breadth and Depth in Defining, Analyzing, and Solving Complex Problems:

• After successfully completing this course, you should be able to demonstrate a more advanced capability to apply OOP design techniques to solve complex problems.

Communicate Technical Aspects of the Solution for Complex Software Engineering Problems to a Technical Audience:

• After successfully completing this course, you should be able to demonstrate a more advanced ability to communicate regarding the application of OOP design techniques to a technical audience.

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Prerequisites:

SSE 550.

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Class Location:

• The Online Learning asynchronous "meetings" take place in Cyberspace; i.e., on the Internet.

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Grading:

More information about grading is contained in the General Project Rubric.

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Assignments:

• Purpose of projects:

  • Use the projects to develop your capabilities, and

  • Use the projects to demonstrate your capabilities.

• Deliverables for all projects:

  • Your report should be organized in such a way as to make the topics that you want credit for covering easy to find, and demonstrate your capabilities clearly and convincingly. Everything you want considered for credit, including code and tests (including test results), should be included in the report.

  • Each project can be a single, integrated project that tries to actually do something, or a collection of exercises that demonstrate your capabilities but don't accomplish anything else, or any combination of these two alternatives that you find convenient.

  • You may include other material outside of the report (see Project Delivery, below), if you wish, but this material may or may not be considered in evaluating your work.

  • For each capability that you demonstrate within a report or major section of that report, you may present only the final result of your work; you need not demonstrate every step in the development of that result.

• Some suggestions for doing a project are contained in the One Way to Do a Project page.

• Project Delivery

• Projects will be delivered entirely via the FTP site (which will be announced when it is ready).

• Multithreading and exception handling project.
• Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the development of multithreading and exception handling in your chosen language: C++, C#, or Java, beyond the level of SSE 550.
• This should be a challenging project; you should aim for thorough mastery of the application of exception handling and advanced accomplishment in multithreading.
• If you have a multicore processor, you may choose to address multi-core issues in this project. Please contact me if you are interested in multi-core multithreading and are programming in C++.

• Advanced code project.
• Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the development of adv advanced features in your chosen language: C++, C#, or Java, beyond the level of SSE 550.
• This should be a challenging project; you should aim for thorough mastery of the application of the subjects you cover.

• Advanced code project.
• Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in additional advanced course topics (see your texts) for this course.
• Indentify the topics you will cover via the listserv in advance of starting development for this project.
• This project provides an opportunity for you to choose your own advanced topic(s) in your chosen implementation language, and develop and demonstrate new (to you) capabilities in these topics.

  Two person teams are preferred. Three person teams require the prior approval of the professor.

• You may choose this suboption as long as you are C-capable (familiar with *, &, malloc() and free() (or at least close to C-capable).

• Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in topics from Kirk and Hwu.

• Indentify the topics you will cover via the listserv in advance of starting development for this project. You are welcome to update your list as you go.
• One, two, or three person teams are allowed for this suboption..

• Subscribe to the course email listserv and be able to access our wiki and FTP server (after it has been announced).

• Study the assigned material.

• Write and read email messages (to the listserv) about ideas, problems and solutions to do with the assigned study material.

• Do the assigned projects/exercises.

• Write and read email messages (to/from the listserv) about ideas, problems and solutions to do with the assigned homework.

• Review the reports done by other people; give them credit in your future reports if you adopt something good from their (earlier) report.

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Changes to this Syllabus:

There will be changes to this syllabus, so check back frequently, and don't forget to hit "Reload" or "Refresh".

Schedule of Events and Assignments:

Notes:

tbd

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Contact Information

• My Name: Dr. Paul E. MacNeil (Atlanta, Macon and DL Section)

• My E-mail: macneil_pe@mercer.edu .

• My Office Phone: 478 301-2185

• My FAX: 478 301-2732

• US Mail:

   

  • Dr. Paul E. MacNeil

  • School of Engineering

  • Mercer University

  • 1400 Coleman Ave.

  • Macon, GA 31207

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Important Additional Information:

"Students requiring accommodations for a disability should inform the instructor at the close of the first class meeting or as soon as possible. The instructor will refer you to the Disability Support Services Coordinator to document your disability, determine eligibility for accommodations under the ADAAA/Section 504 and to request a Faculty Accommodation Form. Disability accommodations or status will not be indicated on academic transcripts. In order to receive accommodations in a class, students with sensory, learning, psychological, physical or medical disabilities must provide their instructor with a Faculty Accommodation Form to sign. Students must return the signed form to the Disability Services Coordinator. A new form must be requested each semester. Students with a history of a disability, perceived as having a disability or with a current disability who do not wish to use academic accommodations are also strongly encouraged to register with the Disability Services Coordinator and request a Faculty Accommodation Form each semester. For further information, please contact Carole Burrowbridge, Disability Services Coordinator, at 301-2778 or visit the Disability Support Services website at http://www.mercer.edu/studentaffairs/disabilityservices" * (10/09)

Accreditation: Mercer University is accredited by SACS.