CS诊所
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The primary goals of the 计算机科学 诊所 at Harvey Mudd College are:
- to give advanced students the opportunity to solve real-world problems in computer science, 和
- to provide value to the sponsoring corporation or research organization in return for funding the project.
团队合作, 五到六个高级学生, 由合格的指导老师指导, investigate a problem or set of related problems posed by the client. 这项工作在一学年的时间内完成, with formal presentations 和 reporting procedures for disseminating the results. A company-designated liaison acts on behalf of the client to provide regular feedback 和 to monitor the work effort. The liaison also often functions as a source of domain expertise on the specific problem addressed.
我们项目的成功率一直很高, 就像许多困难的开放式问题一样, 不能总是保证一个完整的解决方案, 诊所团队总是带来新的见解.
The HMC 计算机科学 诊所 is jointly directed by 扎克·多兹教授 和 凯瑟琳·布里登教授.
Several other academic departments at Harvey Mudd also offer 诊所 programs. 参观 诊所 浏览更多资讯.
过程
The duration of 诊所 projects is one academic year, from September through May.
The process begins over the summer during a period in which the sponsor 和 the 诊所 director finalize the organization’s commitment to sponsoring the project 和 the actual details of the problem to be addressed. This generally begins with the sponsor providing a short problem 状态ment. 接下来是一到两个修改周期, with input from the 诊所 director on the suitability of the project based on issues of student background 和 time allocation. It is generally during this phase that the sponsor designates a person from within the organization to operate as the liaison for the project. The 诊所 director makes an initial designation of faculty supervisor for the project at the same time.
在秋季学期开始的时候, the projects for that year are presented to the students taking 诊所 和 they express their preferences for which project they wish to work on. 然后全体教员开会确定主管的分配, form the actual teams (based on the students’ expressed preferences), 并为每个团队指定项目经理.
诊所取向, 所有的联络员都被邀请参加, 是在学期的前几周举行的. It provides an opportunity for the liaison to meet with the team 和 provide additional information 和 background on the project. 在最初的会议之后, 诊所团队构建一个提案，其中指定, 尽可能精确, the work to be done 和 the schedule on which it is to be accomplished. Once the details have been agreed upon by the sponsor 和 the team, problem-solving work begins. The faculty advisor assists in getting the project to a quick start, with an early aim toward increasing the student leader’s coordinating role.
We have found that it is helpful to have the team visit the sponsor’s site for a day early in the term. The students inevitably return from the visit with a better sense of the goals 和 purpose of the project. 很明显，他们对这些目标的投资回报更坚定. 在那之后, 在理想的情况下, 联络员每周与团队会面一次, 尽管这种模式的变化是可能的. 对于遥远的赞助商来说, it is typical to have a weekly conference call or video teleconference instead.
The team presents its ideas 和 progress to the 诊所 community three times during the year 和 presents its final results at the campus-wide Projects Day in the spring. 必须提交正式的年中和最后进度报告.
诊所收费与知识产权所有权
项目的资助是基于学院设定的固定费用. The same fee is used for projects regardless of discipline (计算机科学, 工程, 数学, 或物理).
The client has exclusive ownership of the results 和 can control the dissemination of the final report for the first year following the project. Project-related work may be submitted for publication within a year after delivery of the final report only with the client’s approval. 那一年之后, the client is given an opportunity to review 和 comment on any proposed publication. The year delay allows the client to initiate patent defense of any innovation arising in the work. The 诊所 team 和 the college agree to assign patent rights to the client. Under extraordinary circumstances, confidentiality periods longer than a year may be negotiated.
Although every effort is made to protect any proprietary information the sponsor shares with the 诊所 team, strict confidentiality of all discussions is not feasible within the college environment where the learning process involves free 和 open interchange of ideas 和 criticisms. Accordingly, it is the 诊所 policy to decline any classified government projects.
可能的项目范围
- 探索性和新兴技术
- 许多种类的机器学习和/或比较机器学习
- Neural networks of many architectures, including Deep Learning techniques
- 遗传规划与算法
- 界面设计
- 移动应用程序
- 具有不寻常的临时部署的软件，例如.g.下一代网络硬件
- 多媒体系统，包括VR和AR试验/原型
- 软件设计
- Compilers, programming languages, 和 operating systems components
- 规范工具，例如实时系统
- 数据库和专家系统
- 面向对象和/或事件驱动的软件体系结构
- 计算机网络
- 客户机-服务器系统
- 性能监控
- 分布式信息库
- 协议分析
- 并行计算
- 并行算法及其应用
- 性能评估
- 软件工具开发
学生背景
所有HMC计算机科学专业的学生都熟悉Python, Java, 和C/ c++在他们早期的“CS核心”课程. 他们还使用多种其他语言, develop nuanced algorithmic insights 和 exercise several software 和 software-engineering paradigms. Details vary from major to major: students from all majors with the prerequisite background have joined CS诊所. What is uniform is the unusual breadth of academic experience — 和 breadth of shared experience — Harvey Mudd College 和 Claremont Colleges’ students bring to their 诊所 projects.